“Empty heads make the best drums. And the emptier the head, the fuller the sound.”

— Karlheinz Deschner

Auf hohlen Köpfen ist gut trommeln. Und je hohler ein Kopf, desto voller das Echo.
Acceptance speech on receiving the Alternative Büchner Prize, 1993. MIZ - Materialien und Informationen zur Zeit. ISSN 0170-6748, Heft 3, 1993, ibka.org http://www.ibka.org/artikel/miz93/preis.html

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Auf hohlen Köpfen ist gut trommeln. Und je hohler ein Kopf, desto voller das Echo.

Rede anlässlich der Entgegennahme des Alternativen Büchner-Preises 1993, MIZ - Materialien und Informationen zur Zeit. Politisches Magazin für Konfessionslose und AtheistINNen, ISSN 0170-6748, Heft 3, 1993, ibka.org http://www.ibka.org/artikel/miz93/preis.html; Bissige Aphorismen, Rowohlt 1994, ISBN 3-499-22061-X, S. 66f.

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