Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhy be a man when you can be a success?
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
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Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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Life is short and so is money.
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The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
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With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
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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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For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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