Konrad Adenauer quotes:

All parts of the human body get tired eventually - except the tongue.

Only the stupidest calves choose their own butcher.

Kennedy cooked the soup that Johnson had to eat.

A thick skin is a gift from God.

An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

The attack on Dresden, which was overflowing with refugees, on February 13th 1945 caused around 250,000 dead.

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon.

The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror.

In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.

All human organs eventually tire, only the tongue doesn't.

Experiences are the seeds out of which wisdom grows.

I do not ask to be young again; all I want is to go on getting older.

The Good Lord hasn't done this well: He placed limits on everything, except on stupidity.

The good Lord set definite limits on man's wisdom, but set no limits on his stupidity.

To look back into the past only makes sense if it serves the future.

Thoughts and pictures come to my mind, . . . thoughts from before the year 1914 when there was real peace, quiet and security on this earth-a time when we didn't know fear. . . . Security and quiet have disappeared from the lives of men since 1914.

A thick hide is a gift from God.

All that the socialists understand about money is the fact that they want it from others.

As soon as you are complicated, you are ineffectual.

First make yourself unpopular, then you will be taken seriously.

God designed the stomach to eject what is bad for it, but not the human brain.

There are things about which I don't even talk to myself.

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon. In an instant age, perhaps we must relearn the ancient truth that patience, too, has its victories.

What do I care about my chitchat from yesterday?

When everybody else thinks it's the end, we have to begin.

When the world seems large and complex, we need to remember that great world ideals all begin in some home neighborhood.

You have to take people as they are because there are no others.