“Nun aber wird der einsichtige Leser, welcher fähig ist, zwischen diese Zeilen hineinzulesen, was nicht geschrieben steht, aber angedeutet ist, sich eine Ahnung der ernsten Gefühle gewinnen, mit welchen ich damals Emmendingen betrat.”
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German writer, artist, and politician 1749–1832Related quotes
This was a comment made about picketing of the film Monty Python's Life of Brian http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/09_september/29/holyflying.shtml but there is no reason to attribute it to Michael Palin.
Misattributed
Nine Stories (1953), De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period (1952)
“I make rude gestures at nuns”
Variant: I kick kittens. I made rude gestures at nuns.
Source: City of Ashes
Source: "Anne Hathaway wanted to be a nun" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/anne-hathaway-wanted-to-be-a-nun-2343678.html. The Independent. (August 25, 2011).
“Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.”
“I'm a detective, but nuns could stonewall Sam Spade into an asylum.”
Source: A Drink Before the War (1994), Ch. 2.
“Nun 1: Sir, it is only a play… with music. Do not distress yourself.”
The Baby of Mâcon
“Nun 2: (Very quietly) Sir, be grateful for the music. Most of us die in silence.”
The Baby of Mâcon