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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
concerned enter formal interest though work
Even though what I do does enter the market, it doesn't interest me. I am exclusively concerned with the formal qualities of my work. It is about the need and the right to self-expression. Louise Bourgeois
concerned people speaks understood voted yes
The people who voted yes understood the issue, and that is really what we are concerned about. I think it speaks for itself. Linda Johnson
concerned conference high internet level managers people risks stocks taking trade understanding
The people who own Internet stocks are taking on a very high level of risk. Myself and most of the other managers at the conference are concerned about people who own and trade those stocks not understanding the risks they're taking.
concerned consumer couple days economy hurting interest investors oil outlook past rates rebound related seeing start stocks
We are seeing a pullback on stocks because many investors are concerned with the outlook for interest rates and with the economy at the start of 2006. The rebound in oil in the past couple of days is also hurting some stocks, especially the ones related to consumer spending, such as retailers. Subodh Kumar
concerned corporate credit fears happening inflation people
There are some fears about inflation but people are even more concerned about what's happening in the corporate credit market.
concerned issue
We're not going to make an issue of it. We're more concerned who we're playing, not where we're playing.
concerned embraced special
We have a special site, a special location. We have a neighborhood that at first was concerned but now has embraced us for the most part. Donald Trump
concerned fences high kids school sword
We have some chain-link fences that are kind of high in back of the high school and we're concerned about kids getting hurt, so it's kind of a double-edged sword there.
concerned humans human-beings
I just see myself as a human being that's concerned about life. Charlie Haden
disturbing maybe
When we have to say we can't in a way ... they prefer, or maybe not at all, it's a very disturbing situation. Terry Jenkins
disturbing everywhere harmonies man nature plants turned wherever
Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discord.
disturbing mentally prepare
Shock. Disappointment. As much as you prepare mentally for these things, when it actually happens, it's still very disturbing and unsettling.
disturbing herself jewish opinions people views
she can't keep the opinions about the Jewish people to herself ... She has disturbing views on the Jewish people that are unacceptable to us.
disturbing jewish people views
She has disturbing views on the Jewish people that are unacceptable to us.
disturbing mr
Mr Heckles: quiet, your disturbing my birds!Rachel: you dont have birdsMr Heckles: i could have birds!
disturbing hot mama note peace people radio
I'm tired of people disturbing the peace, getting on the radio and sounding a hot mess. If I can tell what the note really is, why let them go to the note they think it is? I've got that mama vibe. I don't look at it with an ego. Betty Wright
disturbing further hearts historical hopefully minds move people remember specific work
One thing I find disturbing is as we move further away from specific historical movements, young people get removed from the meaning. Hopefully the work will move their hearts or minds to think about it in a different way and remember it.
disturbing lots personal tablets took week
On May 27 after a very disturbing week and lots of personal worries, I took some tablets to forget.
eavesdrop knew room
I knew that if I could put a table in a room with not much light and a couple of chairs, I could have a real conversation. And I know that people... like to eavesdrop on a conversation. Charlie Rose
eavesdrop faster fish gather learn oxford scientists
Oxford scientists say fish learn faster than dogs. Fish use tools. They eavesdrop on each other to gather info.
executive executives good nine
For every rude executive who makes it to the top, there are nine successful executives with good manners. Letitia Baldrige
executive group incredible job love material various
On various shows, I've been the producing-director, the executive producer-director; and if you were working with the material you love with the right group of people, it's an incredible job to be doing.
executive
Ultimately, we want to have the executive back in the people's building.
executive laws
The 'free market' is the product of laws and rules continuously emanating from legislatures, executive departments, and courts. Robert Reich
executive forward helps improve odds success supporting ventures
Axilor Ventures helps startups to improve their odds of success, and I look forward to supporting the executive management of Axilor with this vision.
executives
Unfortunately, a lot of executives aren't like producers, and can't hear the diamond in the rough. Kenneth Edmonds
executive fact few huge judges matter power reason record rule track
The fact of the matter is very few appellate judges have had reason to rule on huge executive power issues, so the track record is not that informative.
executive leave stock strong
She's not the first very strong executive to leave a dot.com that's had its stock go down.
executive influence money public spent
We want the public to know if money is spent to influence executive action. Bob Phillips
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander.
