Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bertrand Russell

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.

Sigmund Freud

The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.

Sigmund Freud

A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence.

Sigmund Freud

The price of civilization is instinctual renunciation.

Sigmund Freud

Beauty has no obvious use; nor is there any clear cultural necessity for it. Yet civilization could not do without it.

Sigmund Freud

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct.

Shirley Hazzard

Americans' great and secret fear is that America may turn out to be a phenomenon rather than a civilization.

Shereen El Feki

Throughout its history, Islam has borrowed and adapted from other civilizations, both ancient and modern.

Steven Pinker

For all the tribulations in our lives, for all the troubles that remain in the world, the decline of violence is an accomplishment that we can savor - and an impetus to cherish the forces of civilization and enlightenment that made it possible.

Edsger Dijkstra

In their capacity as a tool, computers will be but a ripple on the surface of our culture. In their capacity as intellectual challenge, they are without precedent in the cultural history of mankind.

Larry Freed

During this critical stage in the holiday shopping season, online retailers face huge challenges to maintaining high satisfaction. Those who aren't able to meet customer expectations online during the last week or two of the holiday shopping season risk the long-term impact of lessened customer loyalty during the weeks and quarters to come.

Ismail Haniyeh

We've handled challenges in the past and we will be able to stand up to future challenges as well.

Peter Yesawich

This speaks volumes about the challenges contemporary families have simply coordinating schedules . . . and the premium they place on the increasingly limited leisure time they spend together.

Mark Lawrence

I've always seen 'no' as a challenge rather than an answer.

Zell Miller

I wish we lived in the day where you could challenge a person to a duel.

Herb Harris

Riley is the kind of kid who likes challenges like that. He's always willing to step in and give it a shot.

Joe Battipaglia

Investors are looking past those challenges and seeing an economy that's still got a good growth rate and are preferring to take a risk with their portfolio than not.

Tony McNulty

I get asked, how many more people will come to this country? I say, as many as we need to face up to the future challenges of the UK economy,

Ayn Rand

In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both.

Bryant H. McGill

The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.

Daniel Handler

For Beatrice, I cherished, you perished, The world's been nightmarished.

Arthur Schopenhauer

If there is anything in the world that can really be called a mans property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.

Robert Kiyosaki

As the owner of the company, I'm always focusing on how my company can do more for less. And it's one of the principles of the world.

Doris Lessing

Music attacks my inner ear like an antagonist, it's not my world.

Don Tapscott

Business cannot succeed in a world that is failing.

Craig McDean

I don't really like the world 'muse.'

Corbin Bleu

I come from a lot of different worlds, and you can't really place me in a category. I'm just kind of me, and that's what you get.