“Fine specimens of humanity, those Germans, and to think that I am actually one of them!”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
9 October 1942
(1942 - 1944)
Quoted in "Klaus Barbie, the "Butcher of Lyons" - Page 23 - by Tom Bower - Biography & Autobiography - 1984
“Fine specimens of humanity, those Germans, and to think that I am actually one of them!”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
9 October 1942
(1942 - 1944)
“I think if I had my life to live over again, I'd do things a little different.”
Ty Cobb (1886–1961) American baseball player
Statement made in 1961, as quoted in Voices from Cooperstown : Baseball's Hall of Famers Tell It Like It Was (1998) by Anthony J. Connor, p. 286
Context: I think if I had my life to live over again, I'd do things a little different. I was aggressive, perhaps too aggressive. Maybe I went too far. I always had to be right in any argument I was in, I always had to be first in everything. I do indeed think I would have done some things different. And if I had I believe I would have had more friends.
Vasily Chuikov (1900–1982) Soviet military commander
Quoted in "president reagan and the world" - Page 251 - by Eric J. Schmertz, Natalie Datlof, Alexej Ugrinsky, Hofstra University - 1997
“I know
Not these my hands
And yet I think there was
A woman like me once had hands
Like these.”
Adelaide Crapsey (1878–1914) American writer
Amaze
Verses (1915)
“I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.”
Paul Desmond (1924–1977) American jazz musician
About his distinctive light sound
Unsourced
“We all fancied Germany today, we didn't think it was going to be this easy.”
Steve McManaman (1972) English footballer
2010s, 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazil v. Germany (2014)