British Telecom advertisement (1993), part of which was used in Pink Floyd's Keep Talking (1994) and Talkin' Hawkin'<nowiki/> (2014)
Context: 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.
Commentary Nicknames
“Mankind's greatest shadow is the incapability to have relationships.”
“Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.”
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Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook F (1776-1779)
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
“The greatest secret of winners is that failure inspires winning.”
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