The origin of civilization is man's determination to do nothing for himself which he can get done for him. — H. C. Bailey Copy Share Image
'A Valley Without Wind' takes the idea of dungeon crawls and throws it on its head by casting you as a magic… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
The United States has lost her unique position as a leader in the progress of civilization and has taken up her place… — Charles Eliot Norton Copy Share Image
“Greeks did not invent philosophy, philosophy had existed across Latin America, Africa, Arabia, India and China, thousands of years earlier, not as… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Civilization is held together by duct tape and spit, and I'm worried about the duct tape.” — Jacqueline Patricks Copy Share Image
To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization. — Adrienne Clarkson Copy Share Image
A general definition of civilization: a civilized society is exhibiting the fine qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art, peace. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
It seemed to me,' said Wonko the Sane, 'that any civilization that had so far lost its head as to need to… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization. — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
The basic problem is that our civilization, which is a civilization of machines, can teach man everything except how to be a… — Andre Malraux Copy Share Image
The more rapidly a civilization progresses, the sooner it dies for another to rise in its place. — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
The challenge for America is: can we become a multicultural, multiracial democracy? It would be historic. It would be America's greatest contribution… — Ro Khanna Copy Share Image
In the same way that banks succeeded at privatizing the profits and socializing the losses as they led the global economy to… — Felix Dodds Copy Share Image
If we would reach a degree of civilization higher and grander than any yet attained, we should welcome to our ample continent… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“But it’s a pretense, it’s artificial,” Adelia protested. “Love, honor, respect. When are they ever extended to everyday women? I doubt if… — Ariana Franklin Copy Share Image
A ground frequently taken by Christian theologians is that the progress and civilization of the world are due to Christianity; and the… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
The true savage is a slave, and is always talking about what he must do; the true civilised man is a free… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
As long as civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions. Our riches will… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Wilderness itself is the basis of all our civilization. I wonder if we have enough reverence for life to concede to wilderness… — Margaret Murie Copy Share Image
There's something about the style of living in the country that they feel, "This is what represents me." So style is about… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
The Jews had a love-hate relationship with the Greek culture. They craved its civilization but resented its dominance. Josephus says they regarded… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We must, then, apply the principle of Doubt to Civilization; we must doubt its necessity, its excellence, and its permanence. — Charles Fourier Copy Share Image
“We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages.” — William Golding Copy Share Image
Are some free fonts a gift to humanity rather than a blight on typographic civilization ? — Ellen Lupton Copy Share Image
