Quotes by Barbarians If you go back to the Conan the Barbarian series, I really liked that. Andre Braugher conan barbarians series If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the bad things? Angela Carter barbarians blame able We are all youthful barbarians, and only our new toys bring us excitement. That has been the sole purpose of our flights. This one flies higher, that one faster. But now we will make ourselves at home. We will forget the machine, the tool. It is no longer complex; it does what it is supposed to do, unnoticed. And through this tool we will find again the old nature, the nature of the gardener, the navigator, the poet. Antoine de Saint-Exupery barbarians machines home It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand. Arthur C. Clarke barbarians mark Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture. Baltasar Gracian barbarians men culture Of course the barbarians' aim of world domination has not escaped the attention of the Europeans, perhaps because unlike us they are closer to the walls. Barbara Amiel barbarians wall world I ask myself, have nations ever declined from a loss of moral sense rather than from physical reasons or the pressure of barbarians? I think that they have. Barbara Tuchman barbarians loss thinking The factors that laid low so whooping and puissant an empire as the old Hollywood are many. I can think of a score, including the barbarian hordes of Television. But there is one that stands out for me in the post-mortem.... The factor had to do with the basis of movie-making: 'Who shall be in charge of telling the story.' Ben Hecht barbarians empires thinking Barbarian invasions would be superfluous: We are our own Huns. Bertrand de Jouvenel barbarians invasion would-be I’ve been a barbarian my whole life. I’m just a smarter barbarian now. Evolution, you know? Brock Lesnar barbarians whole-life evolution What shall become of us without any barbarians? Those people were a kind of solution. C.P. Cavafy barbarians kindness people What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum? The barbarians are due here today. C.P. Cavafy barbarians waiting today Books were despised by the Viking Tribes, as they were seen as a horrible civilizing influence and a threat to the barbarian culture. Cressida Cowell barbarians culture book Barbarians, we call them, while all the while we timidly cling to our Web like Visigoths crouching in the ruins of Rome's faded glory and proclaim ourselves civilized. Dan Simmons barbarians ruins rome This is good, life must continue, we are fighting barbarians, but we must remain human. David Benioff barbarians good-life fighting The destruction that barbarians leave behind has a grim fascination, doesn't it? We're reminded how thin is the veneer of civilization. Dean Koontz barbarians fascination civilization You barbarians!' he yelled. 'I'll sue the council for every penny it's got! I'll have you hung, drawn and quartered! And whipped! And boiled...until...until...until...until you've had enough.' Ford was running after him. Very very fast. 'And then I will do it again!' yelled Arthur, 'And when I've finished I will take all the little bits, and I will jump on them! Douglas Adams barbarians running littles But [the Arabs'] friendship was venal, their faith inconstant, their enmity capricious: it was an easier task to excite than to disarm these roving barbarians; and, in the familiar intercourse of war, they learned to see, and to despise, the splendid weakness both of Rome and of Persia. Edward Gibbon barbarians rome war The Gauls were endowed with all the advantages of art and nature; but as they wanted courage to defend them, they were justly condemned to obey, and even to flatter, the victorious Barbarians, by whose clemency they held their precarious fortunes and their lives. Edward Gibbon barbarians advantage art Europe is secure from any future irruptions of Barbarians; since, before they can conquer, they must cease to be barbarous. Edward Gibbon barbarians conquer europe 1234»