Quotes by Civilization If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject. Ayn Rand men civilization religion Civilization does not have to perish. The brutes are winning only by default. Ayn Rand winning doe civilization The greatest threat to mankind and civilization is the spread of the totalitarian philosophy. Its best ally is not the devotion of its followers but the confusion of its enemies. To fight it, we must understand it. Ayn Rand fighting philosophy civilization Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. Ayn Rand progress-of-society political civilization The three values which men had held for centuries and which have now collapsed are: mysticism, collectivism, altruism. Mysticism — as a cultural power — died at the time of the Renaissance. Collectivism — as a political ideal — died in World War II. As to altruism — it has never been alive. It is the poison of death in the blood of Western civilization, and men survived it only to the extent to which they neither believed nor practiced it. Ayn Rand men war civilization Ah, there's nothing like tea in the afternoon. When the British Empire collapses, historians will find that it had made but two invaluable contributions to civilization - this tea ritual and the detective novel. Ayn Rand tea civilization two On Painting Rats, and the Glorification of Them. They exist without permission. They are hated, hunted and persecuted. They live in quiet desperation amongst the filth. And yet they are capable of bringing entire civilizations to their knees. If you are dirty, insignificant, and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model. Banksy role-models civilization dirty As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam. Barack Obama islam mind-blowing civilization I think our civilization is minimal enough without underlining it. Sculpture as a created object in space should enrich, not reflect, and should be beautiful. Beauty is its function. Barbara Chase-Riboud beautiful civilization thinking It is inherent in human consciousness to improve. So there is nothing unique about a people searching for and creating ways to make their life better - all civilizations throughout history have done this. What is unique about us in America is the accelerated rate at which we continually search for novelty and progress. Barbara De Angelis creating unique civilization It seems to me that there must be an ecological limit to the number of paper pushers the earth can sustain, and that human civilization will collapse when the number of, say, tax lawyers exceeds the world's total population of farmers, weavers, fisherpersons, and pediatric nurses. Barbara Ehrenreich nurse numbers civilization Codi: Gives you the willies, doesn't it? The thought of raising kids in a place where the front yard ends in a two-hundred-foot drop? [referring to cliff dwellings] Loyd: No worse than raising up kids where the front yard ends in a freeway. Barbara Kingsolver civilization two kids Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. They are what we call civilization. Barbara Kingsolver pavement feet civilization Books are the carriers of civilization... Books are humanity in print. Barbara Tuchman humanity civilization book Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled. Barbara Tuchman literature-history civilization book I had a map on my wall that had a circle around Lubbock and then giant arrows pointing toward New York City and Los Angeles. Written across both arrows were the words 'Toward Civilization.' Of course, by the time I got to New York, I realized there really isn't any civilization. Barry Corbin wall new-york civilization And here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse - the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization that allowed a sociopolitical monster called the welfare state to exist. Barry Goldwater rome government civilization Muslims stand by their religion entirely. It is a sort of religious absolutism. While Europeans have stopped defending the values of their civilization. They confuse tolerance with relativism. Bassam Tibi tolerance religious civilization Don't blame me. Tell your mom to move closer. Tell her there's this new club called civilization and you guys should join. Becca Fitzpatrick mom civilization moving A new space race has begun, and most Americans are not even aware of it. This race is not about political prestige or military power. This new race involves the whole human species in a contest against time. All of the people of the Earth are in a desperate race against disaster... To save the Earth we must look beyond it, to interplanetary space. To present the collapse of civilization and the end of the world as we know it, we must understand that our planet does not exist in isolation. Ben Bova space military civilization «7891011121314151617»
