General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver. General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
Bertolt BrechtIn the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
Bertolt BrechtOne 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 BrechtThere must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
Bertolt BrechtArt and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women. The latter normally concerns itself with profit, the former with pleasure. In the coming age, art will fashion our entertainment out of new means of productivity in ways that will simultaneously enhance our profit and maximize our pleasure.
Bertolt Brecht