Perhaps Western civilization is in a post-decline phase, or maybe the decline is just taking a really long time, like the Roman… — Tom Shales Copy Share Image
If you write a book set in the past about something that happened east of the Mississippi, it's a 'historical novel.' If… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
We were a Western civilisation, an English speaking civilisation, both NZ and Australia, and we had all these influences coming from both… — Richard O'Brien Copy Share Image
If Russia is to be a great power, it will be, not because of its nuclear potential, faith in God or the… — Zhores Alferov Copy Share Image
For most of Western civilization there was no real division between the realms of science, divinity, and artistic endeavor - they were… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Some people say that the West has a cruel history. These people also may see the achievements of Western countries - in… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere. — Edward James Olmos Copy Share Image
The big lamas coming from Tibet, Ladakh, India - everywhere - have been very friendly. But I don't figure in their world.… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Trance had become a dirty word. Thanks to Ian Van Dahl, Lasgo, Flip 'N' Fill and DJ Sammy, a generation of kids… — Paul van Dyk Copy Share Image
The French need a thrashing. If the Prussians win, the centralization of state power will be useful for the centralization of the… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
There's a big difference between being numb to something and being immune to it. — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
What was distinctively Western was not slavery but the moral crusade to end slavery. — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
“Never been around dogs much. My mom had a collie when I was a boy, but she was a gentle animal who… — Phil Truman Copy Share Image
I found a treehouse. I found this weird tree, out in a field, and someone had put a piece of a fence,… — James Badge Dale Copy Share Image
Western civilization has been at war with tribalism for 3,000 years. And that war was brought to the New World by the… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
And there I saw in the night the vision of a man....coming as it were from Ireland, with countless letters. And he… — Saint Patrick Copy Share Image
As Western Muslims and American Muslims, we need to understand that the values and principles we promote are not only Muslim values.… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
A stellar, fully-realized collection of stories... grounded, wonderfully, in the river valleys of western Maine. You come away not only understanding a… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
Some of the environmental lobbyists of the Western nations are the salt of the earth, but many of them are elitists. They've… — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
Get Carter is a classic, but it did nothing in the United States. It came out on a double bill with a… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
Individuals in various countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia listen to the tapes of bin Laden. They gather in groups of four… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
“That’s what you people do, isn’t it? Make assumptions and sell them to impressionable idiots.” — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
Istanbul and the western and southern seaboards are very Europeanized. But then you have the Kurdish areas, in the southeast. That's Turkey's… — Andrew Mango Copy Share Image
A good friend is someone who gets ya drunk and then walks ya home afterwards. — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
A lot of my work comes from what in Asia is called the 'mind of wonder.' There is not a lot of… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
