Quotes by Civilization Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields Bjarne Stroustrup degrees fields civilization And after two days in civilization we realized we could never stay for long and started to plan our next adventure. Bob Bitchin adventure civilization two For me, and for thousands with similar inclinations, the most important passion of life is the overpowering desire to escape periodically from the clutches of a mechanistic civilization. To us the enjoyment of solitude, complete independence, and the beauty of undefiled panoramas is absolutely essential to happiness. Bob Marshall passion journey civilization The longer I live and the more I study the question, the more I am convinced that it is not so much the problem of what you will do with Negro, as what the Negro will do with you and your 'civilization'. Booker T. Washington study problem civilization I'm not sure he's wrong about automobiles," he said. "With all their speed forward they may be a step backward in civilization -- that is, in spiritual civilization. It may be that they will not add to the beauty of the world, nor to the life of men's souls. Booth Tarkington spiritual men civilization What I question is the extent to which any of us truly knows what the facts really are. I mistrust every ideal cherished in western democratic civilization. The words that make others smile and nod in agreement cause me to recoil. Boyd Rice causes agreement civilization Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta. Brian Aldiss distance men civilization When kids look up to great scientists the way they do to great musicians and actors, civilization will jump to the next level Brian Greene musician civilization kids And again, we're kind of trying to be in that place, that's just so absurd and irreverent and hysterical and it's something that at our company we're kind of, we're so irreverent about everything, we're sort of irreverent about the establishment, we're irreverent about civilization, we're irreverent about philosophy, we're irreverent about religion. Brian Henson trying philosophy civilization What basic psychological distortion can be found in every civilization of which we know anything? The only psychological force capable of producing these perversions is morality - the concept of right and wrong. The re-interpretation and eventual eradication of the concept of right and wrong are the belated objectives of nearly all of psychotherapy. Brock Chisholm morality civilization america Here's Iraq, where irrigation was invented, where law was invented, where writing was invented. All these things that we consider necessities of civilization started there. And the people who live there damn well know that. Bruce Cockburn law writing civilization University, as institutions, pre-date the information economy by many centuries and are not for-profit cultural entities, whose reason of existence (purportedly) is to discover truth, codify it through techniques of scholarship, and then teach it. Universities are meant to pass the torch of civilization not just download data into student skulls. Bruce Sterling data skulls civilization Maybe we're about to radically change the operating system of the human condition. If so, then this would be a really good time to make backups of our civilization. Bruce Sterling good-times would-be civilization I was saddened to learn of the passing of Leonard Nimoy, a fellow space traveler because he helped make the journey into the final frontier accessible to us all.... Indeed, there are strange new worlds to explore -- to seek out new life and start new civilizations. It is time to boldly go where no man -- or woman -- has gone before. Thanks to Leonard Nimoy and his beloved Mr. Spock, the bar has been set high for us to continue humanity's quest to probe outward in the universe. Buzz Aldrin journey men civilization One of the keys to ensuring accountability is to have civil servants who witness fraud, waste and abuse to blow the whistle. Byron Dorgan keys blow civilization In the most civilized and progressive countries freedom of discussion is recognized as a fundamental principle. C. E. M. Joad principles civilization country There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations--these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. C. S. Lewis gnats civilization art If education is beaten by training, civilization dies. C. S. Lewis beaten training civilization Perhaps civilization will never be safe until we care for something else more than we care for it. The hypothesis has certain facts to support it. As far as peace (which is one ingredient in our idea of civilization)is concerned, I think many would now agree that a foreign policy dominated by desire for peace is one of the many roads that lead to war. C. S. Lewis war civilization thinking In a civilization like ours, I feel that everyone has to come to terms with the claims of Jesus Christ upon his life, or else be guilty of inattention or of evading the question. C. S. Lewis inattention civilization jesus «1011121314151617181920»