Quotes by Civilization The wise use of leisure, it must be conceded, is a product of civilization and education. Bertrand Russell wisdom wise civilization 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 return lovers civilization Teachers are more than any other group the guardians of civilization. Bertrand Russell groups teacher civilization Our use of the phrase 'The Dark Ages' to cover the period from 600 to 1000 marks our undue concentration on Western Europe. [...] From India to Spain, the brilliant civilisation of Islam flourished. What was lost to Christendom at this time was not lost to civilisation, but quite the contrary. [...] To us it seems that West-European civilisation is civilisation, but this is a narrow view. Bertrand Russell islamic views civilization In yielding we are like the water, by nature placid, conforming to the hollow of the smallest hand; in time, shaping even the mountains to its will. Thus we keep duty and honor. We cherish clan and civilization. We are Chinese. Bette Lord water civilization hands When all material advancements utilized in spiritual need that is the real advancement of human civilization. Bhakti Charu Swami real spiritual civilization The entire world economy rests on the consumer; Bill Bonner done civilization needs Printing up extra money - with no backing - used to be the sort of thing only counterfeiters did. Now it is done by the central bankers and Treasury Secretaries themselves. They don't apologize for it. They don't hang their heads and contemplate blowing their brains out. Instead, they're proud of it... announcing that they 'saved civilization,' or some such claptrap. Bill Bonner proud brain civilization We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls. Bill Bryson bad-ass badass civilization Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them. Bill Cosby humor civilization funny Really advanced civilization is based on advances in energy. Bill Gates advanced-civilization energy civilization I know a whole generation has been raised on the notion of multiculturalism; that all civilizations are just different. No! Not always. Sometimes things are better! Rule of law is better than autocracy and theocracy; equality of the sexes, better; protection of minorities, better; free speech, better; free elections, better; free appliances with large purchases, better! Don't get so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance. Bill Maher law civilization sex Certainly none of the advances made in civilization has been due to counterrevolutionaries and advocates of the status quo. Bill Mauldin status-quo made civilization We finally know where the red line for climate really is. After the rapid melt of arctic ice in the summer of 2007, our best scientists, led by NASA's Jim Hansen, went back to work and produced a series of papers showing that with more than 350 ppm (parts per million) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, we couldn't have a planet "similar to the one on which civilization developed and to which life on earth is adapted." Bill McKibben ice summer civilization I take "We, the People" seriously because I don't know how we build a civilization without reciprocity. Bill Moyers reciprocity civilization people If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it's game over. It's control-alt-delete for civilization. Bill Nye earth games civilization Material civilization, nay, even luxury, is necessary to create work for the poor. Bread! Bread! I do not believe in a God who cannot give me bread here, giving me eternal bliss in heaven! Bill Vaughan luxury civilization believe John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization! Bill Walton basketball civilization america But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it's the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan's beard look good. Bill Walton basketball civilization mean Civilizations fall because the people inside the Sanctuary throw open the gates. Bill Whittle civilization people fall «910111213141516171819»