"Robots do not hold on to life. They……" — Karel Capek
"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."
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38 Quotes by Karel Capek
Karel Capek has 38 quotes on this site.
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I certainly don't know if you could claim that every theft is wrong, but I'll prove to you that every…
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You can have a revolution wherever you like, except in a government office; even were the world to come to…
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You ought to know that October is the first Spring month.
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If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with…
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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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From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity.
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The jury had down right contempt for punk rock grass roots ethics.
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For me, riding a two-wheeler bike was very risky. Counting the pedal strokes before turning a corner and learning to…
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Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
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Breathless, we flung us on a windy hill, Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass.
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That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn…
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Jewish prayers are mostly about daily things - the sliver of a new moon, dew on the grass, the bread…
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Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but…
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