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Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: You can't take back an act you were able to think.
         

You can't take back an act you were able to think.


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A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.

A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.



For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence.

For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence.



The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.



Humor is the mask of wisdom.

Humor is the mask of wisdom.



Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand



News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news.

News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news.



The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.

The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.



Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland.

Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland.



Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality.

Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality.



It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.





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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all.



How poor are they that have not patience? What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

How poor are they that have not patience? What wound did ever heal but by degrees?



An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.

An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.



We humans seem disastrously in love with this thing (whatever it is) that glitters on the earth-- we call it life.

We humans seem disastrously in love with this thing (whatever it is) that glitters on the earth-- we call it life.



I was doing stuff that for me was sort of more about playing real music.

I was doing stuff that for me was sort of more about playing real music.



Science is important, but so is ethics, so is balancing life. To destroy life to save life - it's one of the real ethical dilemmas that we face.

Science is important, but so is ethics, so is balancing life. To destroy life to save life - it's one of the real ethical dilemmas that we face.



My father is Jaime Rodriguez from San Antonio, Texas, and I've got one whole half of my family that's Mexican through and through.

My father is Jaime Rodriguez from San Antonio, Texas, and I've got one whole half of my family that's Mexican through and through.



If Tal sacrifices a piece, take it. If Petrosian sacrifices a piece, don't take it.

If Tal sacrifices a piece, take it. If Petrosian sacrifices a piece, don't take it.



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Congress is not an ATM.



Physics should represent a reality in time and space, free from spooky action at a distance.

Physics should represent a reality in time and space, free from spooky action at a distance.




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