God...should never have been expelled from America's schools. As we struggle to teach our children...we dare not forget that our civilization was… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Clearly, mythology is no toy for children. Nor is it a matter of archaic, merely scholarly concern, of no moment to modern… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Every time a new nation, America or Russia for instance, advances toward civilization, the human race perfects itself; every time an inferior… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
The only method compatible with our notions of civilization and the race is to prevent the breeding of the unfit by sterilization… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Unless we stop dumping 70 million tons of global warming pollution into the atmosphere every 24 hours, which we are doing right… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Hackers are seen as shadowy figures with superhuman powers that threaten civilization. — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
Beauty has no obvious use; nor is there any clear cultural necessity for it. Yet civilization could not do without it. — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Our civilisation cannot afford to let the censor-moron loose. The censor-moron does not really hate anything but the living and growing human… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Some people say that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. But the runaway taxes of our time are the price… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I grew up in Manhattan. For Manhattanites, Brooklyn was the sticks, a second-rate civilization. My friends and I, we were so snobby.… — William Klein Copy Share Image
I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our Government but civilization itself. That bond, though strained,… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
I love this word decadence, all shimmering in purple and gold. It suggests the subtle thoughts of ultimate civilization, a high literary… — Paul Verlaine Copy Share Image
“An angry artist tells people what (he thinks) they need to hear. A hungry artist tells people what (he thinks) they want… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Soon the people will decide that they want their land to be a part of today's monstrous world, and once that happens,… — Paul Bowles Copy Share Image
I could show fight on natural selection having done and doing more for the progress of civilization than you seem inclined to… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Wherever the Bible has been consistently applied, it has dramatically changed the civilization and culture of those who have accepted its teaching.… — John F Walvoord Copy Share Image
I joined the British Army because she stood between Ireland and an enemy common to our civilization, and I would not have… — Francis Ledwidge Copy Share Image
Rivers are inherently interesting. They mold landscapes, create fertile deltas, provide trade routes, a source for food and water; a place to… — Edward Gargan Copy Share Image
White people deserve to be hit, deserve to be the victims of crime and acts of terror because they have for so… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Some people die before their time so that others can live. It's a cornerstone of civilization. — John Malkovich Copy Share Image