Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen you name yourself, you always name another.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
-
-
One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
BERTOLT 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 BRECHT -
When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
BERTOLT 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 BRECHT -
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
BERTOLT BRECHT