Quotes by Civilization The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of the class which that term denotes; the ignorance of more remote ages, the simplicity of rural life, and the rusticity of the villager have not been preserved among them; and they are alike unacquainted with the virtues, the vices, the coarse habits, and the simple graces of an early stage of civilization. Alexis de Tocqueville ignorance simple civilization Of all nations, those submit to civilization with the most difficulty which habitually live by the chase. Alexis de Tocqueville difficulty civilization world In a country of such recent civilization as ours, whose almost limitless treasures of material wealth invite the risks of capital and the industry of labor, it is but natural that material interests should absorb the attention of the people to a degree elsewhere unknown. Alfred Adler civilization country people What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but, indifferent to details, it cares less to have them real than noble or, rather, grand and complete. Alfred de Vigny noble real civilization Without adventure civilization is in full decay. Alfred North Whitehead adventure civilization travel It is the business of future to be dangerous.... The major advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they occur. Alfred North Whitehead future progress civilization It must be admitted that there is a degree of instability which is inconsistent with civilization. But, on the whole, the great ages have been unstable ages. Alfred North Whitehead degrees age civilization Without adventure all civilization is full of decay. Adventure rarely reaches its predetermined end. Columbus never reached China. Alfred North Whitehead decay adventure civilization Civilizations can only be understood by those who are civilized. Alfred North Whitehead civilized understood civilization Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. Operations of thought are cavalry charges in a battle - they are limited in number, they require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments. Alfred North Whitehead horse civilization thinking Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them. Alfred North Whitehead technology civilization thinking Not in the name of a necessary protection of the white race did the European break into China, but for the benefit of the Jewish-mercantile greed for profit. He thus dishonored himself, destroying a whole civilization, provoking justified indignation. China fights for its myth, for its race, and its ideals, as does the renewal-movement in Germany against the mercantile race that rules all stock markets and the actions of most governments. Alfred Rosenberg fighting names civilization Modern civilization is a product of an energy binge. Binges often end in hangovers. Alfred W. Crosby hangover energy civilization "Motherboard," for me, has four different levels: the bottom part is the water, vegetation, and growth. The second part is the world with figures and animals; there's chaos and civilization. The third part is the digital zone - these red things are turning into really loud digital sounds. Then the fourth level is like ether and things turning into air. This idea of how we're becoming partly digitalized is really interesting to me. Ali Banisadr air animal civilization If we want our civilization to survive, we have to watch for the extremes. We have to reclaim our morality, both individually and as the society. To protect ourselves from extremisms, we have to maintain moderation. Ali Sina want civilization watches Play is not for every hour of the day, or for any hour taken at random. There is a tide in the affairs of children. Civilization is cruel in sending them to bed at the most stimulating time of dusk. Alice Meynell taken civilization children We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part. Allan Bloom play beautiful civilization We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. Allan Bloom shepherds ignorant civilization The Jews always complained, kvetching about false gods, and erected the Allen Ginsberg jehovah middle civilization Barbarism recommences by the excess of civilization. Alphonse de Lamartine barbarism excess civilization «1234567891011»