The cynic, a parasite of civilization, lives by denying it, for the very reason that he is convinced that it will not… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
There was something horrifying in the realization that, in this twenty-first century of what we call 'civilization,' we have carved up what… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
All the stuff that makes life worth living is produced privately, and all that the government does is slow down the progress… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
“Where do you. come from?" Frank challenged, puffing his chest, a little bolder now that he could breathe. "Some of us are… — Beth Fantaskey Copy Share Image
Public transportation is like a magnifying glass that shows you civilization up close. — Chris Gethard Copy Share Image
“Earlier than about 10,000 years ago, all human populations were hunter gatherers. Soon, probably none will be. Those not extinct will be… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
One of the great dreams of man must be to find some place between the extremes of nature and civilization where it… — Barry Lopez Copy Share Image
From wherever the emissions come, they have the same effect: They trap much more heat from the sun, melt the ice, raise… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“The hardest time in this world is for the sensitive and intelligent people.” — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
I think we fought Vietnam for the benefits of civilization, and certainly we fought it to oppose authority. To show our authority,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van… — Frank Moore Colby Copy Share Image
The Lord may want to colonise other Worlds with His new perfect children! What's the whole Universe for and all this huge… — David Berg Copy Share Image
The first western gardens were those in the Mediterranean basin. There in the desert areas stretching from North Africa to the valleys… — Penelope Hobhouse Copy Share Image
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We would be a lot safer if the Government would take its money out of science and put it into astrology and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I know a lot of Americans in Paris who have married Frenchmen. They keep bringing up their experience, the clash of civilizations,… — Leslie Caron Copy Share Image
In the last analysis civilization itself is measured by the way in which children will live and what chance they will have… — Mary Heaton Vorse Copy Share Image
“The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops – no, but the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Agriculture seems to be the first pursuit of civilized man. It enables him to escape from the life of the savage, and… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
“Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Without… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
New York is the place where all the aspirations of the western world meet to form one vast master aspiration, as powerful… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
