Quotes from Bertolt Brecht

A compass needle, though it's made of steel, Always trembles before it settles down. Your hand's just looking for its pole, that's all.

Ui: I don't muzzle the animal that does my heavy lifting. I overlook the foibles of my employees.

Sitting. Sitting is the hardest, Mr Ui. Yes, some people can walk, and some people can stand; but show me the man who knows how to sit.

Hay muchas maneras de matar. Pueden meterte un cuchillo en el vientre. Quitarte el pan. No curarte de una enfermedad. Meterte en una mala vivienda. Empujarte hasta el suicidio. Torturarte hasta la muerte por medio del trabajo. Llevarte a la guerra... Solo algunas están prohibidas en nuestro Estado.

Givola: Why you doing this, boss? Just for the swells at the Trust? Ui: On the contrary. This is for the little guy. Why do you think that Trust man, Clark, Always looks so impressive? Not for his own kind, that's for sure. His bank account takes care of them ­ Just like I rely on my brave boys to make sure I get respect. Clark puffs himself up to impress the little man. And so will I.

The Ballad of Mac the Knife Fair in Soho. The beggars are begging, the thieves are stealing, the whores are whoring. A ballad singer sings a ballad. See the shark with teeth like razors. All can read his open face. And Macheath has got a knife, but Not in such an obvious place. See the shark, how red his fins are As he slashes at his prey. Mac the Knife wears white kid gloves which Give the minimum away.

Quello che amo mi ha detto che ha bisogno di me Per questo ho cura di me stessa guardo dove cammino e temo che ogni goccia di pioggia mi possa uccidere

What's left of me is not afraid of lead - Roma

El arte no es un espejo para reflejar la realidad, sino un martillo para darle forma.

La legge è fatta esclusivamente per lo sfruttamento di coloro che non la capiscano, o ai quali la brutale necessità non permette di rispettarla.

Every page a victory. Who cooked the feast for the victors? Every ten years a great man. Who paid the bill?

Sad is not the land with no hero. Sad is the land that needs a hero.

I am sitting by the side of the road The driver is changing the wheel. I do not like the place I have come from. I do not like the place I am going to. Why do I watch the changing of the wheel With impatience?

Quella che amo mi ha detto che ha bisogno di me. Per questo guardo dove cammino e temo che ogni goccia di pioggia mi possa uccidere.

In fondo alla Moldava vanno le pietre, / sepolti a Praga riposano tre re. / A questo mondo niente rimane uguale, / la notte più lunga eterna non è/

No temas preguntar, compañero! No te dejes convencer! ¡Compruébalo tu mismo! Lo que no sabes por ti, no lo sabes

She tied an apron round her and prepared everything with the bustling activity common to young housewives who still find something sexual in the handling of a saucepan.

So wie es ist, bleibt es nicht.

He'll never be conquered, that man, and you know why? We all back him up – the little fellows like you and me. Oh yes, to hear the big fellows talk, they 're fighting for their beliefs and so on, but if you look into it, you find they're not that silly: they do want to make a profit on the deal. So you and I back them up! COOK

A memória da humanidade para o sofrimento passado é surpreendentemente curta. Sua imaginação para o sofrimento futuro é ainda menor. É contra esta insensibilidade que devemos lutar. Porque a humanidade está ameaçada pelas guerras daqueles que pereceram no passado sob tentativas miseráveis, que, sem dúvida, se repetirão, se as mãos de quem as tornou públicas não forem esmagadas.

Do rio que tudo arrasta diz-se que é violento. Mas ninguém diz violentas as margens que o comprimem. -- The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.

FILCH: Oh, you use them again? Why can't I do the better days act? PEACHUM: Because nobody can make his own suffering sound convincing, my boy. If you have a bellyache and say so, people will simply be disgusted.

La verità riesce ad imporsi solo nella misura in cui noi la imponiamo; la vittoria della ragione non può essere che la vittoria di coloro che ragionano.

Una delle principali cause della miseria delle scienze sta, molto spesso, nella loro presunzione di essere ricche. Scopo della scienza non è tanto quello di aprire una porta all'infinito sapere, quanto quello di porre una barriera all'infinita ignoranza.