Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
BERTOLT BRECHTAll the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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Only bad generals need heroes.
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Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what’s left tastes bitter.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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For art to be ‘unpolitical’ means only to ally itself with the ‘ruling’ group.
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