Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write. Karl Kraus More Quotes by Karl Kraus More Quotes From Karl Kraus The truth is that the newspaper is not a place for information to be given, rather it is just hollow content, or more than that, a provoker of content. If it prints lies about atrocities, real atrocities are the result. Karl Kraus atrocitiesreallying News reports stand up as people, and people wither into editorials. Clichés walk around on two legs while men are having theirs shot off. Karl Kraus mentwopeople Hate must make a man productive. Otherwise one might as well love. Karl Kraus hatemightmen The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back. Karl Kraus distancelonglooks An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths. Karl Kraus aphorismhalftruth Psychoanalysts are father confessors who like to listen to the sins of the father as well. Karl Kraus dignitysinfather Imagination has the right to feast in the shade of the tree that it turns into a forest. Karl Kraus shadeimaginationtree I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I am. Karl Kraus popular-songliteraturesong If children had been told that they could not blow their noses, this alone would make adults blush. Karl Kraus adultsblowchildren Artists have a right to be modest and a duty to be vain. Karl Kraus vaindutyartist I have to do this, as long as it is at all possible; for if those who are obliged to look after commas had always made sure they were in the right place, then Shanghai would not be burning. Karl Kraus burninglonglooks I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up. Karl Kraus sawsvisionliterature Heinrich Heine so loosened the corsets of the German language that today every little salesman can fondle her breasts. Karl Kraus german-languagelittlestoday I don't like to meddle in my private affairs. Karl Kraus affairliterature Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence. Karl Kraus agreementcivilizationmean War is, at first, the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation that the other fellow will be worse off; then, the satisfaction that he isn't any better off; and, finally, the surprise at everyone's being worse off. Karl Kraus hopewarpeace A journalist is stimulated by a deadline. He writes worse when he has time Karl Kraus deadlinewritingtime Love and art do not embrace what is beautiful but what is made beautiful by this embrace. Karl Kraus atheismbeautifulart Lord, forgive them, for they know what they do! Karl Kraus forgivenessforgivinglord Religion, morality, and patriotism are feelings that are manifested only when they are outraged. Karl Kraus patriotismfeelingsreligion
