There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
BERTOLT BRECHTHere 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.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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For what’s the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
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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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Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
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When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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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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General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
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Temptation to behave is terrible.
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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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