I think it would be a good idea. Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 - 1948) The first human being who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization. Sigmund Freud, (Attributed) Austrian psychologist (1856 - 1939) Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice. Will Durant US historian (1885 - 1981) You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. Plato Greek author & philosopher in Athens (427 BC - 347 BC) The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next. Cyril Connolly (1903 - 1974) Cleaning anything involves making something else dirty, but anything can get dirty without something else getting clean. Laurence J. Peter US educator & writer (1919 - 1988) A bore is a fellow talking who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours. Laurence J. Peter US educator & writer (1919 - 1988) Ronald Reagan is the most ignorant president since Warren Harding. Ralph Nader, The Pacific Sun, March 21, 1981 Harding was not a bad man, he was just a slob. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from Mrs. L. Conversations with Alice Roosevelt Longworth US author & wit (1884 - 1980) The only man, woman, or child who ever wrote a simple declarative sentence with seven grammatical errors is dead. e. e. cummings, on the death of Warren G. Harding, 1923 |