Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
BERTOLT BRECHTShow them the red tail of a comet, fill them with black terror, and they will all come running out of their houses and break their legs. But tell them one sensible proposition, and support it with seven reasons, and they will simply laugh in your face.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
-
-
Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
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.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
The righteous one has no sense of humor.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Only bad generals need heroes.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Right is its own defense.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
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!
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Grub first, then ethics.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Temptation to behave is terrible.
BERTOLT BRECHT