Western Quotes

1229 Western quotes by 890 unique authors

Practically everyone now bemoans Western man's sense of alienation, lack of community, and inability to find ways of organizing society for human ends. We have… — Jean Baker Miller
[Let] the poor the needy and oppressed of the Earth, and those who want Land, resort to the fertile lands of our western country, the… — George Washington
Today we are in a situation in which the free movement of people can have enormous, monumental dimensions, and I don't think that any country… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires. It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront… — Ajahn Brahm
It is impossible not to feel stirred at the thought of the emotions of man at certain historic moments of adventure and discovery - Columbus… — Alfred North Whitehead
Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism. — Edward Bond
A terrorist, massive, casualty-producing event [will occur] somewhere in the Western world - it may be in the United States of America - that causes… — Tommy Franks
Western society has accepted as unquestionable a technological imperative that is quite as arbitrary as the most primitive taboo: not merely the duty to foster… — Lewis Mumford
Western man wrote "his" history as if it were the history of the entire human race. — John Oliver Killens
Who in the world remembers who won the 1975 Westchester Classic or the 1978 Western Open? Basically, the majors are the only comparison over time… — Jack Nicklaus
Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards… — John Keats
Our use of phrase 'The Dark ages' to cover the period from 699 to 1,000 marks our undue concentration on Western Europe... — Bertrand Russell
New York is the place where all the aspirations of the western world meet to form one vast master aspiration, as powerful as the suction… — H. L. Mencken
When I was young I used to read about the decline of Western civilization, and I decided it was something I would like to make… — George Carlin
Since Western society is deteriorating, it has become overrun with immorality, and God is going to judge it, and destroy it. And the only way… — Malcolm X
The kind of pace that you want to use in a Western - just to acknowledge the land in the distance that everyone has to… — Lawrence Kasdan
But he knew people and he was head writer for Have Gun Will Travel, and if you took those early Star Treks that we did… — Majel Barrett
In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I always wondered who got his horse. — George Carlin
Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues. — Sogyal Rinpoche
Public charities, foodbanks and church pantries are doing more than ever before, but they can't keep up with the need. We can never end hunger… — Jeff Bridges
Our soul, our true self, is the most mysterious, essential, and magical dimension of our being. In fact, it is not a separate reality, as… — Gabrielle Roth
I never violate an inner rhythm. I loathe to force anything. I don't know if the inner rhythm is Eastern or Western. I know it… — Lee Krasner
My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest... no country in the world today shows… — Mahatma Gandhi
Blacks were not enslaved because they were black but because they were available. Slavery has existed in the world for thousands of years. Whites enslaved… — Thomas Sowell

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