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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
dangerous
Life has to be dangerous. Alain Robert
dangerous dreading
We've already had some dangerous situations, and I am really dreading March. Todd Matthews
dangerous dread grass january month number situation
We've already had a dangerous situation in January with a number of grass fires. But the month I dread is March. Todd Matthews
dangerous extremely hackers issue microsoft sets sharing smart takes time tools using
There are some extremely smart hackers out there using and sharing the tools that find these vulnerabilities. When Microsoft takes a long time to issue fixes, it sets up a dangerous situation, Steve Manzuik
dangerous extra half pass played second spread tonight
We spread them out and made the extra pass in the second half. The first half was one pass and one shot. You got to at least make them play defense, we didn't do that in the first half. We could have been pretty dangerous tonight if we played all 32 minutes. Craig White
dangerous-world worry emotion
Our instinctive emotions are those that we have inherited from a much more dangerous world, and contain, therefore, a larger portion of fear than they should. Bertrand Russell
dangerous instance particular
General rules are dangerous of application in particular instances. Charlotte Mary Yonge
dangerous
It's dangerous to short stocks. Charlie Munger
dangerous populism
Populism is dangerous. Benjamin Netanyahu
decency people seems themselves time until
There was a time when people had the decency to wait until they were approaching 50 to have a mid-life crisis. Now it seems many thirtysomethings find themselves succumbing to existential navel-gazing. Mark Barrowcliffe
decency reflect
Television has to reflect back to you your own sense of security. It also has to mirror your sense of your own decency and your own limitations. Lee Siegel
decency housing income low mission moderate people provide sanitary
HUD's mission is to provide decency and sanitary housing for low and moderate income people in this country. Alphonso Jackson
decency discussed framework subject within
No one in the new administration will tell you this subject is taboo, ... It should be discussed in public, but within the framework of decency and ethics. Sergei Yastrzhembsky
decency neither office running
Neither one of them had the decency to come into his office, after they had been running into the office all week. Neither of them had the decency to call. Ed Ward
decency
Have you no sense of decency? ... Have you no sense of decency at long last? Charles Stillman
decency efforts faith fellow good human humbly inherently mankind reminded tested tremendous
My faith in human decency was sorely tested at times during my captivity; however, after my release, I am humbly reminded that mankind is inherently good by the tremendous efforts and support of fellow Canadians. Amanda Lindhout
decency hide spouse thy wife
Wife from thy Spouse each blemish hide More than from all the World beside: Let DECENCY be all thy Pride. Benjamin Franklin
decency integrity oval restore
restore decency and integrity to the Oval Office. George H. W. Bush
democratic diplomatic
I've always been completely autocratic. I've never learned to be diplomatic or democratic. Alan Parker
democratic message sure venezuela witness
My message to France and Europe is that we will make sure Venezuela won't witness the rise of another Pinochet. And we will do it the democratic way. Nicolas Maduro
democratic drawings poetry side work
Prose, poetry, and drawings stand side by side in a very democratic way in my work. Gunter Grass
democratic snowstorms
Few things are as democratic as a snowstorm. Bernard Williams
democratic
You cannot use the democratic process for the procurement of excellence. Kevin McCloud
democratic major middle permanent propose public reduction suspect
A Democratic president should propose a major permanent tax reduction on the middle class and working class. I suspect most of the public would find this attractive. Robert Reich
democratic egyptians freedom groups helping human institute move mubarak national piece politics practices raids republican respect rights toward
The raids on Freedom House, the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute, the Adenauer Foundation, and other groups helping Egyptians move toward respect for democratic politics and human rights were of a piece with the practices of Hosni Mubarak - only bolder and more repressive. Elliott Abrams
democratic figure moves primary remains
She remains a controversial figure when she moves out from the Democratic primary sweepstakes. Lee Miringoff
democratic given involved lip major minorities party service terms vote
Minorities give their vote to the Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party has given them lip service in terms of being involved in the party and in being major players. Lynn Swann
disease herbs
A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs. Chinua Achebe
disease flooding hope none pandemic planning preparing
We are preparing for fire, flooding and pandemic disease right now. We hope that none of it happens, but we are planning so when it does we are ready. Ellen Anderson
disease orderliness dirt
We have, instead (of soot and dirt), disorganization. We have this proliferation of goods. It's the disease of the time. Cheryl Mendelson
disease saying scaring
What's scaring us now is the disease they are saying is coming, David Steiner
