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.
BERTOLT BRECHTThere are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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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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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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What a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
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I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.
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Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.
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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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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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People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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