"We shall build a tower that will reach to the stars!" Having conceived Babel, yet unable to build it themselves, they had thousands to build it for them. But those who toiled knew nothing of the dreams of those who planned. And the minds that planned the Tower of Babel cared nothing for the workers who built it. The hymns of praise of the few became the curses of the many - BABEL! BABEL! BABEL! - Between the mind that plans and the hands that build there must be a Mediator, and this must be the heart.
Freder
Gustav Fröhlich · 4 quotes
Maria
Brigitte Helm · 4 quotes
The Machine Man
Brigitte Helm · 4 quotes
Metropolis quotes
Man at Nightclub
For her, all seven deadly sins!
DEATH TO THE MACHINES!
C.A. Rotwang - the Inventor She is the most perfect and most obedient tool which mankind ever possessed! Tonight you will see her succeed before the upper ten thousand. You will see her dance...
Grot - the Guardian of the Heart Machine
Who told you to attack the machines, you fools? Without them you'll all die!
Working Woman
It's the witch's fault!
Joh Frederson
What were you doing in the machine halls, Freder?
I wanted to look into the faces of the people whose little children are my brothers, my sisters...
Your magnificent city, Father - and you the brain of this city - and all of us in the city's light...And where are the people, Father, whose hands built your city--?
Joh Fredersen
Where they belong...
In the depths...? What if one day, those in the depths rise up against you?
About Metropolis (1927 film)[edit]
[disguised as Maria]
Who is the living food for the machines in Metropolis? Who lubricates the machine joints with their own blood? Who feeds the machines with their own flesh? Let the machines starve, you fools! Let them die! Kill them - the machines!
I must have a person who is faithful to me, Josaphat - how else will I be able to fulfill my destiny?
Look! These are your brothers! Look! These are your brothers!
There can be no understanding between the hand and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.
To the new Tower of Babel - to my father!
Today I will tell you the legend of THE TOWER OF BABEL... "Come, let us build us a tower whose top may reach unto the stars! And the top of the tower we will write the words: Great is the world and its Creator! And great is Man!" But the minds that had conceived the Tower of Babel could not build it. The task was too great. So they hired hands for wages. But the hands that built the Tower of Babel knew nothing of the dream of the brain that had conceived it. BABEL. BABEL. BABEL. BABEL. One man's hymns of praise became other men's curses. People spoke the same language, but could not understand each other...