Quotes from Bertolt Brecht

La ley se ha hecho pura y exclusivamente para explotar a aquellos que no la entienden, o a quienes la miseria impide respetarla. Y quien quiera obtener su mendrugo de esa explotación, debe atenerse estrictamente a la ley.

Potkupljivost je u ljudi isto što u Boga milosr?e.

How does a pearl develop into an oyster? A jagged grain of sand makes its way into the oyster's shell and makes its life unbearable. The oyster exudes slime to cover the grain of sand and the slime eventually hardens into a pearl. The oyster nearly dies in the process. To hell with the pearl, give me the healthy oyster!

We crawl by inches. What we find today we will wipe from the blackboard tomorrow and reject it—unless it shows up again the day after tomorrow. And if we find anything which would suit us, that thing we will eye with particular distrust.

Sventurata la terra che non ha eroi. " " No. Sventurata la terra che ha bisogno di eroi.

I take it that the intent of science is to ease human existence. If you give way to coercion, science can be crippled, and your new machines may simply suggest new drudgeries. Should you, then, in time, discover all there is to be discovered, your progress must become a progress away from the bulk of humanity. The gulf might even grow so wide that the sound of your cheering at some new achievement would be echoed by a universal howl of horror.

Komm, geh mit angeln, sagt der Fischer zum Wurm.

Reicher Mann und armer Mann standen da und sah'n sich an. Und der arme sagte bleich, wär ich nicht arm, wärst du nicht reich.

That cloud, however, blossomed just for minutes And when I gazed up, faded in the wind.

The dress rehearsal must have been disastrous, the reactions of the first-night audience a confirmation of this, lasting right into the second scene, even after the singing of 'Pirate Jenny' in the stable. But with the 'Cannon Song' the applause suddenly burst loose. Quite unexpectedly, inspiredly, improvisedly, management and collaborators found themselves with the greatest German hit of the 1920s on their hands.

Geh ich zeitig in die Leere Komm ich aus der Leere voll Wenn ich mit dem Nichts verkehre Weiß ich wieder, was ich soll Wenn ich liebe, wenn ich fühle Ist es eben auch Verschleiß Aber dann, in der Kühle Werd ich wieder heiß

In sum, victory and defeat both come at a price for ordinary people. The best thing for us is if there's not too much politicking.

Wozu Türme bauen wie der Himalaja Wenn man sie nicht umwerfen kann Damit es ein Gelächter gibt?

Art is never without consequences.

The man doesn't know his ass from his elbow.

Dogsborough: That stock-offering was like the bowl of salted nuts They put on the bar for free: satisfies your hunger for nothing, But leaves you with a costly thirst.

Park two big boys behind you and you'll stand proud enough.

Ui: We'll see about that. Walk around, like they do in this Shakespeare guy. (The actor walks around.) ..Good. Givola: You can't walk around like that in front of caulifl ower dealers. It's unnatural. Ui: What are you talking about? Nobody's natural these days. When I walk, I want people to know that I'm walking.

And the light shineth in the darkness.

O du schwacher Gut gesinnter, aber schwacher Mensch! Wo da Not ist, denkt er, gibt es keine Güte!

it doesn't matter what professors Or smart-alecks think; all that counts is how the little Man sees his master. Basta.

Schwanken macht nichts, wenn man nur siegt.

Die Rettung kleiner Nachen Wird sofort in die Tiefe gezogen: Zu viele Versinkende Greifen gierig nach ihm.

But if the little man gets paid even less than he is now, How will he ever afford our vegetables?