“We forget today that Britain still depends for its livelihood and, indeed, its day-to-day survival, on the sea. But the Royal Navy is now pitifully small and has been reduced in size by the current Government, seeking economies to finance its social programmes. Fine while there is no threat to our security. But what use would schools and hospitals be if we could not protect our imports?” IfsHas BeensStillsUseGovernmentTodaySchoolSocialForgetEconomySeaSecurityFineDependsProtectSurvivalThreatSizeCurrentsSeekingFinanceBritainHospitalsDay To DayRoyalNavyProgrammesLivelihoodImportsRoyal Navy Author:John Keegan
“It is, then, the strife of all honorable men and women of the twentieth century to see that in the future competition of the races the survival of the fittest shall mean the triumph of the good, the beautiful, and the true; that we may be able to preserve for future civilization all that is really fine and noble and strong, and not continue to put a premium on greed and imprudence and cruelty.” MenMayMeanAbleBeautifulStrongRaceCenturyFineCivilizationSurvivalMen And WomenCompetitionGreedNobleCrueltyTriumphPreservesHonorableStrifeTwentieth CenturySurvival Of The FittestPremiumHonorable Man Author:W. E. B. Du Bois
“But for me, dinner at a fine restaurant was the ultimate luxury. It was the very height of civilization. For what was civilization but the intellect's ascendancy out of the doldrums of necessity (shelter, sustenance and survival) into the ether of the finely superfluous (poetry, handbags and haute cuisine)? So removed from daily life was the whole experience that when all was rotten to the core, a fine dinner could revive the spirits. If and when I had twenty dollars left to my name, I was going to invest it right here in an elegant hour that couldn't be hocked.” IfsWholeSpiritNamesLeftHoursFineCivilizationSurvivalUltimateTwentiesDollarsDinnerIntellectCoreLuxuryHeightRestaurantsDaily LifeShelterElegantRottenSuperfluousCuisineReviveSustenanceIfs AndHandbagsAscendancyDoldrums Author:Amor Towles
“A lot of people thought I got famous as a studio artist, then decided to cash in on it. But it actually was just a matter of survival for many years, and I felt it was really important for me to be able to say whatever I wanted with my street art and fine art.” PeopleYearsArtImportantMatterAbleWantedArtistFeltStreetsFineSurvivalDecidedStudiosCashFine ArtsStreet Art Author:Shepard Fairey
“I think the notion of success is fairly destructive. You can see elements of this surrounding any band becoming too popular. On the other hand, survival means you are doing fine.” ThinkingMeanHandsFineBecomingBandElementsSurvivalNotionDestructive Author:Howe Gelb
“I think that intelligence is such a narrow branch of the tree of life - this branch of primates we call humans. No other animal, by our definition, can be considered intelligent. So intelligence can't be all that important for survival, because there are so many animals that don't have what we call intelligence, and they're surviving just fine.” ThinkingHumansImportantAnimalTreeFineSurvivalIntelligentDefinitionsBranchesSurvivingTree Of LifePrimates Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“But was it wrong to put yourself first? That’s called survival, right? If you’re running for your life, you don’t get the luxury of being nice. They were going to learn that. It’s fine to wave the pompoms for teamwork—all for one and one for all—but when push came to shove, these guys wouldn’t be risking their lives for Chloe, maybe not even for each other. I was sure of it. Once things got worse, it would be every kid for himself. It always is.” IfsFirstsWould BeRunningKidsGuyNiceFineSurvivalWaveLuxuryTeamworkBeing NiceChloePut Yourself First Author:Kelley Armstrong
“The very comprehensibility of the world points to an intelligence behind the world. Indeed, science would be impossible if our intelligence were not adapted to the intelligibility of the world. The match between our intelligence and the intelligibility of the world is no accident. Nor can it properly be attributed to natural selection, which places a premium on survival and reproduction and has no stake in truth or conscious thought. Indeed, meat-puppet robots are just fine as the output of a Darwinian evolutionary process.” IfsWorldWould BeProcessNaturalBehindsImpossibleFineSurvivalConsciousAccidentsMeatStakesRobotsSelectionPuppetsAdaptedNatural SelectionReproductionSerendipityOutputPremium Author:William A. Dembski
“We're doing fine. The fire is no closer today than it was yesterday or the day before. They expected or feared very high winds last night, and they didn't get them.” TodayLastsNightFireWindFineSurvivalExpectedYesterdayLast Night Author:Bill Taylor
“Feelings are the fine instruments which shape decision-making in an animal cursed and blessed with intelligence, and the freedom which is its corollary. They are signals directing us toward goodness, safety, pleasure, and group survival.” FeelingsDecisionPleasureAnimalGroupsFineShapesGoodnessSurvivalSafetyBlessedInstrumentsDecision MakingSignalsCursed Book:The male ego Source: The male ego