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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
agriculture england farming
Farming implements are as cheap in Sydney as in England. Charles Sturt
agriculture our-world perfect
High tech companies that focus on research, development and production will learn that they can be the perfect complement to our world-renowned agriculture heritage. Alan Autry
agriculture north-carolina unions
I was an organizer in the Food, Agricultural and Tobacco Workers Union down in North Carolina. Al Lewis
agriculture machines fuel
The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and chemicals into farming, the more we knock out the mechanism that made it all work in the first place. David R. Brower
agriculture diversity firsts
Bring diversity back to agriculture. That's what made it work in the first place.
agriculture world faces
Agriculture is in danger. The whole world is in danger. We need to learn to adapt. If we don't, we'll face catastrophic consequence on a scale you cannot imagine. Cary Fowler
agriculture cost might
Profits might also increase, because improvements might take place in agriculture, or in the implements of husbandry, which would augment the produce with the same cost of production. David Ricardo
agriculture answers way
If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the way in which we do transportation, energy production, agriculture and a good deal of manufacturing. The problem originates in human activity in the form of the production of goods. Barry Commoner
agriculture sick people
The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make people sick and die.
founders humans
The more we see the founders as humans the more we can understand them. David McCullough
founders helps
Our mission is to help founders and anyone or anything that helps founders helps us with our mission. Naval Ravikant
founders life love man march towards unity view
Love towards all beings. The founders always had in view the Unity of all life and the progressive march of man towards Divinity. Sathya Baba
founders intended political
Our founders never intended us to have a professional political class. Carly Fiorina
founders unlike
Unlike people, companies outlive their founders and their leaders. Ursula Burns
founders job
Work-life balance for founders doesn't look like work-life balance for everyone else. Starting a company isn't a nine-to-six job - or a nine-to-nine job, or a nine-to-midnight job. Kathryn Minshew
founders human
When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization. Daniel Webster
founders ipad steve
Steve Jobs is like a brother to me and he's one of the founders of Pixar, and when the first iPad came out, I got one right away. John Lasseter
founders incredibly quarter women
Something like a quarter of the founders that have gone through Excelerate and Techstars are women. I'm incredibly proud of that.