I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
BERTOLT BRECHTIf you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
-
-
Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
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.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
For what’s the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
You don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
BERTOLT BRECHT -
Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
BERTOLT BRECHT