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Quotes by Austrian Authors
"Words and magic were in the beginning one and the same thing, and even today words retain much of their magical power."
"Every step which leads from capitalism toward planning is necessarily a step nearer to absolutism and dictatorship."
"The collapse of an inflation policy carried to its extreme -- as in the United States in 1781 and in France in 1796 -- does not destroy the monetary system, but only the credit money or fiat money of the State that has overestimated the effectiveness of its own policy. The collapse emancipates commerce from etatism and establishes metallic money again."
"Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again."
"I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness."
"Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open."
"How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?"
"Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions."
"It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it."
"The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic phenomena."
"Don't you see what's at stake here? The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet."
"We have indeed at the moment little cause for pride: as a profession we have made a mess of things."
"You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves."
"Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority."
"Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures in the same manner as it did that of species."
"The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things is influenced by his senses; but it never occurs to him to regard the whole world as the creation of his senses."
"You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought."
"I appreciate subtlety. I have never enjoyed a kiss in front of the camera. There's nothing to it except not getting your lipstick smeared."
"Some people seem to gravitate from one fundamentalism to another, from some kind of secular fundamentalism into a religious fundamentalism or the other way around, which is not very helpful."
"I sat down with my trainers to check my past seasons and to see what could be done to keep me motivated and in good shape. I had to find a new motivation, a new momentum."
"The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem."
"Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner."
"I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, Thyroid problem?"
"Yet I wanted to have children, and I knew that was my purpose, but I wasn't going to settle."
"Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads."
"However, while the Nazi barbarians and their collaborators threatened the entire world, I could not accept his philosophy and, after several earlier attempts, was finally accepted into the Canadian Infantry Corps during the last year of World War II."
"Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15."
"If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed."
"It is very kind of you to consider the possibility of my working in Pasadena, an idea which certainly is attractive, especially since it would hold out the prospect of your cooperation or advice."
"True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me."
"What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult."
"Am I to leave this world as a man who shies away from all conclusions?"
"Conscience is the internal perception of the rejection of a particular wish operating in us."
"I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way."
"I planned to stop in 2002 after the Salt Lake City Olympics. I felt able to remain competitive another four years, and I wanted to stop while I'm still at the top."
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