disease bears sickness
A temperate Diet frees from Diseases; such are seldom ill, but if they are surprised with Sickness, they bear it better, and recover sooner; for most Distempers have their Original from Repletion. Benjamin Franklin
disease herbs lack-of-knowledge
There are no incurable diseases — only the lack of will. There are no worthless herbs — only the lack of knowledge. Avicenna
disease terrorism symptoms
Terrorism is the symptom, not the disease. Arundhati Roy
diseases opportunity scale treat tremendous
We've never done anything on this scale before. This is a tremendous opportunity for us to treat one of the most disabling disfiguring diseases in the world. James Hill
diseases opportunity scale treat tremendous
We've never done anything on this scale before, ... This is a tremendous opportunity for us to treat one of the most disabling disfiguring diseases in the world. James Hill
life strong truth
There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth. Charles Dickens
life saying-goodbye expectations
Life is made of ever so many partings welded together. Charles Dickens
life autism world
This is a world of action, and not moping and droning in. Charles Dickens
life moral existence
Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence. Charles Dickens
life littles
Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible. Charles Dickens
life people astonishing
It is astonishing how much more people are interested in lengthening life than improving it. Charles Caleb Colton
life soul prison
Life is the jailer of the soul in this filthy prison, and its only deliverer is death. Charles Caleb Colton
life happiness dark
Much too oft we make life gloomy-- When happy we might be, If we gathered more of sunshine, And not dark shadows see. Charles Caleb Colton
life distance journey
Evils in the journey of life are like the hills which alarm travelers upon their road; they both appear great at a distance, but when we approach them we find that they are far less insurmountable than we had conceived. Charles Caleb Colton
prejudice break one-thing
One thing about prejudices -- once you break one of them, you're screwed, because then they all have got to go. Cher
prejudice truth-is weak
Truth is too weak to combat prejudice. Charlotte Lennox
prejudice bundles made
I am, in plainer words, a bundle of prejudices - made up of likings and dislikings. Charles Lamb
prejudice injustice blinded
The glaring injustice is there for all who are not blinded by prejudice to see. Bram Fischer
prejudice
That's what friendship is, sharing the prejudice of experience. Charles Bukowski
prejudice violent
Prejudice is more violent the blinder it is ... Elizabeth Blackwell
prejudice belief judgment
Don't shut down the feedback loop with judgment, rigid beliefs, and prejudices. Deepak Chopra
prejudice kind welfare
Prejudices of any kind are the destroyers of human happiness & welfare. Abdu'l Baha
prejudice talked
Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down. Francis J. Grimke
race cells organization
If the human race develops an electronic nervous system, outside the bodies of individual people, thus giving us all one mind and one global body, this is almost precisely what has happened in the organization of cells which compose our own bodies. We have already done it. [...] If all this ends with the human race leaving no more trace of itself in the universe than a system of electronic patterns, why should that trouble us? For that is exactly what we are now! Alan Watts
race faces smile-on-my-face
There's a smile on my face for the whole human race. Alan Jay Lerner
race conversation made
As a writer one is allowed to have conversations with oneself. What is considered sane in writers is made for the rest of the human race. Alan Ayckbourn
race people
I love all people, whatever race they are. Alain Robert
race balloons curtains
That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons. Al McGuire
race soul done
Free market capitalism has done more for the soul of the human race than any other system - it's created the highest standard of living. Chris Chocola
race ideas america
Kiddies, Graphic Design, if you wield it effectively, is Power. Power to transmit ideas that change everything. Power that can destroy an entire race or save a nation from despair. In this century, Germany chose to do the former with the swastika, and America opted for the latter with Mickey Mouse and Superman. Chip Kidd
race knows
I know that my race must change. Chief Joseph
race racism waiting
The Indian race are waiting and praying. Chief Joseph
roots anxiety strange
We have a strange anxiety in us; that if we don't interfere then it won't happen. Now that's the root of an enormous amount of trouble. Alan Watts
roots soul macau
I cook the food of Macau, my roots and soul food. China Machado
roots evil important
It affects every aspect of our lives, is often said to be the root of all evil, and the analysis of the world that it makes possible - what we call 'the economy' - is so important to us that economists have become the high priests of our society. Yet, oddly, there is absolutely no consensus among economists about what money really is. David Graeber
roots rocks feminist
Popular culture - above all rock 'n' roll, with its African-American R & B roots - did far more to radicalize us than did any feminist leader. Camille Paglia
roots world violent
A non-violent world has roots in a non-violent diet. Casey Kasem
