Bertolt Brecht Quotes

"People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: People, Faces)

"It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk."
- Bertolt Brecht

"It's all right to hesitate if you then go ahead."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Right)

"Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Wisdom, Mistake, May, Old)

"No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Goodness)

"No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Will)

"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 Brecht
(Related: Life, Difference, Man, Sound, Voice)

"Grub first, then ethics."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Ethics, First)

"People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: People, Trouble)

"Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Will)

"He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: News)

"Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Death, Life, Fear)

"Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Death, Life)

"Don't tell me peace has broken out."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Peace)

"Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Happiness, Right)

"Everyone needs help from everyone."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Help, Needs)

"From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: First)

"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Man)

"What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Life, Living)

"There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Leadership)

"Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Poverty)

"Right is its own defense."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Defense, Right)

"Poverty makes you sad as well as wise."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Poverty)

"Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Science)

"Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Society, Communication)

"Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Taste)

"Temptation to behave is terrible."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Temptation)

"The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom."
- Bertolt Brecht

"The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves."
- Bertolt Brecht

"What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?"
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Founding)

"The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Knowledge, Teachers, World)

"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
(Related: God, Sky, Storms)

"To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated."
- Bertolt Brecht

"Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Heroes, Land)

"War is like love; it always finds a way."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: War, Love)

"What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?"
- 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
(Related: Peace, War, Running, Trouble)

"What's breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?"
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Founding)

"Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Wrong)

"Why be a man when you can be a success?"
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Success, Man)

"The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it."
- Bertolt Brecht
(Related: Exploitation, Law, Misery)