Mother Courage and Her Children Quotes

“I won't let you spoil my war for me. Destroys the weak, does it? Well, what does peace do for'em, huh? War feeds its people better.”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“I don’t trust him, you see we’re friends.”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“I can’t abide injustice.”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“Facts are facts, whisper them or shout them.”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“All I get from your victory is losses.”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“They’ve filed down whatever edges we used to have.”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“Sometimes I see myself driving through hell with this wagon and selling brimstone. And sometimes I’m driving through heaven handing our provisions to wandering souls! If only we could find a place where there’s no shooting, me and my children—what’s left of ‘em—we might rest a while.”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“You heard of honest Socrates, The man who never lied: They weren’t so grateful as you think. Instead the rulers fixed to have him tried And handed him the poisoned drink. How honest was the people’s noble son! The world however didn’t wait But soon observed what followed on. It’s honesty that brought him to that state. How fortunate the man with none!”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“The noblest plans are brought down through the low-mindedness of those who are supposed to carry them out.”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“In sum, victory and defeat both come at a price for ordinary people. The best thing for us is if there’s not too much politicking.”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“Where else are you going to get morality from, is what I say? Peace is just piggishness, it takes war to establish order.”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“He says he'd like to kiss the ground you walk on-reminds me, did you wash them yesterday?- and after that you're his skivvy.”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“Potkupljivost je u ljudi isto što u Boga milosrđe.”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“MUTTER COURAGE Mir scheint, ich hab zu lang gehandelt.”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“Es curioso. Cuando se oye hablar a los señorones, sólo hacen la guerra por el temor de Dios y por todo lo que es bueno y hermoso. Pero si bien se mira no son tan tontos y hacen la guerra por la ganancia.”
― Bertolt Brecht , Mother Courage and Her Children

“Selflessness is a rare virtue, because it doesn’t pay for itself.”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“What happens to the hole once the cheese has been eaten?”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“He’ll never be conquered, that man, and you know why? We all back him up – the little fellows like you and me. Oh yes, to hear the big fellows talk, they ‘re fighting for their beliefs and so on, but if you look into it, you find they’re not that silly: they do want to make a profit on the deal. So you and I back them up! COOK”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children

“VOJNI ŽUPNIK: Hoću reći, mira ima i u ratu, ima on svojih mirovnih mjesta. Rat naime zadovoljava sve potrebe, među njima i za mirom, tu je on zbrinut, inače se ne bi uspijevao održati. I u ratu se možeš pokakati kao i u najdubljem miru, a između jednog i drugog okršaja ima i piva, pa čak i dok se napreduje možeš malo zadrijemati, oslonjen o lakte, to se uvijek može, u grabi na ulici. Za juriša se doduše ne možeš kartati, ne možeš to ni dok u najdubljem miru oreš njivu, ali nakon pobjede ima tih mogućnosti. Može biti da ti kugla odnese nogu, isprva ispustiš grozan krik, kao da je to nešto, ali onda se primiriš ili dobiješ rakije, pa na kraju opet cupkaš, a rat nije nimalo lošiji no prije. A što te priječi da se usred tog klanja i množiš, iza nekog štaglja ili bilo gdje drugdje, od toga te nije moguće zadugo uzdržati, i rat onda dobije tvoje izdanke i može krenuti dalje. Ne, rat uvijek nađe izlaza, kako da ne. Zašto bi morao prestati?”
― Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children