roots branches littles
We're still who we are at the roots. I reckon, hopefully, you let it branch out a little bit and you learn. You live and learn, so that's what we've tried to do. Eddie Montgomery
roots underdog want
I always loved the Clippers. You root for the underdog. Obviously, everybody in L.A. is a Laker fan, but deep down inside, you root for the Clippers. If you're a true Los Angelean, that's how it happens. You always want the Clippers to do well. Baron Davis
roots mind caves
Leave the caves of being. Come. The mind breathes outside the mind. The time has come to abandon your lodgings. Surrender to the Universal Thought. The Marvelous is at the root of the mind. Antonin Artaud
roots gypsy helping
I'll always stand by my Gypsy roots, and I'll always help out one of my own. Cher Lloyd
struggling
It's no fun to be a struggling young actor. It's a desperate thing, no way to be happy. If you have any alternative, you should take it. Tommy Lee Jones
struggling
Inside of many liberals is a fascist struggling to get out. John McCarthy
struggling
I didn't have all my control. I was struggling down in the zone. Scott Kazmir
struggling team
Well, the team he went to is struggling mightily, I would say. Scott Skiles
struggling
We've got to get better at serving, because we are really struggling with that right now. Jeri Morin
struggling
We're struggling with what we do with these things. Patrick Halsted
struggling
We're struggling to survive, ... We can't go down after 59 years. Sharon Alexander
struggling
We're struggling to get there. But we're still hopeful. Jeff Kasko
struggling
We're struggling to get back to where we were years ago. It's a cycle. Bryant Young
war ambition mean
For what are the triumphs of war, planned by ambition, executed by violence, and consummated by devastation? The means are the sacrifice of many, the end, the bloated aggrandizement of the few. Charles Caleb Colton
war winning games
War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never. Charles Caleb Colton
war hands fog
Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun, the hand that warned Belshazzar derived its horrifying effect from the want of a body. Charles Caleb Colton
war writing fighting
Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it. Charles Caleb Colton
war long body
Wars are to the body politic, what drams are to the individual. There are times when they may prevent a sudden death, but if frequently resorted to, or long persisted in, they heighten the energies only to hasten the dissolution. Charles Caleb Colton
war heart character
Why am I always at war with myself? Why have I told, as if upon compulsion, what I knew all along I ought to have withheld? Why am I making a friend of this woman beside me, in spite of the whispers against her that I hear in my heart? Charles Dickens
war believe blow
I believe that the heaviest blow ever dealt at liberty's head will be dealt by this nation in the ultimate failure of its example to the earth. Charles Dickens
war believe writing
There's a long-standing (50 year old) flame war within the field over whether it's "sci-fi" or "SF".SF has traditionally been looked down on by the literary establishment because, to be honest, much early SF was execrably badly written - but these days the significance of the pigeon hole is fading; we have serious mainstream authors writing stuff that is I-can't-believe-it's-not-SF, and SF authors breaking into the mainstream. If you view them as tags that point to shelves in bricks-and-mortar bookshops, how long are these genre categories going to survive in the age of the internet? Charles Stross
war writing spy
I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing. Charles Stross
westerns
What made us different from other westerns was the fact that 'Gunsmoke' wasn't just action and a lot of shooting; they were character-study shows. James Arness
western
Westerns pop up every so often, everybody does a western and then they all die. Bruce Campbell
western writers
I do have two wonderful awards from the Western Writers of America, one for 'Beardance' and the other for 'Far North.' The award is called the Spur, and the plaques really do have spurs on them! Will Hobbs
western york
Western New York is probably characterized more by stagnancy than anything else. Frank Mauro
western-culture facts dimensions
Especially for those of us living in the Western culture, death to a large extent is still a taboo subject. It's considered something dreadful that shouldn't be happening. It's usually denied. The fact of death is not faced. What we don't realize in Western culture is that death has a redemptive dimension. Eckhart Tolle
western
Everyone keeps saying the western's dead, but it's not. Edward Norton
western-movie western-films cowboy-movie
I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. Clint Eastwood
western-movie western-films cowboy-movie
Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have messed with? That's me. Clint Eastwood
westerns
I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films. Mel Brooks
worldwide
Going forward, you're going to see a lot more from Timex, from branding all the way down to promotional programs, and it's really going to be on the worldwide level, Christine Johnson
worldwide
We're in conversations with brands worldwide for a variety of artists every day. Patrick Whitesell
worldwide
Al-Qaida is a worldwide organization. It's a continuous threat. Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.