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civilization roots leisure
At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure. Charles de Gaulle
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
ethics be-good respectable
It is hardly respectable to be good nowadays. Edith Sitwell
ethics morality
Science, by itself cannot, supply us with an ethic. Bertrand Russell
ethics no-respect persons
Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you? William Shakespeare
ethics possibility treats
There is no ethics in general. There are only-eventually-ethics of processes by which we treat the possibilities of a situation. Alain Badiou
ethics contemplation form
For contemplation is both the highest form of activity (since the intellect is the highest thing in us, and the objects that it apprehends are the highest things that can be known), and also it is the most continuous, because we are more capable of continuous contemplation than we are of any practical activity. Aristotle
ethics file individual leader members minority nancy party truce
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has never been a party to an ethics truce and has always said that individual members have the right to file a complaint. Jennifer Crider
ethics conviction concerned
My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics. Arthur Keith
ethics failed mention
He can't mention ethics because he has failed to keep his promises.
ethics final giant ken motives word
Here's the final word from a giant of American jurisprudence on the methods, motives and ethics of Ken Starr. Jim Jordan
ethically formula people rest side
The only part of the formula they have going for them right now is some of our people are ethically challenged, ... The rest of it doesn't fit--they don't have ideas, they don't have people on our side retiring. Ray LaHood
ethical figure kid
She is able to run, but it's really painful. As a coach, you've got to figure out what you can put a kid through. It's an ethical thing. It could be good, but it could be not as good.
ethical history mine
Mine will be the most ethical administration in the history of the republic! Bill Clinton
ethical john ties
John Boehner has ties to K Street, but they're ethical ones.
ethical frank full moral needs problems public raise
I think it is the moral and ethical problems that we face, and that's where there needs to be full and frank public debate, and that's where I would like to raise the issues,
ethical expression freedom information issues moral speech
We take our ethical and moral issues super-seriously. As an information company, freedom of speech and expression are fundamental to our purpose.
ethical gossip minute rest sounds standards
If you are going to do a gossip column, you should do it with the same ethical standards as in the rest of the paper. But the minute that comes out of my mouth, it sounds preposterous.
ethical gives judge public whether
It gives the public a better way to judge whether they think there's ethical conflict.
ethically patriotism
To me, patriotism is about working ethically and wholeheartedly in our chosen field. N. R. Narayana Murthy