Martin Svoboda

“Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshiping.”

Hubert Reeves (1932) Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”

Robert A. Heinlein Time Enough for Love

“Some sort of pressure must exist; the artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world were perfect, as man wouldn’t look for harmony but would simply live in it. Art is born out of an ill-designed world.”

Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986) Soviet and Russian film-maker, writer, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director

“He who builds children palaces tears down prison walls.”

Julius Tandler (1869–1936) Austrian physician & politician

„Aby se člověk cítil ve světě doma, musí si ho svou imaginací zabydlet.“

Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) německý filozof

„Hlavním důvodem, proč je Santa tak veselý, je to, že ví, kde žijí všechny špatné dívky.“

George Dennis Carlin (1937–2008) americký stand-up komik

„Kdybych měl zrušit všechny svátky v roce, Vánoce bych tam nechal. Protože svět, který slaví Vánoce, zapomíná na sobectví, myslí na radost druhých, projeví své nejlepší stránky…“

Jan Neruda (1834–1891) český básník, divadelní kritik, novinář, publicista a spisovatel

“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.”

Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) American writer

“It's easy to find people to do things. What's harder is to find people to tell you what should be done.”

Steve Jobs (1955–2011) American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Inc.