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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
modern poet should
How many modern transsexuals are unacknowledged shamans? Perhaps it is to poets they should go for counsel, rather than surgeons.
modern apprentice
The modern technologist is less 'sorcerer' and more 'sorcerer's apprentice'. Barry Commoner
modern
I would like to do something modern and possibly funny. Dan Stevens
modern solutions
It is a Modern day, and these times need Modern solutions to Modern problems. Corin Nemec
modern-life plumber ifs
If I had it [life] to do all over again, I'd have been a plumber. Albert Einstein
modern outside presidency turned
When a presidency has been turned around, particularly the modern presidency, there's often an outside element. Fred Greenstein
modern presented words
There are no four-letter words or vulgarity. It's got modern themes, but they are presented in an old-fashioned way.
modern people
I don't think people want chains. People want modern conveniences, but they don't want chains. Dean Miller
modern success tolkien
The success that the Tolkien books had redefined modern fantasy. George R. R. Martin
umbrella said finished
The Will I fell in love with, she almost said."And be Will," she finished instead. "Or I shall hit you with my umbrella. Cassandra Clare
umbrella roof
I really like umbrellas. It's like, I have a roof! I carry it with me! Umbrellas always amuse me. John Green
umbrella pentagon protective
We would always be under The Pentagon's protective umbrella Omar Torrijos
umbrella
Love me. Love my umbrella. James Joyce
umbrella throwing rainstorms
Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet. Ruth Bader Ginsburg