#germ

The German Emperor is ageing me; he is like a battleship with steam up and screws going, but with no rudder, and he will run into something some day and cause a catastrophe. ↗

— Edward Grey

#catastrophe #cause #day #emperor #german

Altogether apart from that, it would be a disgrace to us to make this bargain with Germany at the expense of France, a disgrace from which the good name of this country would never recover. ↗

— Edward Grey

#apart #bargain #country #disgrace #expense

From the material point of view the proposal is unacceptable, for France, without further territory in Europe being taken from her, could be so crushed as to lose her position as a Great Power, and become subordinate to German policy. ↗

— Edward Grey

#being #could #crushed #europe #france

I had furthermore spoken on the assumption that Russia would mobilize, whereas the assumption of the German Government had hitherto been, officially, that Serbia would receive no support; and what I had said must influence the German Government to take the matter seriously. ↗

— Edward Grey

#been #furthermore #german #german government #government

I said to the German Ambassador that, as long as there was only a dispute between Austria and Serbia alone, I did not feel entitled to intervene; but that, directly it was a matter between Austria and Russia, it became a question of the peace of Europe, which concerned us all. ↗

— Edward Grey

#ambassador #austria #became #between #concerned

In effect, I was asking that if Russia mobilized against Austria, the German Government, who had been supporting the Austrian demand on Serbia, should ask Austria to consider some modification of her demands, under the threat of Russian mobilization. ↗

— Edward Grey

#ask #asking #austria #austrian #been

That Germany was so immensely strong and Austria so dependent upon German strength that the word and will of Germany would at the critical moment be decisive with Austria. ↗

— Edward Grey

#critical #decisive #dependent #german #germany

Very little changed fundamentally, except that the proud German soldier had turned into a defeated bundle of misery and the great German army had disintegrated. ↗

— George Grosz

#bundle #changed #defeated #disintegrated #except

Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people. ↗

— Larry Hagman

#becomes #book #book signings #cut #day

Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases. ↗

— G. Stanley Hall

#alive #arts #average #bodies #body