I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
BERTOLT BRECHTIf you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.
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I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
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Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of.
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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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