There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
BERTOLT BRECHTGreat sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions.
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
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You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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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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People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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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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Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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