Quotes by
Zarko Petan |
1929-2014 , Slovenian playwright & aphorist
A theater and film director and, at the same time, one of the most popular satirical writers in his country. He had dealt with all genres of writing, especially with aphorisms. He published over 60 books and has been translated into 25 languages.
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Quotations
| • | In the theater, the director is a god. But, unfortunately, the actors are atheists. 4 |
| • | In the end, the truth always wins. Unfortunately, we are still at the beginning. 3 |
| • | Historians falsify the past. Ideologists falsify the future. 3 |
| • | The critic is a eunuch in the harem of art. 3 |
| • | When a new wind blows, empty heads are the first to bend. 3 |
| • | An old man is a child with a past. 2 |
| • | An empty head nods more easily. 2 |
| • | It is not our bureaucracy that is too big for our state, it is our state that is too small for our bureaucracy. 2 |
| • | There were fewer generals during the war than today, when we live in peace. 2 |
| • | It is more difficult to write a comedy than a tragedy. Tragedy is copied from life, comedy is invented. 1 |
| • | If you want to be informed, read a newspaper; if you want to be misinformed, read two newspapers! 1 |
| • | Someone else’s thought comes to a person’s mind faster than his own. 1 |
| • | A smart politician focuses more on the unwillingness of the people than on their desires. 1 |
| • | The ambitious bureaucrat dreams that one day his pen will be promoted to a spear. 1 |
| • | Minority is right only when in majority. 1 |
| • | Public opinion is like pants: for a while they’re in fashion narrow, then wide, then narrow again, and so on. 1 |
Funny Quotes
| • | All that I have on my conscience I store away in my subconscious. 4 |
| • | Since I had seen X Files I understand my parents much better. 3 |
| • | How to keep the peace, unfortunately, remains a military secret. 3 |
| • | The naked truth cannot compete successfully with a lie dressed in the latest fashion. 2 |
| • | On Friday, pious cannibals eat fishermen. 2 |
| • | The doctor told me that I must exercise that is why I began to surf the internet 1 |
