Proverbs commonly said to be Chinese Proverbs commonly said to be Chinese In English, various phrases are used and claimed to be of Chinese origin – "..., as they say in China" or "An ancient Chinese proverb says...", and may be specifically attributed to Confucius. Chinese has influenced English in various ways, and some such phrases have clear Chinese origins, while in other cases the attribution to Chinese is demonstrably false, and in other cases the status is less clear. Notable examples include: Other examples include phrases contained in fortune cookies, or sayings in the same style; fortune cookies are of Japanese American origin, and the
Goal of the Month (Germany) Goal of the Month (Germany) The Goal of the Month () is, like the "Goal of the Year", the "ARD Goal of the Decade" and "Goal of the Century", an individual soccer award selected by viewers of "Sportschau" (German TV channel ARD). Honored are spectatular or important football goals mostly scored in or for Germany. The "Goal of the Month Award" and the "Goal of the Year Award" were incepted in 1971 by the German TV station ARD, back then one of only two public broadcasting agencies in Germany, in its Saturday evening "Sportschau" report in the channel of "Das