Certain Quote by Gertrude Atherton Download Open image “Civilization in certain respects is as inadequate as it was a thousand years ago.” — Gertrude Atherton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Certain Civilization Inadequate Respect Thousand Thousand years Years Years ago
Before we can build a stable civilization worthy of humanity as a whole, it is necessary that each historical civilization should become conscious of… — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Copy Share Image
Civilizations are built by the ceaseless toil of a succession of generations. With softness and sloth, civilizations succumb. Let us beware of decadence. — Rajiv Gandhi Copy Share Image
I think... the history of civilization is an attempt to codify, classify and categorize aspects of human nature that hardly lend themselves to that… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“Civilization is always threatened from below, by patterns of belief and emotion that may once have been useful to our ancestors, but that are… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power. — Henry George Copy Share Image
There is nothing so carking as the pangs of unsatisfied curiosity. — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
The only two good words that can be said for a hurricane are that it gives sufficient warning of its approach, and that it… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
The world, and the great and free United States in particular, is full of narrow-minded, ignorant, moronic, bigoted, cowardly, self-righteous, anemic, pig-headed, stupid, puritanical,… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
Men are not amusing during the shooting season; but, after all, my dear, men were not especially designed to amuse women. — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
genius must ever be imperfect. Life is not long enough nor slow enough for both brain and character to grow side by side to… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
No country can reach a high stage of civilization without a leisure class. — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,… — Jacques Lusseyran Copy Share Image
One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
For successful education there must always be a certain freshness in the knowledge dealt with. It must be either new in itself or invested… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
People don't always realize that a record is forever. It'll always be there under your name. You've got to be certain that it's right. — Frank Iero Copy Share Image
I started out dancing on a reality TV show, but always with the intention of making my way over to film. I transitioned into… — Julianne Hough Copy Share Image
One of the deepest and strangest of all human moods is the mood which will suddenly strike us perhaps in a garden at night,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A dialogue is very important. It is a form of communication in which question and answer continue till a question is left without an… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
Why do we love certain homes, and why do they seem to love us? It is the warmth of our individual hearts reflected in… — T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Copy Share Image
Human life consists of doing certain things ... to take part in the life of the community; to be able to talk about subjects… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
We've all seen talented young players who get to a certain level but there comes a point where that talent will only take you… — Warren Gatland Copy Share Image
