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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.
R.U.R (1920)
Nothing is stranger to man than his own image.
R.U.R (1920)
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.
R.U.R (1920)
Robots of the world! Many people have fallen. By seizing the factory we have become the masters of everything. The age of mankind is over. A new world has begun! The rule of Robots!
R.U.R (1920)
People should be a little loony, Helena. That's the best thing about them.
R.U.R (1920)
They stopped being machines. You see, they realize their superiority and they hate us. They hate everything human.
R.U.R (1920)
A guilty party is being sought. Such action is a favorite means of consolation in the face of calamity.
R.U.R (1920)
Thunder, there are so many beautiful things! The world was beautiful and we — we — Boys, boys, tell me, what did we ever take the time to enjoy?
R.U.R (1920)
"Figh-ting in the Bal-kans." Lord Jesus, another of God's punishments! But that war'll get here too! Is it far from here?
R.U.R (1920)
It's always the same thing, one war after another —
R.U.R (1920)
Helena, do you ever have times when your heart's suddenly struck with the feeling, "Now, now something must happen —"
R.U.R (1920)
Everything is done for! All of humanity! The whole world!. ... Look, look, streams of blood on every doorstep! Streams of blood from every house! Oh, God, God, who's responsible for this?
R.U.R (1920)
You still stand watch, O human star, burning without a flicker, perfect flame, bright and resourceful spirit. Each of your rays a great idea — O torch which passes from hand to hand, from age to age, world without end.
R.U.R (1920)
Any acceleration constitutes progress, Miss Glory. Nature had no understanding of the modern rate of work. From a technical standpoint the whole of childhood is pure nonsense. Simply wasted time. An untenable waste of time.
R.U.R (1920)
They learn to speak, write, and do arithmetic. They have a phenomenal memory. If one read them the Encyclopedia Britannica they could repeat everything back in order, but they never think up anything original. They'd make fine university professors.
R.U.R (1920)
We made the Robots look too much alike. A hundred thousand identical faces all looking this way. A hundred thousand expressionless faces. It's a nightmare.
R.U.R (1920)
Dear Miss Glory, we've already had at least a hundred saviors and prophets here. Every boat brings another one. Missionaries, anarchists, the Salvation Army, everything imaginable. It would amaze you to know how many churches and lunatics there are in the world.
R.U.R (1920)