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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
invention tyranny recollection
One reproduces only that which is striking; that is to say, the necessary. Thus, one's recollections and inventions are liberated from the tyranny which nature exerts. Edgar Degas
invention inventor valuable
An invention can be so valuable as to be worthless to the inventor, Eli Whitney
invention patent protect
The patent application was to protect our invention. As you can see . . . the invention is significant. Craig McHugh
invention
Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up. Sydney Smith
invention
Washington is no place in which to carry out inventions Alexander Graham Bell
invention conscience
Conscience is a Jewish invention. Adolf Hitler
invention nineteenth-century method
The greatest invention of the nineteenth century was the invention of the method of invention. Alfred North Whitehead
invention letdowns i-realized
I'm never going to have to work. None of my descendants are ever going to have to work; this is going to make me so much money. It was such a letdown when I realized that wasn't my invention. Chuck Palahniuk
invention
Some of my inventions didn't take off. I invented a url lengthener. Andy Kindler
century company 20th-century
Any company designed for success in the 20th century is doomed to failure in the 21st. David S. Rose
century common risks russia start vatican
We are at the start of the 21st century and there are many risks in the world and we think that collaboration between Russia and the Vatican corresponds to the common good, Igor Ivanov
century 18th-century persons
I am a person of the 18th century. Cecilia Bartoli
century drive fields necessary people serve stimulate unending whether
Whether or not people go into space or serve the space industry, they will have the sensitivity to those fields necessary to stimulate unending innovation in the technological fields, and it's that innovation in the 21st century that will drive tomorrow's economies. Neil deGrasse Tyson
century expect far hundred influence might moving people site visitors vote
We're moving into the 21st century - and people expect you to be available. I've had about 200 visitors to the site so far in this campaign. Two hundred people - that's 200 people that you might influence to vote for you.
century finally moving
We're moving into the 20th century. I know it's the 21st century already, but at least we'll finally be in the 20th century. Tom Browning
century deeply left saw time whose works
Years ago, when I was in Siena for the first time, I saw the works of Duccio, whose deeply emotional painting from the thirteenth century has never left me. Siri Hustvedt
century pandemic three
Three times in this century we have experienced pandemic influenza and they will come again. We must be ready,
century highway improvement system
Vermont's 19th century highway system was in need of improvement.