German Figure Skating

Famous quotes containing the words german, figure and/or skating:

    “The Germans—once they were called the nation of thinkers: do they still think at all? Nowadays the Germans are bored with intellect, the Germans distrust intellect, politics devours all seriousness for really intellectual things—Deutschland, Deutschland Über alles was, I fear, the end of German philosophy.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.”
    —Minna Antrim (1861–?)

    “In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)