Bertolt Brecht Quotes

Why be a man when you can be a success?

Bertolt Brecht

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: February 10, 1898 - August 14, 1956

Topics

SuccessManYouWhyBe A Man

I'm a fighter and not a victim. Think of yourself and make the most of life.

Jill Ireland

LifeYourselfThinkFighterVictim

You could have the bases loaded, and you bring up the best pinch-hitter in the world to pinch hit, he hits into a double play, and then all of a sudden: 'How could you do that?'

Joe Torre

BestWorldYouPlayDoubleBring

Novelists are no more moral or certain than anybody else; we are ideologically adrift, and if we are any good then our writing will live in several places at once. That is both our curse and our charm.

Andrew O'Hagan

GoodLiveWritingMoralWillPlaces

Your weak point is the open, vulnerable place where you can always be hurt. Love, in all its aspects, opens the self so fully.

Jeanette Winterson

LoveHurtSelfYouPlaceWeak

Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to look at Haiti from a psychological perspective. Most of the elite suffer from psychogenic amnesia. That means it's not organic amnesia, such as damage caused by brain injury. It's just a matter of psychology.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

PerspectivePeopleBrainPolitical

We can do better, and we must hold the politicians accountable to do better.

Ami Bera

BetterPoliticiansHoldAccountable

For decades, Turkey was widely viewed as a reliable NATO ally: prickly at times, but safely in America's corner.

Stephen Kinzer

AmericaReliableCornerTurkeyAlly

St. Lucia represents, for me, where I found myself musically once I stopped trying to be cool, in some way, and stopped stopping these guilty pleasure influences I had from coming through.

St. Lucia

MyselfMeCoolTryingGuiltyWay

I just feel that I'm compelled; that I have a responsibility to give back to those less fortunate.

Stewart Rahr

ResponsibilityFeelBackFortunate

The situation right after the fight wasn't too good; I believe I'm still the only champion in the world who never received the belt inside the ring once you've won the title. I held that against the English fans for a long time but I felt that also motivated me.

Marvin Hagler

GoodTimeFightMeWorldChampion

Probably nothing serious or worthwhile can be accomplished without one's willingness to be alone for sustained periods of time, which is not to say that one must live alone, obsessively.

Joyce Carol Oates

LiveAloneTimeSeriousSayNothing

I'm merely trying to be something akin to a nice, kind, good actress.

Christina Ricci

GoodTryingNiceKindSomething

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