“Did I really want to call myself Swiss if it meant shutting the door on less "perfect" residents?”
Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths
“It is not against the law to drink in public places, and you will see people drinking in parks or by the lake. The Swiss have a more relaxed attitude to alcohol consumption. From the age of 16, young people can be served beer or wine in a bar.”
Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths
“By the time the Freedom Flights, to use the US description, came to an end, more than 260,000 Cubans had been airlifted to the United States, every one of them registered by the Swiss before they left Cuba.”
Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths
“In a very humbling process, the Swiss have had to admit to their faults and compromise on secrecy, changing the law and releasing the names of bank clients to please the US, as well as signing a dozen double taxation agreements in six months to please the OECD.”
Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths
“The perceived failings of leaders of other neutral or occupied European countries, including France, Spain, Sweden or Norway, or of the countries that fought alongside the Nazis, have not caught the public imagination in the English-speaking world in anything like the same way.”
Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths
“With many turns and holes
Life is much like a swiss cheese:
Emmental, dear, what's on!”
Source: A-Z of Happiness: Tips for Living and Breaking Through the Chain that Separates You from Getting That Dream Job
“Tüm tecrübeleri cebimize koyduk biz.
Baskı gördük, şekil aldık; tokat yedik, büyüdük.
Sonunda bugün olduğumuz bu güzel insan haline geldik.”
Source: Sanmasınlar Yıkıldık
“Words fail me. We have far more words to describe unpleasant emotional states than pleasant ones. (And this is the case with all languages, not just English.) If we're not happy, we have a smorgasbord of words to choose from. We can say we're feeling down, blue, miserable, sullen, gloomy, dejected, morose, despondent, in the dumps, out of sorts, long in the face. But if we're happy that smorgasbord is reduced to the salad bar at Pizza Hut. We might say we're elated or content or blissful. These words, though, don't capture the shades of happiness.
We need a new word to describe Swiss happiness. Something more than mere contnetmnet but less than full-on joy. 'Conjoyment,' perhaps. Yes, that's what the Swiss possess: utter conjoyment. We could use this word to describe all kinds of situations where we feel joy yet calm at the same time.”
“Ils prirent un bateau pour traverser le lac. L'autre rive était suisse. Laurie fut assez déçue ; la Suisse ne différait en rien de l'Autriche. L'architecture y était la même, et les gens parlaient allemand.”
Source: King of the Castle
“I saw it dissolve into a strangely clear horizon-there, a striated pyramid, stood the extinct volcano, a pain filled, deeply moving sight: permanence.”
Source: All the Roads Are Open: The Afghan Journey