“There will be no room, here, for the smug myopia which views American civilization as the final solution to all world problems; which recommends our institutions for universal adoption and turns away with contempt from the serious study of the institutions of peoples whose civilizations may seem to us to be materially less advanced.” WorldMayProblemSeemsTurnsRoomsViewsStudySeriousCivilizationSolutionsUniversalInstitutionsFinalsContemptAdoptionWorld ProblemsMyopia Author:George F. Kennan
“There is something about big cities that turns me on, and for whatever mysterious reason, places like New York and Paris inspire me. I think it's because cities represent civilization, and as crime-ridden and broken down as some of them are, it's still better than skipping through a meadow.” ThinkingStillsReasonBigsTurnsCitiesCrimeNew YorkInspireBrokenCivilizationMysteriousParisMeadowsBig CitiesBroken DownTurn Me Author:Woody Allen
“Society turns away from the aged worker as though he belonged to another species. That is why the whole question is buried in a conspiracy of silence. Old age exposes the failure of our entire civilization.” WholeAgeTurnsSilenceCivilizationSpeciesWorkersOld AgeBuriedConspiracy Book:La vieillesse Source: La vieillesse
“THE COMPUTER IS JUST AN INSTRUMENT for doing faster what we already know how to do slower. All pretensions to computer intelligence and paradise-tomorrow promises should be toned down before the public turns away in disgust. And if that should happen, our civilization might not survive.” IfsKnowsShouldMightHappensScienceTurnsKnow HowTomorrowPromiseCivilizationComputerMathematicsInstrumentsFasterParadiseDisgustingPretension Book:Discrete Thoughts: Essays on Mathematics, Science and Philosophy Source: Discrete Thoughts: Essays on Mathematics, Science and Philosophy