Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (Bertolt Brecht) Quotes

The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves.

Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht

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• Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think that the main mechanism is rationalization, then what you come up with, and that's what we find, is that we're basically trying to balance feeling good about ourselves.

  

  Dan Ariely
  • Up
  • Good
  • Real

• Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you've felt, that you have observed.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • You
  • Interesting
  • Know

• I am often in contact with the hareidi public and politicians.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • Public
  • Politicians

• I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.

  

  Aaliyah
  • People
  • Good
  • Remember

• I would say I am an ordinary bowler but one with a really big heart, and that's what has stood me in good stead in all these years.

  

  Harbhajan Singh
  • Heart
  • Bowler
  • Stead

• My partner has to have good sized bones.

  

  Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty
  • Good
  • Partner
  • Bones

• I do believe the potential for ConnectU was as big as Facebook's, absolutely.

  

  Cameron Winklevoss
  • Believe
  • Potential
  • Facebook

• Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best.

  

  Wayne Coyne
  • Different
  • Best
  • Audience

• George W. Bush always said and did what he believed and he let it rip.

  

  Ed Rendell
  • Always
  • Said
  • Rip

• While prices of goods continue to rise, American worker's wages remain stagnant.

  

  Ed Pastor
  • American
  • Rise
  • Stagnant

• I know that God has had my back, even when I was screwing up.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Up
  • God
  • Know

• Strong families are vital to strong societies.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • Strong
  • Families
  • VItal

• Many women have asked me if it is possible to have a well-built wardrobe on a limited budget. 'Money,' I tell them, 'is no guarantee of taste, and an overstuffed wardrobe is often as bare as a skeleton when it comes to wearable apparel.'

  

  Edith Head
  • Women
  • Money
  • Me

• I did Polyester, and I don't regret one minute of it. It was wonderful.

  

  Tab Hunter
  • Regret
  • Wonderful
  • Minute

• I think people try so hard to learn everything that they miss all the wonderful essentials. There is so much mystery in life that you should leave a mystery.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • People
  • Life
  • Mystery

• An ice-fishing shanty is basically a tin outhouse on a frozen lake, except that in an outhouse, the hole has a purpose. In ice fishing, the hole is what you stare at for hours, hoping that at some point you'll break the monotony by falling in.

  

  W. Bruce Cameron
  • Purpose
  • Fishing
  • Lake

• Can't step from one movie set to the next. Only Samuel L. Jackson can do that. All us mere mortals can't do that!

  

  Ice Cube
  • Movie
  • Step
  • Next

• I think women are really good at multitasking. Men just cannot do it.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Good
  • Men
  • Women

• Where do we enroll in Life 101? Where are the classes dealing with the loss of a job, the death of a loved one, the failure of a relationship? Unfortunately, those lessons are mostly learned through trial by fire and the school of hard knocks.

  

  Les Brown
  • Life
  • School
  • Job

• The bottom line is, we didn't make shots. It's just disappointing that we played as well as we did defensively, and yet it's a 10-point loss. And we missed free throws. It's just not good enough if you want to beat good teams. You've got to play complete basketball, not just defend, not just rebound, it's got to be complete. We're either going to get it or we're going to continue to be a .500 team. We're either going to figure it out or remain an average program.

  

  Brad Soderberg
  • Basketball
  • Program
  • Played

• When I do an hour-and-a-half show, if I don't improvise 20 minutes worth of new material each night, I feel I've let myself down.

  

  Buddy Hackett
  • Night

• The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves.

  

  Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht