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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
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
curves losing
I definitely have curves. I dont intend on losing them. Camilla Luddington
curves desire easy
There is the desire of a consumer society to have no learning curves. This tends to result in very dumbed-down products that are easy to get started on, but are generally worthless and/or debilitating. Alan Kay
curves tsa agents
I love trains. It's the only way to travel anymore where it doesn't involve a TSA agent slowly tracing the curve of my inner thigh. Bill Maher
curves rocks interesting
Without difficulties, life would be like a stream without rocks and curves – about as interesting as concrete. Without problems, there can be no personal growth, no group achievement, no progress of humanity. But what mattes about problems is what one does with them. Benjamin Hoff
curves body womens-bodies
I'm not a model - I have curves. I find things that accentuate my body, a woman's body, and I always wear things that I feel comfortable in. Demi Lovato
curves joy unendurable
The unendurable is the beginning of the curve of joy. Djuna Barnes
curves subjects learning-curve
There's always a learning curve, where you've got to learn what your subject is all about. Brad Gilbert
curves lines facts
It was an American who said that while a Frenchman's truth was akin to a straight line, a Welshman's truth was more in the nature of a curve, and it is a fact that Welsh affairs are entangled always in parabola, double-meaning and implication. This makes for a web-like interest.... Jan Morris
curves balls way
You're gonna get thrown curve balls left and right, and that's just the way it goes. Andrew McMahon
greatest history medical success universal
Universal vaccination may well be the greatest success story in medical history. Michael Specter
greatest proud
We've always been proud Saskatoonians and Saskatchewanians, ... There really are so many things to celebrate. It's the greatest place in the world. Lorne Calvert
greatest-victory long able
My greatest victory has been to be able to live with myself, to accept my shortcomings. I'm a long way from the human being I'd liked to be, but I've decided I'm not so bad after all. Audrey Hepburn
greatest-treasure happy-marriage fortune
A happy marriage is still the greatest treasure within the gift of fortune. Eden Phillpotts
greatest-fear
I'd say my greatest fear is fear itself. Beth Orton
greatest human learned peace rights solutions war
Through my years of working on war and peace in Africa, I have learned that there are solutions to some of the greatest human rights challenges, and we all can be a part of those solutions. John Prendergast
greatest moments musical record
Making that record was one of the greatest musical moments in my life, Warren Haynes
greatest-wealth labor direct
This is the greatest wealth we possess: to know how to direct our labors rightly. Brigham Young
greatest-wealth today ears
Today the greatest single source of wealth is between your ears. Brian Tracy
learning enemy safe
It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends. Charles Caleb Colton
learning ignorance knowledge
The greater the scientist, the more he is impressed with his ignorance of reality, and the more he realizes that his laws and labels, descriptions and definitions, are the products of his own thought. They help him to use the world for purposes of his own devising rather than understand and explain it. Alan Watts
learning evolution programming
Optimization hinders evolution. Alan Perlis
learning nouns programming
Any noun can be verbed. Alan Perlis
learning thinking language
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming. Alan Perlis
learning thinking knowing
A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing. Alan Perlis
learning machines program
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program. Alan Perlis
learning
I play guitar, piano, and I'm learning to play the drums. Nolan Sotillo
learning thinking brain
I think it's so important to keep learning and keep your brain active. Beverley Mitchell
office funeral coffins
The only kind office performed for us by our friends of which we never complain is our funeral; and the only thing which we most want, happens to be the only thing we never purchase--our coffin. Charles Caleb Colton
office words-of-wisdom castles
... No, the office is one thing, and private life is another. When I go into the office, I leave the Castle behind me, and when I come into the Castle, I leave the office behind me. Charles Dickens
office president half
Anyone willing to do what is required to become president of the United States is thereby barred from taking that office. I'm only half joking Alan Greenspan
office house looks
My house is very clean apart from a very small part of it that looks as if we've been burgled, which is my office. David Morrissey
office library desks
I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library. David Morrissey
office people individual
People should make distinctions between the office of the presidency and the person who occupies it. You can respect the office even as you lose respect for the individual. David Greenberg
office important affair
Another important rule of affair-having: Never be discreet at the office. Dave Barry
office done casting
Wolves and bears, they say, casting their savagery aside, have done like offices of pity. William Shakespeare
offices responsibility terms wives
There are wives who are very involved with their husbands' offices and really take their responsibility seriously in terms of issues and things like that. I was never very comfortable with being part of that. Niki Tsongas