Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Hollywood is a place where some lay on the beach and look at the stars, while others lay on the stars and look at the beach.

Gerhard Johann Robert (Gerhart) Hauptmann: (Obersalzbrunn (Lower Silesia), November 15, 1862 – Agnetendorf near Hirschberg, Polish occupation zone, June 6, 1946). German playwright. Initially, he wrote realistic dramas, in which he focused on the dire situation of the poor; later, he also wrote more symbolic plays and works based on Greek mythology. He is considered… Lees verder Gerhart Hauptmann

It is better to quarrel with a wise man than befriend a fool.

Music is an art form that doesn’t need to be explained. It needs to be performed; it needs to be felt; it needs to be listened to; it needs to progress.

Life is one big comedy. Please don’t make a drama out of it.

He thinks he knows everything, but knows nothing. Naughty maidens and lecherous clerks rarely do good deeds. He who passes clear water needs no doctor. A lawyer and a cartwheel must both be greased. To lie like a lawyer. A warm bed and a lazy body do not part easily. Shirt dear, don’t touch my… Lees verder Dutch and Flemish sayings

Nothing exists that does not touch something else.

Mime makes the invisible, visible and the visible, invisible.

Joey Adams: (born Joseph Abramowitz; 6 January 1911 – 2 December 1999). American comedian, vaudevillian, radio host, nightclub performer and author, who was inducted into the New York Friars’ Club in 1977 and wrote the book Borscht Belt in 1973. An actor is a guy who takes a girl in his arms, looks her tenderly… Lees verder Joey Adams

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock: (Leytonstone (London), 13 August 1899 – Bel-Air (USA), 29 April 1980). British film director. He is considered one of the best film directors ever. Hitchcock’s career spanned an era of more than 50 years. He had success with silent films as well as sound films. His best-known genre was that of… Lees verder Alfred Hitchcock