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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.
civilized example expect message send society strong
We want to send a very strong message ... this is not what we expect out of civilized society, ... We're going to make an example of somebody. John Wilson
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
criminals conspiracy
Many conspiracies are not criminal, even conspiracies that involve slamming somebody. David Shuster
criminals violent-criminals violent
I would, without any hesitation, shoot a violent criminal again. Bernhard Goetz
criminals guilty betray
So I was still guilty. And if I was not guilty because one cannot be guilty of betraying a criminal, then I was guilty of having loved a criminal. Bernhard Schlink
criminal drive folks people service trucks
We have no idea who's in the ports. And many of the folks who come in to service the ports, that drive the trucks back and forth, are people who don't have very distinguished backgrounds. May have criminal backgrounds. Stephen Flynn
criminal justice system
We have no criminal justice system functioning today.
criminals lights people security
We have some criminals out there. That's why we have lights and security people at Wal-Mart. Ralph Brown
criminal displaced park people positive
We want Occidental Park to be a place where more people of all incomes gather, and where criminal behaviors are displaced by positive behaviors.
criminal government results search seeing start trend
What we're seeing is just the start of a trend in which government prosecutors will use (Internet) search results in criminal investigations.
criminal demands justice totally
What he did was totally irresponsible, unprofessional and went into criminal conduct. Justice demands that he be arrested.
information asks
I only ask for information. Charles Dickens
information
We want to see how much information is forthcoming between now and the 7th. Charles Schumer
information increase intervention
My sustenance is information. My interventions are hidden. I increase as I learn. I compute, so I am. China Mieville
information seeking
We are always seeking new and better information.
information points seen start worrying
We've already had some very worrying points of information which could have seen the start of the correction. Richard Davidson
information light obtain whether
Where they lived, how big they were, how much light they emitted, whether they even existed, we weren't sure. What we've done, we think, is obtain the first information about these stars.
information listening ought truly
Where's our majority, they're the one's who ought to be here listening to this. This is information we really and truly ought to be concentrating on.
information knowledge lost wisdom
Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? T. S. Eliot
information you-like-it ownership
When you post something, when you text something, you lose ownership of it when you hit enter or send. Who you send it to, where you post it, they take ownership of that information whether you like it or not. Mark Cuban
pulling starters though
We started pulling some of the starters even though it was only 2-0 but you have to look at the big picture.
pulls
When you think something can't be done, that's when he pulls off another stunt. Vince Carter
pulling-away natural polls
New polls show that Obama is now pulling away from Mitt Romney. And, of course, what could be more natural than to see Mitt Romney and pull away? Bill Maher
pull rain tractor
When we get real rain I'll have to get a tractor and pull them out of the mud.
pull
We're going to have to pull up our bootstraps.
pull sometime until win
We're doing better than I was hoping. I didn't think we'd be able to pull off a win until sometime around March.
pulling sweet sympathize tea
We know what they're going through. We sympathize with them. We're still Southerners and we're still pulling together. It's all sweet tea and casseroles. John W. Thompson
pulling sweet sympathize tea
We know what they're going through. We sympathize with them, ... We're still Southerners and we're still pulling together. It's all sweet tea and casseroles. John Thompson
pull
Sometimes my husband has to literally pull me away from the computer. Sherri Shepherd