Man will never be enslaved by machinery if the man tending the machine be paid enough. Karel Capek More Quotes by Karel Capek More Quotes From Karel Capek My dear Miss Glory, Robots are not people. They are mechanically more perfect than we are, they have an astounding intellectual capacity, but they have no soul. Karel Capek missingperfectpeople Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees... Karel Capek passionatevoiceorder The average cooking in the average hotel for the average Englishman explains to a large extent the English bleakness and taciturnity. Nobody can beam and warble while chewing pressed beef smeared with diabolical mustard. Nobody can exult aloud while ungluing from his teeth a quivering tapioca pudding. Karel Capek insultingcookingaverage Gentlemen, four-fifths of the earth's surface is covered by seas; that is unquestionably too much; the world's surface, the map of oceans and dry land, must be corrected. We shall give the world the workforce of the sea, gentlemen. This will no longer be the style of Captain van Toch; we shall replace the adventure story of pearls by the hymnic paean of labour. Karel Capek oceanlandadventure Among human beings, a cat is merely a cat; among cats, a cat is a prowling shadow in a jungle. Karel Capek prowlingshadowcat I certainly don't know if you could claim that every theft is wrong, but I'll prove to you that every theft is forbidden, by simply locking you up. Karel Capek theftforbiddenclaims After his death the gardener does not become a butterfly, intoxicated by the perfumes of the flowers, but a garden worm tasting all the dark, nitrogenous, and spicy delights of the soil. Karel Capek butterflyflowerdark As is well known, all collectors are prepared to steal or murder if it is a question of getting another piece for their collection; but this does not lower their moral character in the least. Karel Capek piecesdoecharacter Socialism is good when it comes to wages, but it tells me nothing when it comes to other questions in life that are more private and painful, for which I must seek answers elsewhere. Karel Capek eugenicswagesanswers I've found a place that would amaze you. People used to live there, but now it's all overgrown and no one goes there. Absolutely no one - only me... Just a little house and a garden. And two dogs. Karel Capek gardendogtwo Dumb dog. I bought a dog whistle. He won't use it. Karel Capek dumbhumordog Art must not serve might. Karel Capek mightart I think I am slowly becoming an anarchist, that this is only another label for my privateness, and I think that you will understand this in the sense of being against collectivity. Karel Capek labelsbecomingthinking You can have a revolution wherever you like, except in a government office; even were the world to come to an end, you'd have to destroy the universe first and then government offices. Karel Capek governmentofficeliterature We´re two, two for everything, for love, life, for a fight and pain, for hours of happiness. Two for wins and losses, for life and for death - TWO! Karel Capek love-lifepainloss You ought to know that October is the first Spring month. Karel Capek autumnspringfall Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease. Karel Capek robotsracemen There are several ways to lay out a little garden; the best way is to get a gardener. Karel Capek gardenlittlesway Cognition is not fighting, but once someone knows a lot, he will have much to fight for, so much that he will be called a relativist because of it. Karel Capek cognitionfightingliterature If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge. Karel Capek fightingifs
