“Old Age homes are civilization's dumpsites for human beings who it cannot exploit further.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Death is number one on the list of things that we wish were possible to leave behind when we escaped barbarism.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The sum total of each man's giving determines the standard of man's civilization. — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual. People who work together will win, whether… — Vince Lombardi Copy Share Image
All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution. — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
Some mothers in today's world feel "cumbered" by home duties and are thus attracted by other more "romantic" challenges. Such women could… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
There can be no high civilization where there is not ample leisure. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
In time, [a Martian] colony would grow to the point of being self- sustaining. When this stage was reached, humanity would have… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Our knowledge of the historical worth of certain religious doctrines increases our respect for them, but does not invalidate our proposal that… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime, from the sowing of the… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
We're living in a funny world kid, a peculiar civilization. The police are playing crooks in it, and the crooks are doing… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals. — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
“[They] may have for instance taken the view of Edmund Burke, who in the 18th century made the central conservative insight; that… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
The careful student of history will discover that Christianity has been of very little value in advancing civilization, but has done a… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
We're becoming a planet of a thousand new major cities. The economy of the 21st century is a city-building economy. It's within… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
The measure of any great civilization is its cities and a measure of a city's greatness is to be found in the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
For me, and for thousands with similar inclinations, the most important passion of life is the overpowering desire to escape periodically from… — Bob Marshall Copy Share Image
In point of fact there are a certain number of values and of forces which are of decisive importance in our world… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
The world we know at present is in no fit state to take over the dreariest little meteor ... If we have… — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
But it is obvious that our fathers, whose efforts have planted these great and prosperous cities along the once lonely trails of… — James Henry Breasted Copy Share Image
What should we suppose must naturally be the consequence of our carrying on a slave trade with Africa? With a country, vast… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
In a living civilization there is always an element of unrest, for sensitiveness to ideas means curiosity, adventure, change. Civilized order survives… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
A 'civilization' that makes such a ridiculous fuss about alleged 'war crimes' - acts of violence against the actual or potential enemies… — Savitri Devi Copy Share Image