Utopia Quotes
There is no way I can avoid thinking about the kind of world I belong to. The abuse of utopias disfigures everything.
the human mind was no better than in its earliest period of savagery, only better informed
The genius of stable societies is that they achieve stability without stagnation, repetition without monotony, conformity with originality, obedience with liberty.
She was afraid of not being able to pull herself out of the dream world, never waking up, never knowing what really happened, never realizing her goals, her hopes, her dreams.
She liked who she was becoming, despite the pain and frustration it brought.
As one climbs up the ladders in society, one starts feeling more and more like an owner, less like a member of it.
In the world union, prosperity is a science, self-interest a new religion, peace is at hand and the future has never looked brighter.
This director could say many things about duty, and self-respect, and dignity, but she knew none of these meant much in the post-modern world.
Now, this was a combination that she wouldn’t dare to dream of, even in her worst nightmare.
It’s more like he was an ant in the land of elephants. Nobody would notice his presence, no matter how much noise he might make.
Personally I know only one person who wrote about utopia. Afterwards he was executed. I suppose it's not my genre.
We can only know what we can truly imagine. Finally what we see comes from ourselves.
A slice of bread eaten is a million times more nourishing than a loaf of bread imagined.
From being a movement aiming for universal freedom, communism turned into a system of universal despotism. That is the logic of utopia.
The science fiction author, H.G. Wells was an avid supporter of eugenics and a believer in a hierarchy of the races.
A philosophy untouched by the shadows on the wall can only yield a sterile utopia.
People, imperfect and corruptible are society's building blocks. Political theories evading this reality are a catastrophe in waiting.
Communism is what happens when Socialists realize that they want complete control over every aspect of human life.
The desire to engineer humanity is a sign of a mind warped by megalomania and lust for power.
Without pride, man becomes a parasite – and there are already too many parasites.
It’s late and most of the clerks are at home in their beds, dreaming of swimming in pools filled with real money.
Don’t mock my suggestions, Ridley – one day in the near future, they might just save your life.” Maxwell D. Kalist.
Only men with intelligence, confidence and absolutely no empathy at all can progress upstairs.
To Kalist, Baumauer’s just a timber bridge in need of a good hot fire.
You are a more powerful person than you might have ever imagined.” Maxwell D. Kalist.
Are there not times, Ridley, when you yourself wish only to hear the best in people – and not to be dragged downwards into the underworld we all regularly inhabit?
Utopia never really is. And the perfection we seek will always disappoint.
Getting older is a question of coming to terms with the fact that you’ll never know the secrets
People needed proof that Utopia was nothing more than a theory, an illusion read in fictional stories.
You can be with the 'truth' or you can cheat yourself by believing the big lie in front of you is the 'truth'. Those who are with the 'truth' are a minority, whom you may call Utopians.
The Fascist utopia, like that of the Communists, was false, and generated immense suffering. But there were those who dreamed it sincerely.
It's tempting to ask why if you fed your neighbors during the time of the earthquake and fire, you didn't do so before or after.
The promise to save or create a ‘perfect’ humanity is almost always only and excuse for the urge to rule it.
A utopia cannot, by definition, include boredom, but the ‘utopia’ we are living in is boring.
