Arturo Ui Quotes

If we could learn to look instead of gawking, We'd see the horror in the heart of farce, If only we could act instead of talking, We wouldn't always end up on our arse. This was the thing that nearly had us mastered; Don't yet rejoice in his defeat, you men! Although the world stood up and stopped the bastard, The bitch that bore him is in heat again.

Therefore learn how to see and not to gape. To act instead of talking all day long. The world was almost won by such an ape! The nations put him where his kind belong. But don't rejoice too soon at your escape - The womb he crawled from is still going strong.

It was sometimes feebly argued, as the political and military war against this enemy ran into difficulties, that it was 'a war without end.' I never saw the point of this plaintive objection. The war against superstition and the totalitarian mentality is an endless war. In protean forms, it is fought and refought in every country and every generation. In bin Ladenism we confront again the awful combination of the highly authoritarian personality with the chaotically nihilist and anarchic one. Temporary victories can be registered against this, but not permanent ones. As Bertold Brecht's character says over the corpse of the terrible Arturo Ui, the bitch that bore him is always in heat. But it is in this struggle that we develop the muscles and sinews that enable us to defend civilization, and the moral courage to name it as something worth fighting for.

E voi, imparate che occorre vedere e non guardare in aria; occorre agire e non parlare. Questo mostro stava, una volta, per governare il mondo! Il popolo lo spensero, ma ora non cantiamo vittoria troppo presto: il grembo da cui nacque è ancora fecondo.

What's left of me is not afraid of lead - Roma

Sad is not the land with no hero. Sad is the land that needs a hero.

The man doesn’t know his ass from his elbow.

Dogsborough: That stock-offering was like the bowl of salted nuts They put on the bar for free: satisfies your hunger for nothing, But leaves you with a costly thirst.

Park two big boys behind you and you’ll stand proud enough.

Ui: We’ll see about that. Walk around, like they do in this Shakespeare guy. (The actor walks around.) ..Good. Givola: You can’t walk around like that in front of caulifl ower dealers. It’s unnatural. Ui: What are you talking about? Nobody’s natural these days. When I walk, I want people to know that I’m walking.

it doesn’t matter what professors Or smart-alecks think; all that counts is how the little Man sees his master. Basta.

But if the little man gets paid even less than he is now, How will he ever afford our vegetables?

A compass needle, though it’s made of steel, Always trembles before it settles down. Your hand’s just looking for its pole, that’s all.

Ui: I don’t muzzle the animal that does my heavy lifting. I overlook the foibles of my employees.

Givola: Why you doing this, boss? Just for the swells at the Trust? Ui: On the contrary. This is for the little guy. Why do you think that Trust man, Clark, Always looks so impressive? Not for his own kind, that’s for sure. His bank account takes care of them ­ Just like I rely on my brave boys to make sure I get respect. Clark puffs himself up to impress the little man. And so will I.

Sitting. Sitting is the hardest, Mr Ui. Yes, some people can walk, and some people can stand; but show me the man who knows how to sit.