Quotes of: Civil-disobedience Keyword

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.

Benjamin Disraeli

Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice.

Will Durant

Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.

Werner Herzog

I have and I will always work to promote a civil public discourse.

Bob Etheridge

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.

William Safire

The feminist story, she reminded me, is a counternarrative, a narrative of disobedience, a chronicle of battle, nto of surrender. Women who do not fit the mold are too often maneuvered, manipulated, and mangled into some culturally safe archetype. Th...

Stephanie Staal

I venture to suggest that the one vital quality which they had in common was spiritual receptivity. Something in them was open to heaven, something which urged them Godward. Without attempting anything like a profound analysis I shall say simply that...

A.W. Tozer

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Beyond the Post-Modern Mind: The Place of Meaning in a Global Civilization

Adoration is a sign of an infant civilization.

My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

Nature is technological relic of ancient civilizations.

My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

Rampaging horsemen can conquer; only the city can civilize.

Poland

Civilization was a relentless war that man was doomed to lose eventually. - Pg. 195

Pompeii

No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.

Otto von Bismarck

We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.

Publilius Syrus

The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.

Karen Horney

A perfectly normal person is rare in our civilization.

Karen Horney

Hackers are seen as shadowy figures with superhuman powers that threaten civilization.

Mitch Kapor

What 'primitive' men called gossip, 'civilized' men call news.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

T. D. Jakes

I oppose the attempts of homosexual activists to treat homosexual activity as a civil right to be protected and promoted by the government.

Todd Akin

But it is a law of life and development in history where two national civilizations meet they fight for ascendancy.

Bernhard von Bulow