# The best Loriot quotes and sketches

Lines by Vicco von Bülow, aka Loriot (1923-2011), that became part of everyday German, from his sketches with Evelyn Hamann, his films and books.

- 15 votes · 13 items
- Dec 12, 2022 · Jan Möller
- https://even.best/en/l/1051/the-best-loriot-quotes-and-sketches

## Top 12

1. **There used to be more tinsel.** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Grandpa Hoppenstedt in «Christmas at the Hoppenstedts» (1978).
2. **A life without a pug is possible, but pointless.** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — From his book «Ladies and Gentlemen» (2005); Loriot loved pugs.
3. **Don't say anything now, Hildegard.** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — The sketch «The Noodle», where a noodle on his face ruins a declaration of love.
4. **The duck stays outside!** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Mr Müller-Lüdenscheidt in the sketch «Gentlemen in the Bath».
5. **The picture is crooked.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The sketch in which a guest wrecks an entire living room trying to straighten a picture.
6. **Zicke zacke, zicke zacke, hoi hoi hoi!** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Grandpa Hoppenstedt with the toy nuclear power station in «Christmas at the Hoppenstedts» (1978).
7. **The cake in the human face is one of the most significant ideas in international humour.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — From «Pugs and People» (1983).
8. **I just want to sit here.** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — The husband in the sketch «End of the Working Day», who just wants to sit in his armchair.
9. **I have a yodelling diploma.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mrs Hoppenstedt in the sketch «Yodelling School»: «Then I've got something of my own.»
10. **Oh, really!** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — His most famous two-word reply, heard in countless sketches.
11. **Pugs cannot be compared to dogs. They combine the advantages of children, cats, frogs and mice.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — From «Pugs and People. A kind of biography” (1983).
12. **Berta, the egg is hard!** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — The husband in the sketch «The Breakfast Egg», who wants his egg boiled for exactly four and a half minutes.
13. **The Heinzelmann sucks and blows where Mum can only suck.** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — The salesman in the sketch «The Vacuum Cleaner Salesman».

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