If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
BERTOLT BRECHTMixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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Grub first, then ethics.
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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. …
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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
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We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must also change. Nothing comes from nothing; the new comes from the old, but that is why it is new.
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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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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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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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