"The foundation of all civilization is loitering."

-- Jean Renoir

#Civilization Quotes #Foundation Quotes

“The United States is very important, too important in the civilizational process of the world. It's difficult to move, to make a difference in establishments like the one the US represents.”

Source : Interview with Paul D. Miller, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“REJECT ALL FORMS OF CORRUPTION THAT DIVERT RESOURCES FROM THE POOR”
“Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in theorder of culture, as are Nature and Grace in the order of being.”
“A law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied the right to vote, had no part in enacting or devising the law. Who can say that the legislature of Alabama which set up the state's segregation laws was democratically elected?”
“The best thing you can do when you're not feeling funny is go out and get more stimuli from the world, get out and walk around, read a book, go talk to some birds or a dog and replenish the well, as it were.”
“I pitied myself for having no door until I met a man with no dividers.”

Source : "Working Class Zero". Book by Rob Payne, 2003.
“Medicine cabinets are dangerous. Those doors, man. They'll just spring on you like a ninja.”

Source : Barry Lyga (2012). “I Hunt Killers”, p.168, Random House
“I often teach a graduate theater seminar on Greek tragedy in performance. I usually begin by saying that no matter what technological advances occur, the wisdom of these plays will never be obsolete.”

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