Citater af Bertolt Brecht

Der findes kun èn måde at bekæmpe magten på. Overlev den!

Han, som griner, har endnu ikke hørt de dårlige nyheder.

Hvad er det at røve en bank mod at grundlægge en bank.

Hvor er livet dog en elendighed. Du lever som blommen i et æg, men det er ikke engang godt nok.

Jeg sidder ved vejkanten.
Chaufføren skifter hjul.
Jeg har ikke lyst til at være dér hvor jeg kommer fra.
Jeg har ikke lyst til at komme derhen hvor jeg skal.
Hvorfor betragter jeg hjulskiftet med utålmodighed?

Litteratur har ret og pligt til at fortælle læserne, hvad der rører sig i tiden.

Mad går forud for moral.

Ulykkeligt er det land, som behøver helte.

Ville det trods alt ikke være bedre, at regeringen fyrede folket og valgte et andet?

Engelske citater

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

Grub first, then ethics.

He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news.

Never believe in fate, see for yourself. What you yourself didn't learn you don't know.

The more we can squeeze out of nature by invention and discoveries and improved organization of labour, the more uncertain our existence seems to be. It's not we who lord it over things, it seems, but thinks which lord it over us.

Those who have had no share in the good fortune of the mighty. Often have a share in their misfortune.

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes

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