Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Bertil Schütt

Quote by Bertil Schütt

“Den svenska solens strålar påverkade min halvsemitiska pigmentering och utförde sina kosmiska trollkonster. Efter några veckors solbestrålning framtonade en typisk arab som efter solveckornas framskridande förvandlades till en mulatt. Denna osvenska uppenbarelse skulle förmodligen blivit refuserad om inte vaktmästaren varit fotbollsbiten. Ett egyptiskt fotbollslag […]”

Quote by Bertil Schütt

Work

En skuggboxares memoarer

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Bertil Schütt

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Bertil Schütt. more

You May Also Like

“I personally never expected anything of Obama, and wrote about it before the 2008 primaries. I thought it was smoke and mirrors [...] I don't usually admire Sarah Palin, but when she was making fun of this 'hopey changey' stuff, she was right, there was nothing there. And it was understood by the people who run the political system, and so it's no great secret that the US electoral system is mainly a public relations extravaganza...it's sort of a marketing affair.”

“And it started out fun. We were chattering enthusiastically, flipping between CNN, MSNBC, and FOX News. But as the evening wore on, and the numbers rolled in, it got quieter, and I found myself becoming intensely depressed. Why was I putting myself through this? The issues I’ve devoted my life to have become so marginalized by the coverage that they have no possible relevance to me. I can’t even blame the media — people simply don’t care about alternate-party politics. And why should they? I’m so far in the minority that my activism is a joke, a punchline that stopped being funny years ago. It goes beyond rooting for the underdog. It’s not rooting for the Giants: it’s more like, say, rooting for the Twins. But during the Super Bowl.”

“Men and women who are genius at what they know, understand and do, content to experience the tragedy of going through life as a light placed under a table if you will...a dimmable, hidden, and unknown legend. The day that special person makes the wisdom decision, to hire another genius skilled to unveil, and strategically hail that cloaked legend...legacy can lay its foundation as a forever cornerstone.”