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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. Aiden Wilson Tozer
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
modern-life plumber ifs
If I had it [life] to do all over again, I'd have been a plumber. Albert Einstein
modern-life way faces
Let's face it, though, anything that's apt to happen to an appliance like a blender isn't covered by the warranty anyway, so I never send them in. If it breaks, I'll buy a new one. That's the American way. Andy Rooney
modern-life may chiefs
It is a sobering thought that Gomer Pyle and the Beverly Hillbillies may be among our chief interstellar emissaries. Kurt Vonnegut
modern-life generations trouble
The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn't get lost enough. James Thurber
modern-life safe predictions
This is my prediction for the future: Whatever hasn't happened will happen, and no one will be safe from it. John B. S. Haldane
modern-life architecture modern
The only thing wrong with architecture is architects. Frank Lloyd Wright
modern-life looks purpose
When Columbus took off, the purpose was to improve trade relations with China. That problem has not been solved to this very day, but just look at the by-products. Edward Teller
modern-life natural chemicals
Modern life would not be possible if it were not for chemicals, nor would modern natural gas production. Aubrey McClendon
modern-life primates peasants
The townspeople are morons, yokels, peasants and genus homo boobiensis...surrounded by gaping primates from the upland vallies. H. L. Mencken
quiet hours peace-and-quiet
But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour. Bryan Ferry
quiet-voice people tree
Censorship is saying: 'I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.' But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word - even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper. Ai Weiwei
quiet introvert minimalist
I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least. Bob Newhart
quiet knows
You cannot be quiet about things that you know. Ed Begley, Jr.
quiet-people thinking rude
Because I'm quiet, people think I'm really cold, or rude, or snobby. But I'm literally scared to talk to them. Dee Dee Ramone
quiet quiet-life
When it is possible, I choose to have a quiet life. Diego Della Valle
quiet enough virtuous
She lived, we'll say, A harmless life, she called a virtuous life, A quiet life, which was not life at all (But that she had not lived enough to know) Elizabeth Barrett Browning
quiet silent
There was a time when the music fell silent. Both within me and around me. Agnetha Faltskog
quiet habit trumpets
It's a good habit to trumpet your failures and be quiet about your successes. Charlie Munger