Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Bertolt Friedrich Brechtwas a German poet, playwright, and theatre director of the 20th century. He made contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter through the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble – the post-war theatre company operated by Brecht and his wife, long-time collaborator and actress Helene Weigel...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth10 February 1898
CityAugsburg, Germany
CountryGermany
Bertolt Brecht quotes about
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.
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
What's breaking into 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!
The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
For the villainy of the world is great, and a man has to run his legs off to keep them from being stolen out fom underneath him.
He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news.
Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.
What is the crime of robbing a bank compared with the crime of founding one.