Swiss Quotes

• Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows - and china.

  Charles Dickens

  Passion, Agriculture, Literature

  Charles Dickens (2016). “Dombey and Son”, p.292, Xist Publishing

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• WikiLeaks will not comply with legally abusive requests from Scientology any more than WikiLeaks has complied with similar demands from Swiss banks, Russian offshore stem-cell centers, former African kleptocrats, or the Pentagon.

  Julian Assange

  Cells, Freedom Of Speech, Wikileaks

  "No Secrets". The New Yorker, www.newyorker.com. June 9, 2010.

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• By an application of the theory of relativity to the taste of readers, today in Germany I am called a German man of science, and in England I am represented as a Swiss Jew. If I come to be represented as a bête noire, the descriptions will be reversed, and I shall become a Swiss Jew for the Germans and a German man of science for the English!

  Albert Einstein

  Science, Men, Germany

  "Einstein On His Theory". The Times (London), November 28, 1919.

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• If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.

  Woody Allen

  Funny, Witty, Money

  New Yorker, 5 Nov. 1973

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• As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden,- "Speech is silvern, Silence is golden;" or, as I might rather express it, Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity.

  John Keats

  Time, Silence, Speech

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• A U.N. study claims the happiest country in the world is Switzerland. When asked why they're so happy, Swiss people couldn't answer because their hands were counting money and their mouths were full of chocolate.

  Conan O'Brien

  Country, Hands, People

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• The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever seen that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. ‘Come on, buddy, let’s go. You get past me, the guy in the back of me, he’s got a spoon. Back off, I’ve got the toe clippers right here.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Funny, War, Fighting

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• My love life is like a piece of Swiss cheese; most of it's missing, and what's there stinks.

  Joan Rivers

  Memorable, Love Life, Missing

  "Not Forgotten", www.nytimes.com. June 8, 2015.

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• The Germans and Austrians are very polite, the Swiss are very reserved and the Spanish usually kiss me. The Brits write me letters.

  Donna Leon

  Writing, Kissing, Letters

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• I think the chance of finding beauty is higher if you don't work on it directly. Beauty in architecture is driven by practicality. This is what you learn from studying the old townscapes of the Swiss farmers.

  Peter Zumthor

  Thinking, Chance, Architecture

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• I think Google should be like a Swiss Army knife: clean, simple, the tool you want to take everywhere.

  Marissa Mayer

  Army, Simple, Thinking

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• TV can reach broad audiences, mass audiences, niche audiences; it can be local, regional, national; it can be spots, sponsorship, interactive. It can be anything you want it to be. I tend to think of TV as the Swiss Army knife of media, it's got something for everybody.

  Nick Manning

  Army, Thinking, Media

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• What first attracted me to doing Swiss Army Man was just how mental it was - how insane and wonderful and original the script was.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Army, Men, Insane

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• The Pope is guarded by the Swiss guard who stand proudly in pajamas and silly hats.

  Eddie Izzard

  Silly, Hats, Pajamas

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• They say that if the Swiss had designed these mountains they'd be rather flatter.

  Paul Theroux

  Funny, Climbing, Mountain

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• We wouldn't want to be like the Swiss, would we? That would be awful! We'd be rich!

  Nigel Farage

  Would Be, Want, Awful

  "Ukip's Nigel Farage ridicules David Cameron's EU referendum speech" by Esther Addley, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2013.

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• [T]he Swiss people are the best practitioners of the ideals of non-aggression. The Swiss national government posts are parttime positions. Most decisions are made at the canton (state) level. Swiss per capita income is the highest in the world, showing that non-aggression pays. How did the Swiss come to adopt a relatively non-aggressive constitution in an aggressive world? In the mid-1800s, they imitated our constitution and stuck with it!

  Mary Ruwart

  Government, People, Decision

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• There were some parts of the film [Swiss Army Man] that the Daniels [Kwan and Scheinert] really wanted to look as elegant as a piece of ballet. As Hank and Manny go on in the story, they get better and better at being with each other and more and more adept - Hank knows more and more what Manny's going to need at any given point, and having that choreography helps a bit.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Army, Men, Ballet

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The Swiss are well armed and enjoy great freedom.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Enjoy, Wells, Great Freedom

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.40, Race Point Publishing

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• Paul [Dano] was amazing at carrying me around [in Swiss Army Man]. I wanted to be there as much as possible but didn't want to hurt Paul's back, but Paul often chose me over the dummy many times on the set. But yeah, to be honest, a little bit of preparation I did with my friend in my flat could never have prepared me for quite the level of physical reliance we would have on each other.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Hurt, Army, Men

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• You know the world's gone mad when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the USA of arrogance and the Germans don't want to go to war !

  Chris Rock

  War, Rapper, Usa

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• My father's Peruvian! I actually have a lot of family in Cuzco. I'm also Swiss, Alaskan, French, Spanish and Italian.

  Q'orianka Kilcher

  Father, Italian, Peruvians

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• We would choreograph [ with Paul Dano] before each scene [in Swiss Army Man] and very quickly got to a place where we could improvise physically in scene and know that the other person would respond in character appropriately. So that [dynamic] was a lot of fun.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Fun, Character, Army

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• It's interesting that Swiss banks also hide their assets from the Swiss by using offshore bank structuring.

  Julian Assange

  Interesting, Assets, Offshore

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• As a newborn baby breathes and cries, so the signs of life in a newborn Christian are faith and repentance, inhaling the love of God and exhaling an initial cry of distress. And at that point what God provides, exactly as for a newborn infant, is the comfort, protection, and nurturing promise of a mother. "If God is our father, the church is our mother." The words are those of the Swiss Reformer John Calvin ... it is as impossible, unnecessary, and undesirable to be a Christian all by yourself as it is to be a newborn baby all by yourself.

  N. T. Wright

  Christian, Mother, Baby

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