The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so. Bertolt Brecht More Quotes by Bertolt Brecht More Quotes From Bertolt Brecht 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. Bertolt Brecht policegivingmen Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands. Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war. Bertolt Brecht warhandsart No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand. Bertolt Brecht demandliteraturelong The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What's left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars. Bertolt Brecht abusekissingrace It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive. Bertolt Brecht what-mattersimportantacceptance Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn. Bertolt Brecht turnsscholarshipmen The fate of man is man. Bertolt Brecht fatemen There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers. Bertolt Brecht latterworkersstupidity The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom. Bertolt Brecht sunsetdefeatvictory I was called up in the war and sent to a hospital. I dressed wounds, applied iodine, gave enemas, did blood transfusions. If the doctor ordered: "Brecht, amputate a leg!", I would reply, "Certainly, Your Excellency!", and cut off the leg. If I was told, "Perform a trepanning!" I opened the man's skull and messed about with his brains. I saw how they patched fellows up, so as to cart them back to the Front as quickly as they could. Bertolt Brecht cuttingmenwar Right is its own defense. Bertolt Brecht defenseliterature What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone? Bertolt Brecht funny-good-morningcheesygone To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated. Bertolt Brecht finesseprocessmean Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves. Bertolt Brecht be-kindkindnesswanted Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest. Bertolt Brecht knivesmenhands None will improve your lot If you yourself do not. Bertolt Brecht motivationalinspirationallife Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer. Bertolt Brecht hammersmirrorsart Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods. Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of. Bertolt Brecht takenwritingreality When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up. Bertolt Brecht obvious-thingsmeanworld You can make a fresh start with your final breath. Bertolt Brecht fresh-startbreathsfinals
