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«When vultures watching your civilization begin dropping dead, it is time to pause and wonder»
«We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.»
«When a civilization takes up the study of itself, it is always high noon.»
«When I was a graduate student at Harvard, I learned about showers and central heating. Ten years later, I learned about breakfast meetings. These are America's three great contributions to civilization.»
Author: Mervyn A. King
| About:
America and Americans,
Civilization,
Learning,
Students
| Keywords:
central, central heating, contributions, graduate, graduate student, graduate students, Harvard, heating, meetings, showers, Ten Years Later
«What a commentary on civilization, when being alone is being suspect; when one has to apologize for it, make excuses, hide the fact that one practices it - like a secret vice»
Author: Anne Morrow Lindbergh
| About:
Civilization
| Keywords:
apologize, commentary, excuses, practices, suspect
«Without adventure civilization is in full decay»
Author: Alfred North Whitehead
(Mathematician, Philosopher)
| About:
Adventure,
Civilization
| Keywords:
adventure, decay, in full
«When humor goes, there goes civilization.»
Author: Erma Bombeck
| About:
Civilization
«We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Civilization
| Keywords:
civilization, unkind, unkindest, veneer
«We will never be an advanced civilization as long as rain showers can delay the launching of a space rocket»
Author: George Carlin
(Actor, Author, Comedian)
| About:
Civilization
| Keywords:
advanced, civilization, delay, launches, launching, rain, rocket, rockets, showered, showering, showers, space, space rocket, The Rocket
«Where a great proportion of the people are suffered to languish in helpless misery, that country must be ill policed, and wretchedly governed: a decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Civilization
| Keywords:
languish, languished, languishes, policed, wretchedly
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