Bertolt Brecht

“Why be a man when you can be a success?”

“What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?”

“It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.”

“From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.”

“Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science.”

“The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.”

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

“Grub first, then ethics.”

“The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.”

“Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.”

“To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.”

“One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.”

“What's breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?”

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

“Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.”

“Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.”

“It's all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.”

“Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.”

“Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.”

“You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.”