"It is impossible to understand history, international politics, the world economy, religions, philosophy, or â€˜patterns of cultureâ€™ without taking geography into account."

-- Kenneth C. Davis

#Philosophy Quotes #Culture Quotes #World Quotes

“We cannot progress as a society, as a people, if we lack compassion”

Source : "5 Ways Ian Somerhalder Has Taught Me to Live Life" by Dina Khayal, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2013.
“The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people.”

Source : Henry Sumner Maine, Sir, J. H. Morgan (2000). “Ancient Law”, p.11, Beard Books
“The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because it is not sustainable. Developing countries should even give us the example, but unfortunately that's not what happens.”

Source : "Spotlight: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, cinematographer and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme". The UN News Centre Interview, www.un.org. February 7, 2011.
“I think I've indulged in a pathological, chronic nostalgia over the years, which I've traced back to my childhood. I was the last of four children, born well after the other three, so I was left on my own in a big, quiet house where most of the people had left, and even the echoes of a happy family had all died out.”
“Leather and lace is such a sexy combination.”
“Our early 21st century civilization is in trouble. We need not go beyond the world food economy to see this. Over the last few decades we have created a food production bubble-one based on environmental trends that cannot be sustained, including overpumping aquifers, overplowing land, and overloading the atmosphere with carbon dioxide.”
“The scoreline didn't really reflect the outcome”
“Mothers see the angel in us because the angel is there. If it's shown to the mother, the son has got an angel to show, hasn't he? When a son cuts somebody's throat the mother only sees it's possible for a misguided angel to act like a devil - and she's entirely right about that!”

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