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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
determined sin christ
To pretend to trust Christ to save you from sin while you are still determined to continue in it is making a mockery of Christ. Charles Spurgeon
determined identified needed people
The people who need to know have been contacted. We did an investigation. It has been determined some people needed to be notified. We identified who they are. Cherry Loney
determined focused game good happen last played stanford
We want it. In the Stanford game last year, I was horrible, and I think we all played pretty bad. That is something we are determined not to let happen again, and I think we are good enough when we are focused not to let it happen again.
determined latter former
I define a Sign as anything which is so determined by something else, called its Object, and so determines an effect upon a person, which effect I call its Interpretant, that the latter is thereby mediately determined by the former. Charles Sanders Peirce
determined disaster major ultimately whether
Whether this looming humanitarian disaster will be averted, will ultimately be determined in major world capitals.
determined remain willing
We remain most willing and determined to do all we can, Hosni Mubarak
determined insurgents intelligence intelligence-and-intellectuals large number sources
Through intelligence sources we determined there were a large number of insurgents in that area,
determined doubles effort excited gave great grew hung losing players saw singles six team
We're really excited that we hung in there after losing the doubles point. I saw six very determined singles players today. We gave a great effort and I think this team grew up a lot out there.
determined equilibrium mediums
There exists everywhere a medium in things, determined by equilibrium. Dmitri Mendeleev
god lasts tiny
God bless us every one! said Tiny Tim, the last of all. Charles Dickens
god magnitude
God is as great in minuteness as He is in magnitude.
god men law
Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder.
god two forgive-me
I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together.
godmother good-things lost
Is it better to have had a good thing and lost it, or never to have had it?
godly spirit holy-spirit
Earthly wisdom is doing what comes naturally. Godly wisdom is doing what the Holy Spirit compels us to do. Charles Stanley
god christian doubt
God wants to cast out the fear and doubt in your life. Go before Him right now and say, "Lord, this is what I am afraid of ..."
god prayer christian-inspirational
We are either in the process of resisting God's truth or in the process of being shaped and molded by his truth.
god disappointment choices
Disappointment is inevitable. But to become discouraged, there's a choice I make. God would never discourage me. He would always point me to himself to trust him. Therefore, my discouragement is from Satan. As you go through the emotions that we have, hostility is not from God, bitterness, unforgiveness, all of these are attacks from Satan.
graves made lows
I would that I were low laid in my grave. I am not worth this coil that's made for me. William Shakespeare
graves lost distress
The graves of those we have loved and lost distress and console as.
gravestone epitaph please
Epitaphs for a gravestone: 'Please: no hooliganism'; or 'Es prohibe se hace agua aqui'; or 'No comment'. Edward Abbey
graveyard ifs
If you live in a graveyard, you can't weep for everyone. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
grave men national threat
On Monday, if this (bill) is not passed, these men will be released. I think that would be a grave threat to national security.
graves ifs
If I weren't already dead, I'd have to kill myself just so I could roll over in my grave. D. J. MacHale
graves mass people protect thousands
He killed people to protect them, ... He put hundreds of thousands of people in mass graves to protect Iraq. Jalal Talabani
grave peace seriously
It is a grave setback to the peace process. Restarting (the peace process) will be seriously undermined.
grave itself met people today
Today is like a reunion, ... I've met a lot of people at the grave itself through the years. Donald Davis
refuse uninspired
I refuse to make uninspired music. Ben Harper
refuse
I will not refuse to do something that I can do. Edward Everett
refuse
I refuse to be silenced. Al Goldstein
refuse
I refuse to go back to not liking who I was. Donald Glover
refused sign
He refused to sign the petition. He didn't want any part of it.
refused since surprise
I was disappointed but it's up to him to decide. It was not a surprise that he refused since he had been hesitating for such a long time. Sadaharu Oh
refuse second stepped walker
I thought Walker just stepped up and (turned on his game) in the second half, just refuse to lose.
refuses soon
He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse Marcus Aurelius
refuse sign
Just don't trash-talk then refuse to sign a contract, ... That's disrespectful. Zab Judah