#liza

Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#blot #bombs #civilization #few #few people

The modern spirit is a hesitant one. Spontaneity has given way to cautious legalisms, and the age of heroes has been superseded by a cult of specialization. We have no more giants; only obedient ants. ↗

— Roger Lowenstein

#specialization #spirit #warren-buffett #age

Since the dawn of time, traditional marriage - the union between one man and one woman - has been the building block of civilization, and at no point in our nation's history has that foundation been under more severe attack than now. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#been #between #block #building #building block

A knowledge of the forces that rule society, of the causes that have produced its upheavals, and of society's resources for promoting healthy progress has become of vital concern to our civilization. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

#causes #civilization #concern #forces #healthy

Our civilization is still in a middle stage, scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct; scarcely human, in that it is not yet wholly guided by reason. ↗

— Theodore Dreiser

#civilization #guided #human #instinct #longer

The flaw in being civilized is that it permit’s the uncivilized among us to perpetrate horrific crimes against us in the name of freedom and equality. Foreword 'RHG ↗

— M.J. Croan

#civilization #terrorist #freedom

I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard. ↗

— Trevor Dunn

#bird #family #feel #fish #i

Education is the transmission of civilization. ↗

— Will Durant

#civilization #transmission

I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her. ↗

— Barbara Eden

#compared #elizabeth #good #good company #her

Outsourcing and globalization of manufacturing allows companies to reduce costs, benefits consumers with lower cost goods and services, causes economic expansion that reduces unemployment, and increases productivity and job creation. ↗

— Larry Elder

#benefits #causes #companies #consumers #cost