"Idealism and science continue to function in separate……" — Lewis Mumford
"Idealism and science continue to function in separate compartments; and yet 'the happiness of man on earth' depends upon their combination."
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99 Quotes by Lewis Mumford
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Sport in the sense of a mass-spectacle, with death to add to the underlying excitement, comes into existence when a…
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Western society has accepted as unquestionable a technological imperative that is quite as arbitrary as the most primitive taboo: not…
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Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.
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The chief enemy of peace is the spirit of unreason itself: an inability to conceive alternatives, an unwillingness to reconsider…
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By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, modern man has manufactured an abyss of boredom that only the privileged…
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Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product.
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War is both the product of an earlier corruption, and a producer of new corruptions.
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In war, the army is not merely a pure consumer, but a negative producer...
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I would die happy if I knew that on my tombstone could be written these words, "This man was an…
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When vitality runs high, death takes men by surprise. But if they close their eyes to this possibility, what they…
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A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.
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Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.
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And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and…
— Julie Bishop
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But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one…
— Bono
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I'm also interested in the modern suggestion that you can have a combination of love and sex in a marriage…
— Alain de Botton
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A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
— Nadia Boulanger
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The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves,…
— Richard Branson
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Well, you know, 'Spaceballs' is a weird combination, because it's a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it's crazy and out-there…
— Mel Brooks
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Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying…
— Alvar Aalto
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Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities,…
— Gro Harlem Brundtland
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The best standardisation committee in the world is nature herself, but in nature standardisation occurs mainly in connection with the…
— Alvar Aalto
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What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude.
— A. S. Byatt
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My presence in the social media and on the Internet is much bigger than many of the other candidates, including…
— Herman Cain
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Aside from what it teaches you, there is simply the indescribable degree of peace that can be achieved on a…
— Billy Campbell
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