Gratitude

"Ein Riese, ein Yankee, die Welt hätt' den Leuten viel zu verdanken, wenn sie dankbar wären. Es gäb' in Europa kaum mehr Kultur, wenn die Yankees nicht wären./ A giant, a yankee, the world should be very grateful to those people, if they were grateful. There wouldn't be much culture left inEurope if it weren't for the yankees." - O.W. Fischer

Sometimes it's pretty heartfelt like with O. W. and sometimes it's diminished into something silly.