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civilization luxury selfishness
A semi-civilized state of society, equally removed from the extremes of barbarity and of refinement, seems to be that particular meridian under which all the reciprocities and gratuities of hospitality do most readily flourish and abound. For it so happens that the ease, the luxury, and the abundance of the highest state of civilization, are as productive of selfishness, as the difficulties, the privations, and the sterilities of he lowest. Charles Caleb Colton
civilization saws ends
I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street? Alan Bennett
civilization solitude going-out
Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down by destroying our solitude, where otherwise we might drink and renew our strength before going out to face the world again. Aiden Wilson Tozer
civilization doubt moral
I have no doubt that historians will conclude that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it.
civilization stuff jingles
Freedom!- is the fatuous jingle of our civilization, but only those deprived of it have the barest inkling re: what the stuff actually is. David Mitchell
civilization creating alternatives
It's a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization. David Graeber
civilization climate-change humans
More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization. David Suzuki
civilization age generations
Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always. Cesare Pavese
civilization savages fragility
They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature. Camille Paglia
air long joy
He was consious of a thousand odours floating in the air, each one connected with a thousand thoughts, and hopes, and joys, and cares, long, long, forgotten. Charles Dickens
air house honor
Honor is the most capricious in her rewards. She feeds us with air, and often pulls down our house, to build our monument.
air might physicians
Some persons will tell you, with an air of the miraculous, that they recovered although they were given over; whereas they might with more reason have said, they recovered because they were given over.
air should vendetta
Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it. Alan Moore
air sky needs
Lots of cosy sky That God and I can share. I need air. I need air. Alan Jay Lerner
air actors eras
Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies. Al Pacino
airport commercial deadline open remain service view
We want to see the airport remain open to commercial service. We view this deadline (Tuesday) ... as a deadline after which we will re-evaluate where the airport stands. Kathleen Bergen
airplane thinking artist
Learning to fly an airplane taught me a way of thinking, an approach to problem-solving that was applicable and effective. Pilots are very methodical and meticulous, and artists tend not to be. Chris Carter
airports percent
Out of all the airports that are out there only about 5 percent have commercial service. Chris Brown
elements light
There are some elements over there that I feel once there is light and activity...they will go away. Christopher Bailey
elements
There are some elements of digital photography that I don't really like, such as the fact that you see the results immediately. Anton Corbijn
elements good scripts three time
Television's so quick, and there's so many other fun elements to it, but you don't get such good scripts and the time to really make much more three dimensional characters.
elements band good-things
Having a visual element to your band is a good thing. Billy Gibbons
elements kind poet
The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has a kenetic force, it sets in motion...elements in the reader that would otherwise remain stagnant. Denise Levertov
elements belief standing-out
The one element that stands out most clearly among our peak performers is their virtually unassailable belief in the likelihood of their own success. Charles Garfield
elements wanted humans
From the beginning, I wanted to make dance music with a human element to it. Beth Orton
elements explosive fictional historical history
What's most explosive about historical fiction is to use the fictional elements to pressure the history to new insights. Matthew Pearl
elements eras sides
One constant among the elements of 1914—as of any era—was the disposition of everyone on all sides not to prepare for the harder alternative, not to act upon what they suspected to be true. Barbara Tuchman