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civilization people relaxation
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level. Bertrand Russell
civilization cities world
Today every city, town, or village is affected by it. We have entered the Neon Civilization and become a plastic world.. It goes deeper than its visual manifestations, it affects moral matters; we are engaged, as astrophysicists would say, on a decaying orbit. Raymond Loewy
civilization effort shadow
The easily ridiculed, so-so status quo often hides Herculean efforts by those whom we take for granted, and who, working in the shadows, guarantee civilization instead of chaos. Victor Davis Hanson
civilization revolution
Revolution is the larva of civilization. Victor Hugo
civilization imagination quality
The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination.
civilization use barbarians
Despite our complicated civilization, so called, or perhaps on account of it, we are all of us a mere set of barbarians, who find it less trouble to provide a new, cheap, and shoddy thing than to get the full use and full pleasure out of a finely-made and carefully-chosen old one. Vernon Lee
civilization alaska airports
We are the first atheistic and global, all-embracing civilization. You cannot tell whether you are sitting at an airport in Hong Kong or in a hotel in Alaska. Everything is instrumentalized, subjected to a short-term purpose. It is quite possible that in such a situation any sense of a deeper meaning gets lost. Vaclav Havel
civilization people democracy
It would appear that the traditional parliamentary democracies can offer no fundamental opposition to that automatism of technological civilization and the industrial-consumer society, for they too are being dragged helplessly along by it. People are manipulated in ways that are infinitely more subtle and refined than the brutal methods used in post-totalitarian societies.
civilization modern accepted
A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely. Tahar Ben Jelloun
ideas world chaos
Ideas govern the world, or throw it into chaos. Auguste Comte
ideas stories bigs
Once I'm given an idea for a story I have a million ideas on how it should be illustrated, but I don't have a big shoebox full of unfinished ideas. Brian Selznick
ideas narnia
That part of Rostrevor which overlooks Carlingford Lough is my idea of Narnia. C. S. Lewis
ideas long people
I work to promote the idea of sustainable capitalism driven by long-term considerations rather than quarterly profits, which seeks to better people's lives and the planet rather than destroy them. Al Gore
ideas people important
In many ways ideas are more important than people - they are much more permanent. Charles Kettering
ideas insane driving
Gotta head full of ideas that are driving me insane... Bob Dylan
ideas parent want
I learned from my parents the idea that, if you are devoted enough and you want to study something enough, you can really teach yourself anything. Brit Marling
ideas trying looks
I've had various experiences where I've been called by Hollywood studios to look at a script or comment on various scientific ideas that they're trying to inject into a story. Brian Greene
ideas atoms pieces
The central idea of string theory is quite straightforward. If you examine any piece of matter ever more finely, at first you'll find molecules, atoms, sub-atomic particles. Probe the smaller particles, you'll find something else, a tiny vibrating filament of energy, a little tiny vibrating string.
might script second spent
I spent 18 months, off and on, with the script writer. I might as well have not spent one second with him. Don Haskins
might rule scrap
You might as well scrap offside now if you are not going to rule that offside. Gordon Strachan
might tongue pens
If, of all words of tongue and pen, The saddest are, It might have been,' More sad are these we daily see: 'It is, but hadn't ought to be!' Bret Harte
might rest sit watch
We might go over there and watch 'em. We can sit back and rest a little bit. Pat Olmi
might
We might be related, but it's very distant.
might minutes pick time
And you can use the time as you want. You could say, 'I need you to go pick up a prescription for me,' and that might take up 15 minutes of your time allotment. E. B. White
might root weekend
This weekend might be like a root canal. Jim Calhoun
might next team worst
This team (LSU) might be the worst team to play if you're the next team, Les Miles
might slow
We're going through so much (roster) turnover, (the WBC) might slow us down early. Kyle Lohse