Quotes by Czech authors
People should be a little loony, Helena. That's the best thing about them.
Karel Capek
Writer
Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.
Franz Kafka
Bohemian novelist
My life is very well managed. I have a lot on my plate, and at the same time, there were still holes, and what I do and where I am dovetails nicely with what Agnieszka needs. I don't think I could be a coach for a Madison Keys because she needs somebody more hands-on. But Agnieszka is almost a finished product.
Martina Navratilova
Czech-American tennis player
Nothing is more repugnant to me than brotherly feelings grounded in the common baseness people see in one another.
Milan Kundera
Czech-French writer
It's just special to have a twin sister on the Tour.
Karolina Pliskova
Czech tennis player
True fans will appreciate what I've done and the legacy I've left.
Petr Cech
Czech former football player
Ursula Nordstrom was famous for finding artists in unlikely places. Maurice Sendak was a window designer, and she just came across one of his windows. Everyone was looking to find a talent.
Peter Sis
American illustrator
The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.
Franz Kafka
Bohemian novelist
It is more important to be a personality than a person who is in a political party.
Milos Zeman
Former President of the Czech Republic
The tennis ball doesn't know how old I am. The ball doesn't know if I'm a man or a woman or if I come from a communist country or not. Sport has always broken down these barriers.
Martina Navratilova
Czech-American tennis player
Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.
Franz Kafka
Bohemian novelist
If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it would have been permitted.
Franz Kafka
Bohemian novelist
My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat on my loneliness - it is all that I have - and when the drugs and alcohol dissipate, will be all that my peers have as well.
Franz Kafka
Bohemian novelist
If I was on a third or fourth line I would probably be in the NHL, because you don't have to produce every night.
Jaromir Jagr
Czech professional ice hockey right winger
We should all know what we are putting into our body.
Petra Kvitova
Czech tennis player
The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements that declare all former things worthless are in the right, for nothing has yet happened.
Franz Kafka
Bohemian novelist
Whenever I'm free, I spend time with people I love, people that inspire me in many different ways.
Karolina Kurkova
Czech model
I've a great family, two children to take care of. Then, of course, I do commentary for TV. I do speak about various women's issues around the world - like LGBT, motivational speeches. I have a lot on my plate right now. But eventually, yes, I would like to pass on the knowledge and something that I would like to do.
Martina Navratilova
Czech-American tennis player
Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
Franz Kafka
Bohemian novelist
I think we will have full marriage rights in Colorado. But in 1992, there was a very hateful Amendment 2 that basically made it legal for any institution to deny gays and lesbians access, whether it's hospitals or restaurants or employment. Anybody could fire you or not let you in a restaurant because you were gay.
Martina Navratilova
Czech-American tennis player
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