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. 3 |
| • | The critic is a eunuch in the harem of art. 2 |
| • | Historians falsify the past. Ideologists falsify the future. 2 |
| • | In the end, the truth always wins. Unfortunately, we are still at the beginning. 2 |
| • | There were fewer generals during the war than today, when we live in peace. 1 |
| • | It is not our bureaucracy that is too big for our state, it is our state that is too small for our bureaucracy. 1 |
| • | When a new wind blows, empty heads are the first to bend. 1 |
| • | An old man is a child with a past. 1 |
| • | Public opinion is like pants: for a while they’re in fashion narrow, then wide, then narrow again, and so on. |
| • | Minority is right only when in majority. |
| • | An empty head nods more easily. |
| • | The ambitious bureaucrat dreams that one day his pen will be promoted to a spear. |
Funny Quotes
| • | How to keep the peace, unfortunately, remains a military secret. 2 |
| • | All that I have on my conscience I store away in my subconscious. 2 |
| • | Since I had seen X Files I understand my parents much better. 2 |
| • | The naked truth cannot compete successfully with a lie dressed in the latest fashion. 1 |
| • | On Friday, pious cannibals eat fishermen. |
| • | The doctor told me that I must exercise that is why I began to surf the internet |
