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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
united-states significant congress
Madam Speaker, before being elected to Congress, I ran a manufacturing business that did a significant percentage of our sales outside the United States. Chris Chocola
united-states lines problem
The bottom line is this. When it comes to preventing violent extremism and terrorism in the United States, Muslim Americans are not part of the problem, you're part of the solution. Denis McDonough
united-states states united
Episcopalians are pretty thin on the ground in the central United States. Charlaine Harris
united-states immigrants nations
The United States is historically a nation of immigrants. Charles Rangel
united-states may constitution
I will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. It is not the Constitution as I would like to have it, but as it is, that is to be defended. The Constitution will not be preserved & defended until it is enforced & obeyed in every part of every one of the United States. It must be so respected, obeyed, enforced and defended, and let the grass grow where it may. Abraham Lincoln
united-states folks collapse
You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses. Bruce Springsteen
united-states grew states
I grew up in the United States. Dominique de Villepin
united-states social contracts
The notion that employees and companies have a social contract with each other that goes beyond a paycheck has largely vanished in United States business. Alex Berenson
united-states pakistan allies
Pakistan's being an ally and helping the United States, we ought to show Pakistan that we are appreciative for the help that's been extended. Al Green
idiot machinery malfunction
Idiots emit bogons, causing machinery to malfunction in their presence. System administrators absorb bogons, letting machinery work again. Charles Stross
idiot grows fangs
What are you doing?" "Looking for my fangs." "We don't grow fangs you idiot! Darren Shan
idiot condescending explaining
It's very hard not to be condescending when you're explaining something to an idiot. Bill Maher
idiot sometimes cannabis
I'm an idiot anyway, but sometimes you feel like an idiot times ten when you're stoned. Billie Joe Armstrong
idiot mayer
We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we'll see what happens.
idiot socialism failing
To call yourself a socialist in 2015 is to be an idiot. Socialism fails. Everywhere. Dennis Prager
idiot
It takes a surprisingly large amount of intelligence to be a professional idiot. Brad Williams
idiot enough easy
Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left. Clint Eastwood
idiot dyslexic
Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time. David Bailey