Brecht Plays Quotes & Sayings

In every passionate pursuit, the pursuit counts more than the object pursued. — Eric Hoffer

I never sing under the shower, I keep it for the stage. — Jared Leto

Sometimes what we need from the Bible is not the fulfillment of our dream, but the swallowing up of our failed dream in the all-satisfying glory of Christ. We do not always know the path of deepest joy. — John Piper

I believe that patterns tend to repeat themselves and there are connections between the past and the present. There is the old proverb that reads, 'You can't know where you're going if you don't know where you've been'. For me, history is like that. When you take history and combine it with myth, then you get mystery. — Ashwin Sanghi

Storytelling can save you. Both the telling and the listening. — Catherynne M Valente

Historians will handle a much wider range of sources than a biographer and will be covering a broader spectrum of events, time, peoples. — Claire Tomalin

I prefer being up-and-coming. Gives us something to look forward to. — Jeffrey Archer

I get sick of saying how hard everything is. It's hard to get up in the morning. Everything's hard. Everything takes effort. — Elaine Stritch

I cannot morally blame all Americans for allowing, for instance, the birth of the Federal Reserve System and the money destruction that has followed. They are simply ignorant about it and don't know what happened or what is happening. They think that prices go up rather than that dollars go down. — Robert Prechter