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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
destroying technology
Technology has always been destroying jobs, and it has always been creating jobs. Erik Brynjolfsson
destroying destroying-yourself
Why do you insist upon destroying yourself? Charles Bukowski
destroying grows
You can grow without destroying the things that you love. Ed McMahon
destroying fools love men miracles turning wise works
Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy. Marguerite Valois
destroying dividing freedom september taking thousands towers
September 11 wasn't just aimed at destroying the two towers and killing thousands of people. It was aimed at dividing us and frightening us and taking away our freedom and taking away our confidence,
destroying great guy looking politician slick
If you're looking for a slick politician or a guy with great teleprompter skills, we already have that. He's destroying our economy. I'm a doer, not a talker. Rick Perry
destroying health led myopic obsession party president reform
The myopic obsession of the Tea Party with destroying health care reform and wounding the president has led Republicans astray. Hank Johnson
destroying people taking trying
We're not taking anything away, we're just trying to keep some vandalism-oriented people from destroying it. Ryan Newman
destroying national news productive society space wasting
Because they want more advertisements, they are destroying what is a very important part of the society - news reporting. It is wasting important national space that should be used in a more productive manner. Aamir Khan
expected further guards played positive since team
The positive was our team play was further ahead. I thought our guards played the way they should have. They played like I expected since they're the veterans.
expected
We're in a win-win situation. If we lose, we've still done more than we expected in our first year. Paul James
expected factory gates generation happier hated left life occurred walked work
Our grandparents' generation never expected too much out of life and, paradoxically, were happier for it. It never occurred to my granddad that he would enjoy work. He hated it from the day he walked through the factory gates at 14 to when he left at 65. Mark Barrowcliffe
expected good program strong
Wayland has a strong program so I expected this to be a good game.
expected koreans olympics skating time
When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. Kim Yuna
expected fallen great growth number sales taxes
We're doing great on growth on sales taxes so far. We expected this number to fall, but it hasn't fallen yet.
expected hard paid people team tried
We're a young team and not too many people expected much out of us. We tried to go out there and play hard every day and it paid off.
expected poverty recession three trouble
Three years after a recession we're still having trouble getting into a recovery. I would have expected poverty to go down.
expected
We know what's expected of us, and we know what we need to do. We don't want to end up like two years ago.