"Gentlemen, four-fifths of the earth's surface is covered……" — Karel Capek
"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."
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38 Quotes by Karel Capek
Karel Capek has 38 quotes on this site.
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You ought to know that October is the first Spring month.
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Let no one think that real gardening is a bucolic and meditative occupation. It is an insatiable passion, like everything…
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There came into the world an unlimited abundance of everything people need. But people need everything except unlimited abundance.
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Among human beings, a cat is merely a cat; among cats, a cat is a prowling shadow in a jungle.
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I've found a place that would amaze you. People used to live there, but now it's all overgrown and no…
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The average cooking in the average hotel for the average Englishman explains to a large extent the English bleakness and…
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I find that a real gardener is not a man who cultivates flowers; he is a man who cultivates the…
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Cognition is not fighting, but once someone knows a lot, he will have much to fight for, so much that…
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Man will never be enslaved by machinery if the man tending the machine be paid enough.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.
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To die will be an awfully big adventure.
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