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable.
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness.
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything.
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon.
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
power overcoming cowardice
That cowardice is incorrigible which the love of power cannot overcome.
powerful weak said
The worst thing that can be said of the most powerful is that they can take your life; but the same can be said of the most weak.
power two age
There are three kinds of power,--wealth, strength, and talent; but as old age always weakens, often destroys, the two latter, the aged are induced to cling with the greater avidity to the former.
powerful forgiving easy
It is more easy to forgive the weak who have injured us than the powerful whom we have injured.
powerful heaven goddess
We make a goddess of Fortune ... and place her in the highest heaven. But it is not fortune that is exalted and powerful, but we ourselves that are abject and weak.
powerful heart vanity
Vanity finds in self-love so powerful an ally that it storms, as it were, by a coup de main,, the citadel of our heads, where, having blinded the two watchmen, it readily descends into the heart.
powerful lying believe
One of Satan's most deceptive and powerful ways of defeating us is to get us to believe a lie. And the biggest lie is that there are no consequences to our own doing. Satan will give you whatever you ask for if it will lead you where he ultimately wants you. Charles Stanley
powerful evil spirit
We declare, upon Scriptural authority, that the human will is so desperately set on mischief, so depraved, and so inclined to everything that is evil, and so disinclined to everything that is good, that without the powerful, supernatural, irresistible influence of the Holy Spirit, no human will ever be constrained towards Christ. Charles Spurgeon
powerful church christ
In proportion as a church is holy, in that proportion will its testimony for Christ be powerful.
rights words-of-wisdom dull
I'm awful dull, but I hope I've beat out something nigh the rights of this at last. And so GOD bless you, dear old Pip, old chap, GOD bless you!
rights people enemy
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to assume that their president, hostile to the principles that formed the nation and determined to act with malice toward its inhabitants by suppressing their rights and enabling its enemies to prosper in their attempts to destroy it, must be confronted, a rational response for the nation is to encumber itself no more with such a president and reject his authority and the acolytes who carry out his wishes. David Shapiro
rights liberty virtue
You have to have wisdom and knowledge as well as virtue to preserve your rights and liberties. David McCullough
rights giving world
In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of 'the Haves' over the human rights of 'the Have Nots' is inevitably called into serious question. David Korten
rights people democracy
In the EU you have half a billion people who share a common belief in democracy, in rights, in the kind of economic life we want. Catherine Ashton
rights differences issues
Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences. Madeleine Albright
rights controversial-topics law
For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs. Ai Weiwei
rights liberty
Liberty is about our rights to question everything.
rights mass-destruction support
We should seek international support for our mutual objectives abroad, in promoting freedom, democracy, respect for human rights, and also the elimination of weapons of mass destruction. Bob Menendez
women resentment consequence
Women generally consider consequences in love, seldom in resentment.
women flower sun
Pleasure is to women what the sun is to the flower; if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshes, and it improves; if immoderately, it withers, deteriorates and destroys.
women want ornaments
Modesty is the richest ornament of a woman ... the want of it is her greatest deformity.
women intellectual female
A high degree of intellectual refinement in the female is the surest pledge society can have for the improvement of the male.
women doe attention
The plainest man who pays attention to women, will sometimes succeed as well as the handsomest man who does not.
women modest bashful
Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest.
women decorum length
Women do not transgress the bounds of decorum so often as men; but when they do, they go greater lengths.
women said mould
She's the sort of woman now,' said Mould, . . . 'one would almost feel disposed to bury for nothing: and do it neatly, too!
women want today
You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women. Alan Jay Lerner