Quotes by Kraus, Karl

The press, that goiter of the world, swells up with the desire for con >>

Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and cri >>

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears o >>

Quotations about Progress

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress. >>

Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably >>

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us >>

Progress celebrates victories over nature. Progress makes purses out of human skin. When people were traveling in mail coaches, the world got ahead better than it does now that salesmen fly through the air. What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way? How will the heirs of this age be taught the most basic motions that are necessary to activate the most complicated machines? Nature can rely on progress; it will avenge it for the outrage it has perpetrated on it.

Kraus, Karl