For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen.
British Telecom advertisement (1993), part of which was used in Pink Floyd's Keep Talking (1994) and Talkin' Hawkin'<nowiki/> (2014)
Kontext: For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen. Speech has allowed the communication of ideas, enabling human beings to work together to build the impossible. Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking, and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn't have to be like this. Our greatest hopes could become reality in the future. With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities are unbounded. All we need to do is make sure we keep talking.
„Je třeba dvou let, než se naučíme mluvit. A padesáti, než se naučíme mlčet.“
Originál: (en) The most important thing is to listen to each other. Many people learn how to talk, but they don't learn how to listen. Listening to one another is an important thing in life. And music tells us how to do that.
Zdroj: Deutsche Welle http://www.dw.de/on-the-death-of-claudio-abbado-love-of-music-is-what-counts/a-17373990?maca=en-rss-en-cul-2090-rdf
„Člověku je třeba dvou let, aby se naučil mluvit a šedesáti let, aby se naučil držet jazyk za zuby.“
„Potřebujeme dva roky, abychom se naučili mluvit, a padesát let, abychom se naučili mlčet.“
„Příroda nás naučila, že pokusy na živém zvířeti nás nic nenaučí.“
