Karel Capek Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“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.”

“Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Art must not serve might.”

“If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge.”

“Man will never be enslaved by machinery if the man tending the machine be paid enough.”

“People should be a little loony, Helena. That's the best thing about them.”

“Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do.”