Carl Zuckmayer quotes

...Hades had opened its gates and vomited forth the basest, most despicable, most horrible demons. In the course of my life I had seen something of untrammeled human insights of horror of panic. I had taken part in a dozen battles in the First World War, had experienced barrages, gassings, going over the top. I had witnessed the turmoil of the postwar era, the crushing uprisings, street battles, meeting hall brawls. I was present among the bystanders during the Hitler Putsch in 1923 in Munich. I saw the early period of Nazi rule in Berlin. But none of this was comparable to those days in Vienna. What was unleashed upon Vienna had nothing to do with [the] seizure of power in Germany. ...What was unleashed upon Vienna was a torrent of envy, jealousy, bitterness, blind, malignant craving for revenge. All better instincts were silenced... only the torpid masses had been unchained. ...It was the witch's Sabbath of the mob. All that makes for human dignity was buried. (Carl Zuckmayer)
One-half of life is luck; the other half is discipline - and that's the important half, for without discipline you wouldn't know what to do with luck. View quote
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A life without a dog is a mistake. View quote
Carl Zuckmayer
Tact is the great ability to see other people as they think you see them. View quote
Carl Zuckmayer
Imagine that. All the men of Germany marching in step with even their wotsits hanging the same way. View quote
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I couldn't incriminate myself if I tried. And when it comes to the workings of the government I'd just as soon look away, anyway. You never know what you'll see. View quote
Carl Zuckmayer
Oh that music - how it goes through one. View quote
Carl Zuckmayer