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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
food
He who feasts every day, feasts no day. Charles Simmons
food mean wind
In Spain, attempting to obtain a chicken salad sandwich, you wind up with a dish whose name, when you look it up in your Spanish-English dictionary, turns out to mean: Eel with big abcess. Dave Barry
food mean needs
We need a new definition of malnutrition. Malnutrition means under- and over-nutrition. Malnutrition means emaciated and obese. Catherine Bertini
food quality peppers
The disparity between a restaurant's price and food quality rises in direct proportion to the size of the pepper mill. Bryan Q. Miller
food phones power trees
The power is out, the phones are down and there is no food or water, and many trees are down. Kathleen Blanco
food
The slaves had food stamps, too. It was called 'scraps from Massa's table.' Niger Innis
food unhappy eating
It is harder to be unhappy when you are eating. Kurt Vonnegut
food yugoslavia pork
The food in Yugoslavia is fine if you like pork tartare. Ed Begley, Jr.
food poison virtue
Virtue, like wholesome food, is better than poisons, however corrected. David Hume
junk junk-food crave
I just don't crave junk food. Cat Deeley
junk learnt machinery quick
Getting silver and gold out of junk machinery was quick to be learnt by others.
junk sad ten
If I don't get at least one e-mail every ten minutes, I feel unloved. Even junk mail makes me feel seen. Sad, I know. Sigh. Chris Abani
junk privacy socialism
When I was young, I was all about personal sovereignty and that junk, because there was no privacy and the available ideologies were collective, both socialism/communism and nationalism. Aleksandar Hemon
junk world premature
If you live for this world, you are in the junk business. It's all just premature junk. Adrian Rogers
junk nigerians percent telling
Nigerians are telling us they are getting as much as 75 percent junk that is not repairable.
junk perfection
Mr. Underwood was very prissy, and he inspected every brick. If it wasn't to his perfection, then it went to the junk pile.
junk junk-food persons
I was always a junk food person, still am. Dolly Parton
junk varies
The credit quality of junk bonds varies widely. Alex Berenson