Dresden Quotes - Page 4

• In all times and in all places--in Constantinople, northwestern Zambia, Victorian England, Sparta, Arabia, . . . medieval France,Babylonia, . . . Carthage, Mahenjo-Daro, Patagonia, Kyushu, . . . Dresden--the time span between childhood and adulthood, however fleeting or prolonged, has been associated with the acquisition of virtue as it is differently defined in each society. A child may be good and morally obedient, but only in the process of arriving at womanhood or manhood does a human being become capable of virtue--that is, the qualities of mind and body that realize society's ideals.

  Louise J. Kaplan

  Children, Zambia, Childhood

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• I did not know much history when I became a bombardier in the U.S. Air Force in World War II. Only after the War did I see that we, like the Nazis, had committed atrocities... Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Dresden, my own bombing missions. And when I studied history after the War, I learned from reading on my own, not from my university classes, about the history of U.S. expansion and imperialism.

  Howard Zinn

  War, Reading, Air

  "Zinn Speaks". Interview with Wajahat Ali, www.counterpunch.org. April 19, 2008.

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• MR. KHARIS: 'Does Mr. Celine seriously suggest that the United States Government is in need of a guardian?' MR. CELINE: 'I am merely offering a way out for your client. Any private individual with a record of such incessant murder and robbery would be glad to cop an insanity plea. Do you insist that your client was in full possession of its reason at Wounded Knee? At Hiroshima? At Dresden?' JUSTICE IMMHOTEP: 'You become facetious, Mr. Celine.' MR. CELINE: 'I have never been more serious.

  Robert Anton Wilson

  Offering, Government, Justice

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• David Irving has consistenly applied an evidential double standard, demanding absolute documentary proof to convict the Germans (as when he sought to show that Hitler was not responsible for the Holocaust), while relying on circumstantial evidence to condemn the British (as in his account of the Allied bombing of Dresden).

  David Cannadine

  Holocaust, Double Standard, Documentaries

  David Cannadine (1998). “History in Our Time”, p.224, Yale University Press

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• For us the Dresden Dolls were porcelain dolls that were made in that city at the time, that is what they were to us, and also a reference in Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut, and in a song by The Fall.

  Brian Viglione

  Song, Fall, Cities

  PunkTv Interview, March 26, 2006.

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• The city was blacked out because bombers might come, so Billy didn't get to see Dresden do one of the most cheerful things a city can do when the sun goes down, which is to wink its lights on one by one.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Light, Cities, Cheerful

  KURT VONNEGUT JR (1969). “SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE”

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• I remember reports that the American and English newspapers were very happy about the fact that so many were killed in Dresden. There are many instances of barbarity and cruelty on the part of the Allies which I could tell you.

  Julius Streicher

  Allies, Facts, Remember

  Said to Leon Goldensohn, June 15, 1946. "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.

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• There is no question in my mind that we live in one of the truly bestial centuries in human history. There are plenty of signposts for the future historian, and what do they say? They say 'Auschwitz' and 'Dresden' and 'Hiroshima' and 'Vietnam' and 'Napalm.' For many years we all woke up to the daily body count on the radio. And if there were a way to kill people with the B Minor Mass, the Pentagon-Madison Avenue axis would have found it.

  Erwin Chargaff

  Death, Science, Axes

  Erwin Chargaff (1977). “Voices in the labyrinth: nature, man, and science”, Harper San Francisco

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• When I look back on the townscapes now, they do seem to me to recall certain images of the destruction of Dresden during the war.

  Gerhard Richter

  Art, War, Looks

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• I originally came from Dresden, where Socialist Realism prevailed. Konrad Lueg and I came up with it, for the most part ironically, since I now live in capitalism. It was certainly 'realism', but in another form - the capitalist form, as it were. It wasn't meant that seriously. It was more a slogan for that particular Happening at a furniture store.

  Gerhard Richter

  Art, Furniture, Form

  Gerhard Richter, Dietmar Elger, Hans-Ulrich Obrist (2009). “Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

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• During the First World War, I told her, Hitler had been a runner, delivering messages between the German trenches, and he was disgusted by seeing his fellow soldiers visit French brothels. To keep the Aryan bloodlines pure,and prevent the spread of venereal disease, he commissioned an inflatable doll that Nazi troops could take into battle. Hitler himself designed the dolls to have blond hair and large breasts. The Allied firebombing of Dresden destroyed the factory before the dolls could ever go into wide distribution.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  War, Hair, Soldier

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• My favorite band at the moment is the Dresden Dolls, they're from Boston. It's a guy and a girl. She plays piano and he plays the drums and she also sings. You can find them on the web they're incredible.

