“Our political system is now run by the Big People for their own interests. If they ever deign to notice the Little… — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
We need to shift from an economic to a humanitarian organizing principle for human civilization. And women, en masse, should be saying… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
One difference between savagery and civilization is a little courtesy. There's no telling what a lot of courtesy would do. — Cullen Hightower Copy Share Image
The Globalization of humanity is a natural, biological, evolutionary process. Yet we face an enormous crisis because the most central and important… — Elisabet Sahtouris Copy Share Image
Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it. — Ron Suskind Copy Share Image
All our lauded technological progress -- our very civilization - is like the axe in the hand of the pathological criminal. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Civilization rests on two things: the discovery that fermentation produces alcohol, and the voluntary ability to inhibit defecation. And I put it… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders. — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
Islam doesn't have to mean blind faith. It can mean what it always meant in your family, a culture, a civilization, as… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Does history warrant the conclusion that religion is necessary to morality - that a natural ethic is too weak to withstand the… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization. — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
Life was dense, dark, ancient. They watched Dean, serious and insane at his raving wheel, with eyes of hawks. All had their… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Thanks to my memory, which enabled me to quote Latin and to discuss Greek and Roman civilization, it became obvious to some… — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
The interesting thing is the field is so big - it's enormous. One thing a modern civilization needs is energy. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Our civilization is shifting from science and technology to rhetoric and litigation. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
When the history of civilization is written, it will be a biological history and Margaret Sanger will be its heroine. — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Civilization consists in giving something an unfitting name, then dream about the result. And indeed the false name and the real dream… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“Thanks to this availability of suitable wild mammals and plants, early peoples of the Fertile Crescent could quickly assemble a potent and… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
We want women leaders today as never before. Leaders who are not afraid to be called names and who are willing to… — Emily Murphy Copy Share Image
Though tax records are generally looked upon as a nuisance, the day may come when historians will realize that tax records tell… — Charles Adams Copy Share Image
On Painting Rats, and the Glorification of Them. They exist without permission. They are hated, hunted and persecuted. They live in quiet… — Banksy Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say that religion has promoted the social progress of mankind. I say that it has been a detriment to the… — Culbert Olson Copy Share Image
For in this century, within the next decades, will be decided for generations whether all mankind is to become Communist, whether the… — Whittaker Chambers Copy Share Image
