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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
ruins enough ifs
If you continue to improve a product enough, you'll eventually ruin it. David Pogue
ruins reputation made
I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work. Bill Murray
ruins helping sometimes
For sometimes you can't help but crave some ruin in what you love. Chang-Rae Lee
ruins problem one-thing
Fear is one thing that can ruin everything. It's the greatest problem. Boman Irani
ruins pillars fame
It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin. Juvenal
ruins frontiers
The frontiers of the future will be the ruins of the unsustainable. Bruce Sterling
ruins century 21st-century
The ruins of the unsustainable are the 21st century’s frontier.
ruins welcome said
Welcome, Ruin said, to godhood. Brandon Sanderson
ruins states gods-will
Therefore, take heed how you proceed against me; for I know that for this you go about to do to me, God will ruin you and your posterity, and this whole state. Anne Hutchinson
language description hard
It is hard indeed to notice anything for which the languages available to us have no description. Alan Watts
language programming programming-languages
In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages. Alan Perlis
language english-language programming-languages
In English every word can be verbed.
language individual should
Language should fulfill your individual existence as a wholesome human being... Language should be more than just getting by. Chogyam Trungpa
language disturbing
The language you are about to hear... is disturbing. Dave Chappelle
language prison foreign-language
Maybe then you comprehend, speaking one language only is a prison!
language internet mediums
The internet is an amazing medium for languages, David Crystal
language internet process
Language itself changes slowly but the internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you notice them more quickly.
language stifling resignation
resignation, perhaps the most stifling word in the language. Caitlin Thomas