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civilization local pillar
I was a glassy-eyed undergraduate. It was a pillar of local civilization. Stewart Brand
civilization long achievement
what about Christianity? Are we right in the face of so long a record of its poverty in international achievement, to keep invoking it as a standard, almost synonymous with civilization? Rose Macaulay
civilization political democracy
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization. Winston Churchill
civilization evil specialization
Specialization is the great evil of civilization. Wendell Berry
civilization existence free laws man process progress ruled setting society toward
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. Ayn Rand
civilization limitless
Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities Mark Twain
civilization commitment company effort group individual society team
Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. Vince Lombardi
civilization decisive human indeed producing range western
Indeed it is the protean ability of Western civilization to be self-critical and self-correcting - not only in producing wealth but over the whole range of human activities - that constitutes its most decisive superiority over any of its rivals. Paul Johnson
civilization founder human instead insult stone
The first human being who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization. Sigmund Freud
failing intellect conscience
The intellect has only one failing, which, to be sure, is a very considerable one. It has no conscience. James Russell Lowell
failing
As a writer, you have control: You can play around with your own thoughts and when you find those insufficient, draw upon others': their wisdom, their humor, their failings. Marty Nemko
failing combination thousand
I didn’t fail ten thousand times. I successfully eliminated, ten thousand times, materials and combinations which wouldn’t work. Thomas A. Edison
failing achieve
Fail miserably, achieve greatly! John F. Kennedy
failing lone-wolf pleasure
How could I fail to be a lone wolf, and an uncouth hermit, as I did not share one of its aims nor understand one of its pleasures? Hermann Hesse
failing only-time
You're going to fail a few times, because that is the only time you actually learn something. Hans Zimmer
failing
How lazily "xperts" dismiss what they fail to understand! David Mitchell
failing excellent projects
Learning that you have stamina is an excellent thing to know. If a project fails, I know I can pick myself up. Eddie Izzard
failing models rely
A business model that relies on trickery is doomed to fail. Charlie Munger
cynicism jaded
Anything that has cynicism to it and that's jaded is smutty. Sandra Bernhard
cynicism energy french-athlete good
Cynicism is not a good energy for me. Yannick Noah
cynicism mask
...all cynicism masks a failure to cope. John Fowles
cynicism degree deliver economic people terms unsure
There's a justifiable degree of cynicism about the new coalition. People are unsure about what it will deliver in terms of economic reforms. Daragh Maher
cynicism zealot
Cynicism has its own zealots. Mason Cooley
cynicism disaster given normal scale touched
Given the normal cynicism of Pakistanis, something like this has never happened. I think the scale of the disaster is something that has touched everyone to the core.
cynicism deal great hate perhaps unless worse
I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the two were the same thing
cynicism thrust
There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism. Jesse Jackson
cynicism worst worst-things
The worst thing about cynicism is its truth.