  Gerard Way

  Girl, Boston, Play

  "Interview With Gerard From My Chemical Romance". Interview with Mike T., www.metalunderground.com. June 11, 2004.

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• Dresden? There is not such a place any longer." "I want to point out, that besides Essen, we never actually considered any particular industrial sites as targets. The destruction of industrial sites always was some sort of bonus for us. Our real targets always were the inner cities.

  Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet

  Real, War, Cities

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• It feels a little silly to annotate a game in which I didn't make a single move on my own, just following my preparation all the way. [...] A pretty finale. I was obviously hoping for the beauty prize sacrificing both my rooks and all, but OK, Im [sic] afraid requirements are one makes a move of his own for that it seems. Something I could avoid doing in the last five rounds in Dresden. Silly game, this chess.

  Jan Gustafsson

  Silly, Moving, Sacrifice

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• Star Trek?” I asked her. “Really?” “What?” she demanded, bending unnaturally black eyebrows together. “There are two kinds of people in the universe, Molly,” I said. “Star Trek fans and Star Wars fans. This is shocking.” She sniffed. “This is the post-nerd-closet world, Harry. It’s okay to like both.” “Blasphemy and lies,” I said.

  Jim Butcher

  Stars, War, Lying

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.391, Penguin

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• Answer my question, Dresden,' Nicodemus growled. 'What is that?' 'A precaution against getting stuck in deep snow,' I said. 'He's training to be a Saint Bernard.' 'Excuse me?' Nicodemus said. I mimed covering one of Mouse's ears with my hand and stage-whispered, 'Don't tell him that they don't actually carry kegs of booze on their collars. Break his little heart.

  Jim Butcher

  Heart, Hands, Snow

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• Right,' Thomas said. 'Where are we headed?' 'To where they treat me like royalty,' I said. 'We're going to Burger King?' I rubbed the heel of my hand against my forehead and spelled fratricide in a subvocal mutter, but I had to spell out temporary insanity and justifiable homicide, too, before I calmed down enough to speak politely. 'Just take a left and drive. Please.' 'Well,' Thomas said, grinning, 'since you said 'please' - Thomas Raith & Harry Dresden, Small Favor, Jim Butcher

  Jim Butcher

  Kings, Temporary Insanity, Hands

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• ...The next time I opened my eyes, I was in the morgue. This, all by itself, is enough to really ruin your day. I was lying on the examining table, and Butters, complete with his surgical gown and his tray of autopsy instruments, stood over me. 'I'm not dead!' I sputtered. 'I'm not dead!' - Harry Dresden, Death Masks, Jim Butcher

  Jim Butcher

  Lying, Eye, Gowns

  Jim Butcher (2003). “Death Masks: Book five of The Dresden Files”, p.359, Penguin Group

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• If you go to your death rather than do everything you might to prevent what is happening, you are merely committing suicide and trying to make yourself feel better about it. That is the act of a coward. It is beneath contempt.

  Jim Butcher

  Suicide, Feel Better, Coward

  Jim Butcher (2006). “Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files”, p.352, Penguin

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• Rule number one of the wizarding business. Never let them see you sweat. People expect us to know things. It can be a big advantage. Don’t screw it up by looking like you’re as confused as everyone else. Bad for the image.

  Jim Butcher

  Confused, Sweat, Numbers

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.1270, Penguin

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• Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.

  Jim Butcher

  Things In Life, Harry Dresden, Worst

  Jim Butcher (2008). “White Night: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.15, Penguin

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• Bring it, Darth Bathrobe!

  Jim Butcher

  Harry Dresden

  Jim Butcher (2008). “White Night: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.130, Penguin

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• You rush a miracle worker, you get lousy miracles!

  Jim Butcher

  Miracle, Harry Dresden, Workers

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Small Favor: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.195, Penguin

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• Gruff,” I said, “I find myself largely clueless about why mortal women do what they do. It will take a wiser man than me to understand what’s in a fae woman’s mind.

  Jim Butcher

  Clueless, Men, Mind

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.2423, Penguin

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• I love being a wizard. Every day is like Disneyland.

  Jim Butcher

  Wizards, Harry Dresden, Disneyland

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Turn Coat: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.331, Penguin

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