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

Quote by Karl Kraus

Topics: Karl Kraus Quotes

Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.

Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.

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

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

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer...

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer...

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted...

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted...

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid

Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.

Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.

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

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

Progress celebrates victories over nature. Progress makes purses out of human skin. When people were...

Progress celebrates victories over nature. Progress makes purses out of human skin. When people were...

Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.

Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.

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

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

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...

You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought.

You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought.

My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about...

My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about...

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same...

To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same...

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel...

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel...

Hate must make a man productive. Otherwise one might as well love

Hate must make a man productive. Otherwise one might as well love

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love...

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love...

The hatred of those who are near to us is the most violent

The hatred of those who are near to us is the most violent