Bertolt Brecht Quotes - Page 7

• There are a few things that'll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they've been used several times, they no longer work.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Moving, People, Trouble

  Bertolt Brecht, Desmond Ivo Vesey, Eric Bentley (1964). “The Threepenny Opera”, p.5, Grove Press

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• People who understand everything get no stories.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Personas, Historias

  Bertolt Brecht (2015). “Collected Short Stories of Bertolt Brecht”, p.39, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Eats first, morals after.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Firsts, Moral

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• Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. ... In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Art, Science, Views

  Bertolt Brecht, John Willett (1964). "Brecht sobre el teatro: El desarrollo de una estética"

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• The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Innocent, Shots, Deserve

  "Intellectuals". Book by Paul Johnson, 1990.

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• Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree. Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other's faces.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Squirrels, Perspective, Bird

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• Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Seductive, Goodness, Fearful

  bertolt brecht (1966). “the caucasian chalk circle”

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• 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

  Men, Giving, Police

  "The Threepenny Opera". Play by Bertolt Brecht, 1928.

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• The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Song, Art, Epic

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• For what's the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?

  Bertolt Brecht

  Estrellas, Hombres, Pensamiento

  Bertolt Brecht (2015). “Collected Short Stories of Bertolt Brecht”, p.22, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture 'tis to flee it.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Good Things, Rapture, Knows

  Bertolt Brecht (1983). “Two Plays by Bertolt Brecht”, Plume Books

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• People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Silly, Long, People

  Bertolt Brecht (1966). “Jungle of Cities: And Other Plays”, p.77, Grove Press

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• First the grub, then the morals.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Firsts, Moral, Miscellaneous

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• Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We've lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!

  Bertolt Brecht

  Moon, Bye, Alabama

  Bertolt Brecht (1990). “Brecht Collected Plays: The Rise and Fall of the City of Mohagony and the Seven Deadly Sins :”, Methuen

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• La primavera la notan, si acaso, las personas sentadas en los trenes.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Spring, People, Sitting

  Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim (1987). “Poems, 1913-1956”, p.158, Taylor & Francis

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• There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Brain, Division, Labor

  Bertolt Brecht (2015). “Brecht Collected Plays: 1: Baal; Drums in the Night; In the Jungle of Cities; Life of Edward II of England; & 5 One Act Plays”, p.63, A&C Black

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• On thinking about Hell, I gather
  My brother Shelley found it was a place
  Much like the city of London. I
  Who live in Los Angeles and not in London
  Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be
  Still more like Los Angeles.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Brother, Thinking, Cities

  Bertolt Brecht, Erich Fried (1979). “Poems”

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• One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Running, War, Declaring

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• People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Fall, People, Faces

  Bertolt Brecht (2015). “Brecht Collected Plays: 1: Baal; Drums in the Night; In the Jungle of Cities; Life of Edward II of England; & 5 One Act Plays”, p.167, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Hurt, Doe, Scar

  Bertolt Brecht (2014). “Love Poems”, p.52, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Pero falta algo.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Falta

  "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny". Opera by Kurt Weill, german libretto by Bertolt Brecht, 1930.

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• It was never decreed that a god mustn't pay hotel bills.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Pay, Bills, Hotel

  Bertolt Brecht (1961). “Parables for the theatre: Two plays: The good woman of Setzuan and The caucasian chalk circle”

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• Sometimes I have visions of myself driving through hell, selling sulphur and brimstone, or through heaven peddling refreshments to the roaming souls. If me and the children I've got left could find a place where there's no shooting, I wouldn't mind a few years of peace and quiet.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Children, Years, Heaven

  Bertolt Brecht (1971). “Collected Plays: The life of Galileo. The trial of Lucullus. Mother Courage and her children”

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• Primero las chuletas de cerdo, luego la moralidad

  Bertolt Brecht

  Pork, Firsts, Morality

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

  Bertolt Brecht

  Funny Money, Robbing, Founding

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