“Been thinking of my grandfather, whose wayward brilliance skipped my father’s generation. Once, he showed me an aquatint of a certain Siamese… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Modern prophets say that our economics have failed us. No! It is not our economics which have failed; it is man who… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Teachers must be celebrated for moving civilization from ignorance to enlightenment, from apathy to responsibility. — Sharon M. Draper Copy Share Image
If sometimes our great artists have been the most critical of our society, it is because their sensitivity and their concern for… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
On Mars, the crumbling remains of ancient civilizations may be found, mutely testifying to the one-time glory of a dying world. — P. E. Cleator Copy Share Image
There is a word in Old English which belongs wholly to that civilization - "dustsceawung," meaning contemplation of dust. It is a… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
Civilization just takes it as a given that the whole world was flooding. Then science came and you had geology and modern… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“I could scarcely summon courage to rise. But even those large, venomous snakes were less dreadful to my imagination than the white… — Harriet Ann Jacobs Copy Share Image
Yes,I'm afraid you're right. Trial and error isn't a bad way to learn how to build an aircraft,but it can be a… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilization...Without it, the imagination is but… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
If there be an order in which the human race has mastered its various kinds of knowledge, there will arise in every… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
For we need this thing wilderness far more than it needs us. Civilizations (like glaciers) come and go, but the mountain and… — Benton MacKaye Copy Share Image
You may as well know, also, that every great leader, from the dawn of civilization down to the present, was a dreamer. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“For all the Little Birds in our shared humanity who dare to explore beyond the status quo, welcome!” — Richard Silvia Copy Share Image
Money no longer has any meaning. Civilization is coming to an end. If not the destruction of the world, it's an endless… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
The civil liberty of every mode of worship, and full power given to all of openly and publicly manifesting their opinions and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Civilization, or that which is so called, has operated two ways to make one part of society more affluent and the other… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
In our western civilization we have the glorious example, the great standard of perfection and the teachings of the Christ to guide… — Edward Bach Copy Share Image
And this is the ultimate lesson that our knowledge of the mode of transmission of typhus has taught us: Man carries on… — Charles Nicolle Copy Share Image
The Muslims refuse our culture and try to impose their culture on us. I reject them, and this is not only my… — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
With enough money and international coordination, we can push incoming asteroids out of Earth's path. We might even be able to bring… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
“The rich never give you anything (dixit A.). Wealth is unrelenting; it always screws you. Those who are rich in intelligence, power… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
When individuals are established in universal consciousness, they live the scientific reality of the unity of life spontaneously in accord with all… — John Hagelin Copy Share Image
