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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
lunch may development
The recent developments in cosmology strongly suggest that the universe may be the ultimate free lunch. Alan Guth
lunch matter range
The question of the origin of the matter in the universe is no longer thought to be beyond the range of science -- everything can be created from nothing...it is fair to say that the universe is the ultimate free lunch.
lunch stills free-lunch
The free lunch has still to be invented. Alan Greenspan
lunch essence modern
The free lunch is the essence of modern liberalism. Charles Krauthammer
lunch environment ecology
Everything is connected to everything else. Everything must go somewhere. Nature knows best. There is no such thing as a free lunch. If you don't put something in the ecology, it's not there. Barry Commoner
lunch california zimbabwe
When we shot "Cry Freedom," I wasn't even allowed in South Africa. They told me I could come but I wasn't going to leave. I had heavy death threats at that time. So we shot in Zimbabwe.In 1995, I had the privilege and the honor to meet Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela the same day: I had breakfast with Desmond Tutu and lunch with Nelson Mandela. Then I had the good fortune to have Mr. Mandela actually come to my house in California.here's been a tremendous amount of change. Denzel Washington
lunch france crew
In France, you're with the crew, and you have lunch with them. It's more like a family. Charlotte Gainsbourg
lunch world would-be
If more persons would get so enthused over their day's work that some one would have to remind them to go out to lunch there would be more happiness in the world and less indigestion. Charles M. Schwab
lunch missing watches
You can always tell when Obama's negotiations with the Republicans are winding down, because he's missing his watch and his lunch money. Bill Maher
survival computer sanity
Computers no longer interface with humans--they interact, and the interaction will become steadily deeper, more subtle, and more crucial to our collective sanity and ultimate survival. Alan Cooper
survival gravestone testimonial
A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival. Al Purdy
survival world way
Environmentali sm is really about seeing our place in world in a way that humans have always known up until very recently - that we are part of nature-utterly dependent on the natural world for our well being and survival.
survival tied
All of our survival is tied to the survival of everyone, Bryan Stevenson
survival pay
Freedom is a small price to pay for survival. Catherine Fisher
survival income expenditures
Expenditures rise to meet income. C. Northcote Parkinson
survival survivor
I guess everybody who isn't dead yet is a survivor. Kurt Vonnegut
survival grew grew-up
I grew up on survival shows and they were always just so...anoraky. Bear Grylls
survival arena desert
The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.