Quotes by Civilization War creates no absolutely new situation: it simply aggravates the permanent human situation so that we can no longer ignore it. Human life has always been lived on the edge of a precipice. C. S. Lewis war peace civilization Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation. Calvin Coolidge levels civilization looks We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither. Calvin Coolidge government civilization america Not long ago I heard a Navy chaplain refer to the sage advice of the Apostle to put first things first...If we are to heed the admonition to put first things first...one of the main essentials which lies at the very beginning of civilization is that of security. Calvin Coolidge long-ago civilization lying Whenever Nature's bounty is in danger of exhaustion, the chemist has sought for a substitute. The conquest of disease has made great progress as a result of your efforts. Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation. Waste materials, formerly cast aside, are now being utilized. Calvin Coolidge effort civilization science Work is not a curse; it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood, and the measure of civilization. Calvin Coolidge curse civilization mean Civilization and profit go hand in hand. Calvin Coolidge progress civilization hands If civilization had been left in female hands we would still be living in grass huts. Camille Paglia female civilization hands What feminism calls patriarchy is simply civilization , an abstract system designed by men but augmented and now co-owned by women. Camille Paglia feminism men civilization They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature. Camille Paglia fragility savages civilization In the west, Apollo and Dionysus strive for victory. Apollo makes the boundary lines that are civilization but that lead to convention, constraint, oppression. Dionysus is energy unbound, mad, callous, destructive, wasteful. Apollo is law, history, tradition, the dignity and safety of custom and form. Dionysus is the new, exhilarating but rude, sweeping all away to begin again. Apollo is a tyrant, Dionysus is a vandal. Camille Paglia tyrants law civilization We will never get great art from women if their education exposes them only to the second-rate and if the idea of greatness itself is denied. Greatness is not a white male trick. Every important world civilization has defined its artistic tradition in elitist terms of distinction and excellence. Camille Paglia greatness civilization art Life has always seemed to me like a plant that lives on its rhizome. Its true life is invisible, hidden in the rhizome. The part that appears above ground lasts only a single summer. Then it withers away—an ephemeral apparition. When we think of the unending growth and decay of life and civilizations, we cannot escape the impression of absolute nullity. Yet I have never lost a sense of something that lives and endures underneath the eternal flux. What we see is the blossom, which passes. The rhizome remains. Carl Jung summer civilization thinking All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct. Carl Sagan civilization science We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. Carl Sagan elements technology civilization It would be wryly interesting if in human history the cultivation of marijuana led generally to the invention of agriculture, and thereby to civilization. Carl Sagan marijuana weed civilization I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture, and our concern for the future, can all be tested by how well we support our libraries. Carl Sagan support civilization thinking Any civilization that doesn't develop space travel dies. Carl Sagan space-travel space civilization Accommodation to change, the thoughtful pursuit of alternative futures are keys to the survival of civilization and perhaps of the human species. Carl Sagan thoughtful keys civilization In the long run, the aggressive civilizations destroy themselves, almost always. It's their nature. They can't help it. Carl Sagan running civilization long «1112131415161718192021»
