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Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: A philistine is habitually bored and looks for

A philistine is habitually bored and looks for things that won't bore him. An artist finds things boring, but is never bored. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Joe Kraus: Set measurable goals, measure relative to competition.

Set measurable goals, measure relative to competition. — Joe Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: In case of doubt, decide in favor of

In case of doubt, decide in favor of what is correct. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: It is regarded as normal to consecrate virginity

It is regarded as normal to consecrate virginity in general and to lust for its destruction in particular. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Joe Kraus: The cost of hiring someone bad is so

The cost of hiring someone bad is so much greater than missing out on someone good. — Joe Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: In a hollow head there is much room

In a hollow head there is much room for knowledge. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: How is the world ruled and how do

How is the world ruled and how do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they read. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Chris Kraus: Dear Dick, I wrote in one of many

Dear Dick, I wrote in one of many letters, what happens between women now is the most interesting thing in the world because it's least described — Chris Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Chris Kraus: The more she studied, the harder it became

The more she studied, the harder it became to speak or know anything with certainty. — Chris Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life

Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Joe Kraus: Media companies, under the guise of piracy, are

Media companies, under the guise of piracy, are asking congress to give them more control over fair use. Hollywood wants to control innovation. — Joe Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Language is the mother of thought, not its

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Morality is the tendency to pour out the

Morality is the tendency to pour out the baby with the bathwater. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: It is either a half-truth or a truth

It is either a half-truth or a truth and a half. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Daniel Kraus: His exhaled smoke was the exact colour of

His exhaled smoke was the exact colour of ennui. — Daniel Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: There are people who can never forgive a

There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Progress makes purses out of human skin.

Progress makes purses out of human skin. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Immortality is the only thing which doesn't tolerate

Immortality is the only thing which doesn't tolerate being postponed. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Daniel Kraus: At length her hair came loose and whisked

At length her hair came loose and whisked my face. I did not mind such blond whips of sunlight. — Daniel Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the

Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and spoiled it with the dessert of remorse. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of

My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Medicine: Your money and your life!

Medicine: Your money and your life! — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: The real truths are those that can be

The real truths are those that can be invented. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: If children had been told that they could

If children had been told that they could not blow their noses, this alone would make adults blush. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it

Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: A school without grades must have been concocted

A school without grades must have been concocted by someone who was drunk on non-alcoholic wine. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: A man's eroticism is a woman's sexuality.

A man's eroticism is a woman's sexuality. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: If the reporter has killed our imagination with

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: A bibliophile has approximately the same relationship to

A bibliophile has approximately the same relationship to literature as a philatelist to geography. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: The superman is a premature ideal, one that

The superman is a premature ideal, one that presupposes man. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: To be sure, the dog is loyal. But

To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to man, not to other dogs. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It

Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: The world is a prison in which solitary

The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Many talents preserve their precociousness right into old

Many talents preserve their precociousness right into old age. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: If someone calls me vain and mean, I

If someone calls me vain and mean, I know that he trusts me and has something to confess to me. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: The trouble with Germans is not that they

The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Many share my views with me. But I

Many share my views with me. But I don't share them with them. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Let language be the divining rod that finds

Let language be the divining rod that finds the sources of thought. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Parliamentarianism means putting political prostitution in barracks.

Parliamentarianism means putting political prostitution in barracks. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Curses on the law! Most of my fellow

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Science is spectrum analysis. Art is Photosynthesis.

Science is spectrum analysis. Art is Photosynthesis. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic

Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who

The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: A writer is someone who can make a

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: My respect for the inconsiderable is assuming gigantic

My respect for the inconsiderable is assuming gigantic dimensions. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Politics is what a man does in order

Politics is what a man does in order to conceal what he is and what he himself does not know. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Chastity always takes its toll. In some it

Chastity always takes its toll. In some it produces pimples; in others, sex laws. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: A healthy man is content with a woman.

A healthy man is content with a woman. An erotic man is content with a stocking to get to a woman. A sick man is content with thestocking. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: There is no more unfortunate creature under the

There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for a woman's shoe and has to settle for the whole woman. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: I am already so popular that anyone who

I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I am. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: No ideas and the ability to express them

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Chris Kraus: It's going to be crazy. All eight teams

It's going to be crazy. All eight teams here are good teams. Hopefully the atmosphere will be great because it's going to be great basketball. — Chris Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Where do I find the time for not

Where do I find the time for not reading so many books? — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: How do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to

How do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists, then believe what they read. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Through my satire I make little people so

Through my satire I make little people so big that afterwards they are worthy objects of my satire and no one can reproach me any longer. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Solitude would be ideal if you could pick

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Contemporaries live from second hand to mouth.

