Quotes by austrian authors

There is indeed the possibility that the evolutionary process has, in gray antiquity, bred into us an excess of aggression. Konrad Lorenz

Indeed Possibility Evolutionary Excess Antiquity Process Us Bred Aggression Gray

'I don't need brains,' says the billionaire contemptuously. 'I'm brainy enough myself!' The broker cries out in desperation, 'What, in heaven's name, do you want?' 'Goodness,' is the answer. Konrad Lorenz

Myself You Desperation Brainy Goodness Enough Cries Says Out Broker Name Answer Brains Heaven Want Billionaire Need

In the course of evolution, it constantly happens that, independently of each other, two different forms of life take similar, parallel paths in adapting themselves to the same external circumstances. Konrad Lorenz

The father-mother family with two children isolated in a city flat is already insufficient. Konrad Lorenz

Family City Insufficient Isolated Children Flat Two

It was one of the great chances in my life to become a Dumont actor. Leon Askin

Life Great My Life Become Actor Chances

It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession. Leon Askin

Great Great Deal Honorary Deal His Difference Title Profession Receive

A Dumont actor was considered to be too stilted - the way we Dumont actors used to speak. Leon Askin

Speak Too Considered Way Used Actor

1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean a great deal to me, most of all for the reason that they would mean a great deal to my parents too. Leon Askin

To be a gourmet you must start early, as you must begin riding early to be a good horseman. You must live in France, your father must have been a gourmet. Nothing in life must interest you but your stomach. Ludwig Bemelmans

Life Good You Father Nothing Live France Must Horseman Gourmet Been Begin Stomach Interest Your Riding Start Early

You learned the concept 'pain' when you learned language. Ludwig Wittgenstein

You Language Pain Concept Learned

Logic is not a body of doctrine, but a mirror-image of the world. Logic is transcendental. Ludwig Wittgenstein

World Logic Doctrine Transcendental Body

Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep. Ludwig Wittgenstein

You Dangerous Resting Laurels Off Walking Snow Die Your Sleep

A picture is a fact. Ludwig Wittgenstein

Picture Fact

The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language. Ludwig Wittgenstein

Behavior Language Unknown System Reference Common Which Mankind Means Interpret

What can be shown, cannot be said. Ludwig Wittgenstein

Said Cannot Shown

An inner process stands in need of outward criteria. Ludwig Wittgenstein

Criteria Outward Process Stands Inner Need

Nowadays it is the fashion to emphasize the horrors of the last war. I didn't find it so horrible. There are just as horrible things happening all round us today, if only we had eyes to see them. Ludwig Wittgenstein

War... is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror. Ludwig von Mises

War Harmful Only Conquered Conqueror

A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets. Ludwig von Mises

War Lasting Bayonets Established Order Cannot

If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed. Ludwig von Mises

War Men Abolish Civilization Doomed Succeed Mankind Now