Quotations house

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”

“Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.” 
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A house full of quotes, Hattingen, Germany

signs,signs

We always have time enough, ...

...if we will but use it aright.
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

These are my last shots from 2013. I like to be in the forest and it is great to spend the time doing what you love.

Linking to ABC Wednesday with todays letter Y.
Y is for Year! O.k. not very original, but it fits for today, I think.

A very little key will open a very heavy door

Entrance to the Rathaus (town hall) in Holzwickede

Wishing you Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas

Quote from Charles Dickens

Our World Tuesday
Wednesday Doorway

ABC Wednesday - Q is for ...

Part of a mural on a school yard building

... "Quiet is the New Loud". "What should I post for Q". My idea: The album title from Kings of Convenience. Great music!

For more ABC Wednesday Qs look here.

Imagination is more important than knowledge

For my ABC Wednesday you need some imagination.

The quote is from Albert Einstein.

I walk down an alley ...

In Kozhikode, Kerala, India, December 2008

... I’d never seen before and experience a moment of great happiness.

- Orhan Pamuk -


Linked to Mellow Yellow Monday

Reading means borrowing

Again my favorite library: Stadt- und Landesbibliothek Dortmund, public library. February 2012

Quote from Georg Christoph Lichtenberg.

“Twenty years from now ...



We are going by bus, in the north of Kenya, between Marsabit and Moyale on the way to Ethiopia, May 2010



Andreas is watching

... you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
– Mark Twain –

Linked to Sky Watch Friday

Which way do you go?

Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa, March 2010

We took the roads north bound. Our start for Africa over land. From Cape Town to Alexandria. This was a part from our two years around this globe.

I forgot to mention that we came from Buenos Aires by plane.

"The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are." Samuel Johnson

I like this kind of signposts.

Linked to signs, signs

“Nothing is older than yesterday’s newspaper”

"We all know that the purpose of yesterday's newspapers, however excellent they are, is to wrap up fish. "

And what about todays newspaper? Do you read one daily?

Linked to Our World Tuesday

“Make things as simple as possible but no simpler.”



The quote is from Albert Einstein.

This is my contribution to ABC Wednesday. The letter today is Y and stands for Year 2012.
And yes, for Yellow.

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose



In our garden, June 2011


This famous quote is from Gertrude Stein.

Linked to Ruby Tuesday



You're waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away

Bochum Hauptbahnhof (Main Station), Germany, April 2011

Do you see me?

Just going back home after work. Not so far away. But stations are places to dream.
Or to play with the camera.

Quote from the film "Inception"

Visit other blogs linked to Shadow Shot Sunday
Thanks Tracy. This is so much fun every week. So inspirational.

Any idiot can face a crisis, it is this day-to-day living that wears you out

Dortmund-Brechten, March 2011

Quote from Anton Chekhov.
My friend Sanne Kurz, a cinematographer from Munich, made the Film 1,2,3. This short film starts with the quote.

Linked to Mellow Yellow Monday

Time never waits?

Heart Lake, Yellowstone National Park, USA, August 2009


Moments when time stands still
moments when you have time
not measured with a clock
just by the sun
that are my favorite moments.
LongtimeTraveling is full of these moments.

The titel quote is from Jack Johnsons song Monsoon.

Quote on the wall

Salt Lake City Public Library, USA, September 2009

Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles.

This morning. On my way to work. 7:30 h, Main Station Dortmund

Quote from Mark Twain.