No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist. Karl Kraus More Quotes by Karl Kraus More Quotes From Karl Kraus There are writers who can express in as little as twenty pages what I occasionally need as many as two for. Karl Kraus twenties two needs Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram. Karl Kraus masculine-and-feminine passion epic What is a historian? Someone who doesn't write well enough to work on a daily. Karl Kraus historian enough writing Parliamentarianism means putting political prostitution in barracks. Karl Kraus prostitution political mean A snob is unreliable. The work he praises might just be good. Karl Kraus snob praise might One's need for loneliness is not satisfied if one sits at a table alone. There must be empty chairs as well. Karl Kraus solitude loneliness needs The little stations are very proud because the expresses have to pass them by. Karl Kraus proud pride littles An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself. Karl Kraus feelings writing ideas One of the most widespread diseases is diagnosis. Karl Kraus diagnosis doctors disease Most people are sick. But only a few know that this is something they can be proud of. These are the psychoanalysts. Karl Kraus sick proud people Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children? Karl Kraus army play children The art of an actress is sublimated sexuality. But off the stage the fire must be able to reconvert the steam into body. Karl Kraus acting fire art It is uplifting to lose one?s faith in a reality which looks the way it is described in a newspaper. Karl Kraus uplifting reality looks The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human perseverance pays itself when it thinks that something is taking too long. The world needed a discoverer of the North Pole, and in all areas of social activity, merit was less important here than opportunity. Karl Kraus perseverance opportunity reality It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new. Karl Kraus style something-new loss Technology is a servant who makes so much noise cleaning up in the next room that his master cannot make music. Karl Kraus music technology noise Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning. Karl Kraus up-early stupidity morning On the stage one must not confuse the nature of a personality with the naturalness of a person. Karl Kraus actors acting personality There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything. Karl Kraus diversity justice people Contemporaries live from second hand to mouth. Karl Kraus second-hand mouths hands
