“To make the distinction unmistakably clear: Civilization is the vital force in human history; culture is that inert mass of institutions and… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“You are so civilized. So polite. So brave coming here alone when you know no one here would dare to touch you.… — Ann Leckie Copy Share Image
The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism. — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
In all earlier civilizations, it should be remembered, commerce was treated as a narrow activity and by no means the senior sector… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
Alexander the Great changed a few boundaries and killed a few men. Both he and Napoleon were forced into fame by circumstances… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and… — George Catlin Copy Share Image
Our civilization is facing a radical, imminent mass change. The alternative to the hierarchical power structure is based on mutual aid and… — Jeremy Hammond Copy Share Image
I think the whole thing is kind of sad, honestly, in the same way that our civilization - particularly the consumers of… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
When you can’t do something truly useful, you tend to vent the pent up energy in something useless but available, like snappy… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent. — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
“The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of the nation, is close to the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Codi: Gives you the willies, doesn't it? The thought of raising kids in a place where the front yard ends in a… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Civil servants and priests, soldiers and ballet-dancers, schoolmasters and police constables, Greek museums and Gothic steeples, civil list and services list --… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
There can be no doubt that our descendants will learn to exploit the energy of fusion for peaceful purposes even before its… — Lev Artsimovich Copy Share Image
My idea of our civilization is that it is a shoddy, poor thing and full of cruelties, vanities, arrogances, meannesses and hypocrisies. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The smile is civilization’s finest adornment. It signifies the willpower and duty to fashion mankind’s coexistence as quietly and agreeably as possible… — Iwan Goll Copy Share Image
“Praise be to Allah, who revealed the Book, controls the clouds, defeats factionalism, and says in His Book: 'But when the forbidden… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
How can one explain all the time and thought that goes into raising a child, all the opportunities for mistakes, all the… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
Few can contemplate without a sense of exhilaration the splendid achievements of practical energy and technical skill, which, from the latter part… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
“A historic transition is occurring, barely noticed. Slowly, quietly, imperceptibly, religion is shriveling in America, as it has done in Europe, Canada,… — James A. Haught Copy Share Image
The entire world economy rests on the consumer; if he ever stops spending money he doesn't have on things he doesn't need… — Bill Bonner Copy Share Image
Aviation has struck a delicately balanced world, a world where stability was already giving way to the pressure of new dynamic forces,… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Artificial Intelligence leaves no doubt that it wants its audiences to enter a realm of pure fantasy when it identifies one of… — Godfried Danneels Copy Share Image
That which men suppose the imagination to be, and to do, is often frivolous enough and mischievous enough; but that which God… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We have made, and still are making, enormous advances on material lines. It is necessary that we commensurately advance on moral lines.… — Henry George Copy Share Image
Most of these people will never make the headlines and their names will not appear in Who's Who. Yet when years have… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
One way in which all of us can help to combat the current wave of public indecency which threatens to undermine Western… — Grace Kelly Copy Share Image
The consensus is clear. We need an immediate and determined shift to a clean, renewable economy. The continued mass burning of fossil… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“I wouldn't live in a colony like that, myself, for a thousand dollars an hour. I wouldn't want it next door. I'm… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
The Empathic Civilization is emerging. A younger generation is fast extending its empathic embrace beyond religious affiliations and national identification to include… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
Among the illusions which have invested our civilization is an absolute belief that the solutions to our problems must be a more… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
In a culture that gives men irresponsible power and women powerless responsibility, the advancement of civilization cannot be a serious goal. — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
It's the Law of God that gave the stability to Christian civilization. — Randall Terry Copy Share Image
Angels appear to transcend all cultures, races, and systems. They are a part of human history and civilization, sometimes at the forefront,… — Silver RavenWolf Copy Share Image
Marketing is about spreading ideas, and spreading ideas is the single most important output of our civilization. — Seth Copy Share Image
The taming and domestication of religion is one of the unceasing chores of civilization. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Architecture is, to a certain extent, a sensual gratification. It addresses itself to the eye, and affords the best scope for the… — William H. Prescott Copy Share Image
Republicans will never turn a blind eye to unjust acts, but neither will we accept an all-out assault on Western civilization. — Daniel Cameron Copy Share Image
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