Quotes of: Western-world Keyword

I have been impressed by the realization that a few men have virtually 'decided' what experiences count and even exist in the world. The language of Western science--the reigning construct of male hegemony--precludes the ability to express the experi...

Karen Davis

When I want to.” He ran his finger over her lips. “You don’t get a vote, honey.

Doms of Dark Haven 2: Western Nights

My cousin fell in love with a dom, so I checked into it to see if I needed to kill him before they got married.

Doms of Dark Haven 2: Western Nights

By reading older books we get a taste of the conversation of Heaven.

The Great Books Reader: Excerpts and Essays on the Most Influential Books in Western Civilization

We know only that in some strange and melancholy way we have become a waste land. All the same, we are not often sad.

All Quiet on the Western Front

Through the years our business has been killing;-it was our first calling in life. Our knowledge of lif eis limited to death.

All Quiet on the Western Front

And the great question for mankind is what is to be loved or hated next, whenever and old love or fear has lost its hold.

Out of Revolution: Autobiography of Western Man

My tendency to idealize Western civilization arises from my nationalistic desire to use the West in order to reform China. But this has led me to overlook the flaws of Western culture.

Liu Xiaobo

The four movies I can remember seeing as a kid were 'The Elephant Man,' 'The Magnificent Seven,' 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' and 'Mad Max!' Two of those are westerns. So the western genre is emblazoned on my memory from childhood, and those are ...

Casey Affleck

In a lot of Western science fiction, you need some form of conflict, whether it's aliens or robots. I think in Western culture, being more suspicious of science, and hubris, you'll see a lot of fear of creating something that goes out of control.

Cynthia Breazeal

Unless a Western's made money - doesn't matter who made the money, doesn't matter what the subject is - if the last one didn't make any money, you can't make another one for a four-year period. Westerns more than any genre.

Val Kilmer

Franz Kemmerich: [to Mueller] Why it's an honor to have those boots in your face. They're the best pair in the army.

All Quiet on the Western Front

[last lines] Second orderly: Your deal. Get his name and number? Medic Orderly: Yeah. Corporal Stanislaus Katczinsky, 306.

All Quiet on the Western Front

Katczinsky: [to Detering, Westhus, and Tjaden] I wish you three would get bumped off. I'm tired of feeding you for nothing.

All Quiet on the Western Front

He caught her staring and smiled-not a conceited I-work-out-and-have-a-great-body type smirk, but more of a I’m-a-boy; you’re-a-girl; life is good.

Doms of Dark Haven 2: Western Nights

Use your safe word if you get scared, honey.” “I’m fine.” Her voice came out husky. “Yes, you are, aren’t you?

Doms of Dark Haven 2: Western Nights

Part of the terrible irony of war is that it enlists the best in human nature for purposes of mutual destruction.

Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture

If Christianity is true, then every argument will, if pursued to the end, lead to Jesus.

The Great Books Reader: Excerpts and Essays on the Most Influential Books in Western Civilization

We are forlorn like children, and experienced like old men, we are crude and sorrowful and superficial—I believe we are lost.

All Quiet on the Western Front

A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.

A History of Western Philosophy

He who suffers wins in politics. The martyr does not obtain the victory personally, but his group, his successors, win in the long run.

Out of Revolution: Autobiography of Western Man