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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
pioneers settlers
Pioneers get slaughtered, and the settlers prosper. Daymond John
pioneers easy fascinating
It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating! Elizabeth Blackwell
pioneers highways nations
The footsteps of a pioneer become ultimately the highway of a nation. Ameen Rihani
pioneers levels satisfied
I'd like to be remembered as someone who wasn't satisfied with just one level of musicianship ... as someone who was a pioneer. Amy Winehouse
pioneers roles women-in-politics
Margaret Thatcher was a pioneer, willingly or unwillingly, for the role of women in politics, Meryl Streep
pioneers fiction use
Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais, who used food wonderfully as a metaphor for sensuality. Joanne Harris
pioneers blazing trails
It's not always as comfortable blazing the trail as it is walking on it. Joan Lunden
pioneers trails my-own
In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail. Major Taylor
pioneers rebel designer
Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change. Indira Gandhi