Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Perlstein

Conservatives are time-biders. And they understand, as Corey Robin explains in his indispensable book 'The Reactionary Mind,' that the direction of human history is not on their side - that is why they are reactionaries - because, other things equal, civilization does tend towards more inclusion, more emancipation, more liberalism.

Frank Pierson

Movies are more than a commodity. Movies are to our civilization what dreams and ideals are to individual lives: They express the mystery and help define the nature of who we are and what we are becoming.

Carl Sagan

I would be very ashamed of my civilization if we did not try to find out if there is life in outer space.

Carl Sagan

In the vastness of the Cosmos there must be other civilizations far older and more advanced than ours.

Carl Sagan

For all I know we may be visited by a different extraterrestrial civilization every second Tuesday, but there's no support for this appealing idea. The extraordinary claims are not supported by extraordinary evidence.

Carl Sagan

Any civilization that doesn't develop space travel dies.

Antoine Rivarol

Extremes produce reaction. Beware that our boasted civilization does not lapse into barbarism.

Bertrand Russell

As a lover of truth, the national propaganda of all the belligerent nations sickened me. As a lover of civilization, the return to barbarism appalled me.

Bertrand Russell

Among human beings, the subjection of women is much more complete at a certain level of civilization than it is among savages. And the subjection is always reinforced by morality.

Jane Fonda

I've worked really, really hard on myself to not be judgmental.

Barbara Sher

Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you're doing something virtuous.

Clive Owen

Audiences can be very judgmental.

Marie Lu

For me, as a fan, when I read book series, I tend to be the most judgmental of the last book.

Christina Aguilera

I'm not a judgmental person, so I can't comment on someone else's background.

Clare Balding

Very rarely will you listen to the radio in a judgmental way, the way you'll watch telly.

Ioan Gruffudd

You're always going to be more judgmental about your own performance than anyone else.

Jonathan Chen

I try not to make judgmental remarks on the little peculiarities of a youth. In fact, when I am conversing with a child, I find myself having the same sort peculiarities.

Bill Johnson

Our assignment has never been about what we can do for God, but what can God do through us.

Lata Mangeshkar

I have decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me.

Tarja Halonen

Women receive easily the most difficult assignments.