"To history has been assigned the office of judging the past, of instructing the present for the benefit of future ages. To such high offices this work does not aspire. It wants only to show what actually [essentially?] happened (wie es eigentlich gewesen)."

-- Leopold von Ranke

#Past Quotes #Judging Quotes #Office Quotes

“â€œMoney to Burnâ€ is a fantasy. I mean, I would love for that to be a true story. Most of my songs are written in metaphors.”
“Oxigen [oxygen], as you well know, is my hero as well as my foe, and being not only strong but inexhaustible in strategies and full of tricks, I was obliged to call up all my forces to lay hold of him, and make the subtle Being my prisoner.”
“I'm old enough to have friends and contemporaries who have long since retired, and that's their prerogative - enough is enough; it doesn't mean a thing to me. But I haven't got any money, so, you know, I just keep on working.”
“People know I love to shoot action and that I'm not afraid of emotion.”
“Most people think happiness is about gaining something, but it's not. It's all about getting rid of the darkness you accumulate.”
“But you know what? When I die, everybody is invited to come take a selfie at my funeral. Except for my enemies. They're not invited to the funeral, period.”
“I always say, the only time you gotta worry about getting booed is when you're wearing a white uniform. And I've never been booed wearing a white uniform.”
“Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what's urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.”

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