Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past

Quote by Lewis Mumford

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The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or...

The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or...

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and...

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and...

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers

The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that...

The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that...

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is...

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is...

The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of...

The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of...

War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.

War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come...

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come...

This woman in love with scholarship intends, to be sure, that woman should acquire learning:...

This woman in love with scholarship intends, to be sure, that woman should acquire learning:...

No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the...

No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the...

Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.

Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is...

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is...

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We...

Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We...

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of....

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of....

Afterism (n) - A concise, clever statement you don't think of until too late.

Afterism (n) - A concise, clever statement you don't think of until too late.

According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with...

According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with...