One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhat 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.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher’s knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs…. Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.
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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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Why be a man when you can be a success?
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The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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