Today is the birthday of Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890-1960) and Bertold Brecht (1898-1956).
Show me the way to the next whisky bar
Oh, don’t ask why, oh, don’t ask why
Show me the way to the next whisky bar
Oh, don’t ask why, oh, don’t ask why
For if we don’t find the next whisky bar
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you
I tell you
I tell you we must die.Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say say good-bye
We’ve lost our good old mama
And must have whisky
Oh, you know why.[Brecht und Weill Alabama Song]
“I don’t like people who have never fallen or stumbled.
Their virtue is lifeless and it isn’t of much value.
Life hasn’t revealed its beauty to them.”
[B L Pasternak]
My fave Brecht quote is:
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
Posted by: David Craig on February 11, 2004 01:07 PMYep, that's a good one. There's also his poem Hollywood: "Every day, to earn my daily bread / I go to the market where lies are bought. / Hopefully / I take up my place among the sellers."
Posted by: jim on February 11, 2004 01:30 PM