Everyone needs help from everyone.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Why be a man when you can be a success?
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Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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All 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.
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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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Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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You don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
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The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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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.
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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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Only bad generals need heroes.
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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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