Quotes of: Western-civilization Keyword

The period western doesn't have a lot to say to most people today.

Edward Norton

If you want to send a message, try Western Union.

Frank Capra

In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.

Gary Cooper

I only knew basic western trail riding. Nothing fancy.

Julie Benz

Western films don't do very well in India.

Baz Luhrmann

I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.

Satyajit Ray

Part of the western movement is this desire that we, Americans, have to keep pressing on.

Beau Bridges

Liberty is not the unique right of Americans or even Westerners, but is mankind's right.

Virginia Foxx

Well, I'm about to do another western, a pilot for HBO this fall.

Walter Hill

The East is very mysterious to Westerners. Even post-Cold War, it's still an unknown entity.

Dylan Moran

I like things that are civilized.

Martha Plimpton

Teaching civility is an obligation of the family.

Stephen Carter

Another of the great civilizations, the Aztecs, raised a breed of hairless chihuahuas especially for eating. When the Conquistadors arrived and found dog on the menu, they were of the same opinion as Mademoiselle, that this was evidence of the worst ...

The Decadent Cookbook

Valkyrie, I will get answers from you one way or another. Either through this painful exercise in futility, as you believe, or through a civilized conversation." "You call this civilized?" She strained against her cuffs, leaning in to whisper, "Psst,...

Dreams of a Dark Warrior

A castaway in the sea was going down for the third time when he caught sight of a passing ship. Gathering his last strength, he waved frantically and called for help. Someone on board peered at him scornfully and shouted back, "Get a boat!

Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure

While Pakistan plunged into civil war, Kissinger looked for massacres committed by Bengalis, to generate a moral equivalence that would exonerate Yahya. It would be convenient for Nixon and Kissinger to be able to say that both sides were equally rot...

The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide

I was under the librarians' protection. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. They would be whatever they needed to be that day: information professionals, teachers, police, community organizers, computer technicians, historians,...

This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All

The damn vermin are so numerous that I am afraid to sneeze, for fear the damned lice would regard it as gong for dinner, and eat me up - Robert Cobb Kennedy

True Crime in the Civil War: Cases of Murder, Treason, Counterfeiting, Massacre, Plunder & Abuse

Let me simply state that it is wrong to regard any other human being, a priori, as an object, or an 'It.' This is so because each and every human being - you, every friend, every stranger, every foreigner - is precious.

A World Waiting to Be Born: Civility Rediscovered

The need for civility in society has never been more important. The foundation of kindness and civility begins in our homes. It is not surprising that our public discourse has declined in equal measure with the breakdown of the family. The family is ...

Quentin L. Cook

The more civilized a nation, the more conformed its population, until that civilization's last age arrives, when multiplicity wages war with conformity. The former grows ever wilder, ever more dysfunctional in its extremities; whilst the latter seeks...

Steven Erikson