Quotes About Society

What is robbing a bank compared with founding a bank?

You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!

Till you feed us, right and wrong can wait.

A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he'll give him sixpence. But the second time it'll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he'll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.

If you join the rat race — you're in the race of rats.

Unglücklich das Land, das Helden nötig hat

Unhappy is the land that breeds no hero! No, Andrea....unhappy is the land that needs a hero.

Art is not a mirror held up to society but a hammer with which to shape it.

Das Schicksal des Menschen ist der Mensch.

For once you must try not to shirk the facts: Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.

You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy, but till you feed us right and wrong can wait. Or is it only those who have the money who can enter the land of milk and honey?

Where else are you going to get morality from, is what I say? Peace is just piggishness, it takes war to establish order.

You heard of honest Socrates, The man who never lied: They weren't so grateful as you think. Instead the rulers fixed to have him tried And handed him the poisoned drink. How honest was the people's noble son! The world however didn't wait But soon observed what followed on. It's honesty that brought him to that state. How fortunate the man with none!

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

LOS DE ARRIBA se han reunido en una sala. Hombre de la calle: abandona toda esperanza. Los gobiernos firman pactos de no agresión. Hombre pequeño: escribe tu testamento.

What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?

As crimes pile up, they become invisible.

Vi što nas u?ite da živeti treba Bez greha i bez misli kakve zle, Morate najpre da nam date hleba, Pa tad zborite: s tim po?inje sve. Svi vi što volite svoj trbuh i naš rad Pamtite dobro, za ceo vek: Ma kako stvari obrtali sad, Prvo je ždranje. Moral - potom tek. Siromah mora prvo mo?i, zna se, Deo poga?e da odse?e zna se.