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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
gdp russia states
Western States keep playing with, and around, Russia. Aslan Maskhadov
gdp islam three
I've been to Africa three times. All right? You can't bring Western reasoning into the culture. The same way you can't bring it into fundamental Islam. Bill O'Reilly
gdp western-culture should
The question was heatedly debated of how much Western culture should be brought into China. Chen Ning Yang
gdp sheep media
Today the Western powers and media want to domesticate us like sheep, to keep us tame and domesticated. Abu Bakar Bashir
gdp more-to-life well-being
It's time we admitted that there's more to life than money, and it's time we focused not just on GDP, but on GWB - general well-being David Cameron
gdp growth debt
Slow growth and inflation have a tendency to accompany large deficits and increasing debt as a percentage of GDP. Bill Gross
gdp political democracy
In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world. Omar Bongo
gdp fundamentals dignity
Equity, dignity, happiness, sustainability - these are all fundamental to our lives but absent in the GDP. Helen Clark
gdp growth cost
India needs to be liberated both from the 'high GDP growth hedgehogs' and the 'conservation at all costs hedgehogs.' Jairam Ramesh
gum vodka junkie
Vodka Redbull: Upper meets downer in an effervescent hybrid of bubble gum and junkie piss Diablo Cody
gum drifting maple
I sit where the leaves of the maple and the gnarled and knotted gum are circling and drifting around me. Alice Cary
gum needs microphones
The best time for gum is just before getting onstage. I need a minty-fresh microphone. Dave Grohl
gumdrops sure-thing
Sure thing, Gumdrop. -Scott Becca Fitzpatrick
gum leaves playing table walking workshop
I was just walking up to the workshop one day and I plucked two gum leaves and I put them on the table and started playing with them. Dan Flynn
gum lips nails
I cant live without Eucerin cream, lip gloss, gum, nail polish, and sparkly things. Kelis
gum order
After all, you have to take gum out in order to eat.
gum
No matter where I'm going, I always have sunglasses, a book, and some gum in my carry-on. Dylan Penn
gum piece singapore soon starting throw
It's terrible. We're starting to look like Hong Kong, or Singapore at worst. Pretty soon you won't be able to throw a piece of gum on the street. Chris Noth