Contemporaries live from second hand to mouth. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: It is the style of idealism to console

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Chris Kraus: Why do people think that we're degraded when

Why do people think that we're degraded when we're examining positions of degradation, or examining the cycle of our own degradation? — Chris Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Nationalism is the love which ties me to

Nationalism is the love which ties me to the blockheads of my country, to the insultors of my way of life, and to the desecrators of my language. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Chris Kraus: Remembering what it felt like to be 20

Remembering what it felt like to be 20 overwhelmed by feeling and sensation, lost for words. — Chris Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Chris Kraus: I felt like Frederic Moreau arriving late and

I felt like Frederic Moreau arriving late and uninvited at Monsieur Dambreuse's elite salon in Flaubert's Sentimental Education - a — Chris Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: A cigar," said the altruist, "a cigar, my

A cigar," said the altruist, "a cigar, my good man, I cannot give you. But any time you need a light, just come around; mine is always lit. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: It so often happened to me that someone

It so often happened to me that someone who shared my opinion kept the larger share for himself that I am now forewarned and offer people only ideas. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Chris Kraus: I'm thinking of the quote you cite from

I'm thinking of the quote you cite from Levi-Strauss - a universe of information where the laws of savage thought reign once more. — Chris Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: He who does without the praise of the

He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: A great deal of learning can be packed

A great deal of learning can be packed into an empty head. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: The difference between psychiatrists and other mentally disturbed

The difference between psychiatrists and other mentally disturbed people is something like the relationship between concave and convex madness. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Keep your passions in check, but beware of

Keep your passions in check, but beware of giving your reason free rein. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: When I read, it is not acted literature;

When I read, it is not acted literature; but what I write is written acting. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Chris Kraus: Love and sex both cause mutation, just like

Love and sex both cause mutation, just like I think desire isn't lack. It's surplus energy- a claustrophobia inside your skin - — Chris Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Robert Kraus: All bullies are cowards!

All bullies are cowards! — Robert Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Mankind became hysterical in the Middle Ages because

Mankind became hysterical in the Middle Ages because it poorly repressed the sexual impressions of its Greek boyhood. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Stupidity is an elemental force for which no

Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: He who sleeps half a day has won

He who sleeps half a day has won half a life. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Chris Kraus: Art supercedes what's personal.

Art supercedes what's personal. — Chris Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Bill Kraus: Those who depend on television as their primary

Those who depend on television as their primary information source are condemned to ... A form of political illiteracy. — Bill Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Daniel Kraus: What you do with your time alive defines

What you do with your time alive defines you, Reader, but hear me, I beg you, when I say that you are not done being defined. — Daniel Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: The unattractive thing about chauvinism is not so

The unattractive thing about chauvinism is not so much the aversion to other nations as the love of one's own. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Since the law prohibits the keeping of wild

Since the law prohibits the keeping of wild animals and I get no enjoyment from pets, I prefer to remain unmarried. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: An artist should make concessions to the listener.

An artist should make concessions to the listener. That is why Bruckner dedicated one of his symphonies to the Good Lord. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Ask your neighbor only about things you know

Ask your neighbor only about things you know better yourself. Then his advice could prove valuable. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Truth is a clumsy servant that breaks the

Truth is a clumsy servant that breaks the dishes while washing them. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: A man's jealousy is a social institution; a

A man's jealousy is a social institution; a woman's prostitution is an instinct. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Chris Kraus: Why should women settle to think and talk

Why should women settle to think and talk about just femaleness when men were constantly transcending gender? — Chris Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: We are sacrificing ourselves for our ready-made goods;

We are sacrificing ourselves for our ready-made goods; we are consumers and live in such a way that the means may consume the end. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: It is uplifting to lose one?s faith in

It is uplifting to lose one?s faith in a reality which looks the way it is described in a newspaper. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Children today laugh at fathers who tell them

Children today laugh at fathers who tell them about dragons. It is necessary to make fear a required subject; otherwise children will never learn it. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: If you wish to form a clear judgment

If you wish to form a clear judgment on your friends, consult your dreams. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Daniel Kraus: Such a shovel, it seemed a waste not

Such a shovel, it seemed a waste not to use it. — Daniel Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: An idea's birth is legitimate if one has

An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: I like to hold a monologue with women.

I like to hold a monologue with women. But a dialogue with myself is more stimulating. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: The art of an actress is sublimated sexuality.

The art of an actress is sublimated sexuality. But off the stage the fire must be able to reconvert the steam into body. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: Most people only do what they are asked

Most people only do what they are asked to do; success comes to those who do a little more. — Karl Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Joe Kraus: Any time you build a company designed to

Any time you build a company designed to be sold, you ultimately get less value if it's sold. — Joe Kraus

Kraus Quotes By Karl Kraus: I trim my opponents to fit my arrows.

I trim my opponents to fit my arrows. — Karl Kraus