Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
BERTOLT BRECHT
BERTOLT BRECHT
Bertolt Brecht on mistakes
Bertolt Brecht170 quotes“Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.”
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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht You don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Don’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Life is short and so is money.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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When you back off, it’s easier to do mistakes. For me it’s better to ski fast.
Bode MillerBode Miller So many of today’s programs are about trophies and jackets, and we think that’s a big mistake.
Bobby OrrBobby Orr The greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake.
Bobby BowdenBobby Bowden Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.
Billie Joe ArmstrongBillie Joe Armstrong We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
Billy JoelBilly Joel Journalists who make mistakes get sued for libel; historians who make mistakes get to publish a revised edition.
Bill MoyersBill Moyers You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
Billy JoelBilly Joel Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally on our planet, serves a thousand different functions, all of them positive. To make marijuana against the law is like saying that God made a mistake.
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