Amitai Etzioni Quotes
It is so much easier to extol the virtues of civility than to talk civilly about the virtues we need to uphold.
Quotes to Explore
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Actually, the fun part was not knowing what the heck I was going to be doing.
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Citizenship and ethnicity can become, in certain contexts, restrictive, and perhaps that's one reason I was interested in people who feel compelled to mask their origins and thereby circumvent the restrictions.
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On the ice, if I slow down, I can coast behind somebody for a couple of laps. If I slow down on the run, it'll turn into a walk.
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History, in illuminating the past, illuminates the present, and in illuminating the present, illuminates the future.
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And when no longer we can see Thee, may we reach out our hands, and find Thee leading us through death to immortality and glory.
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Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joy, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs, and tears.
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Do not say the land ahead does not exist, simply because you cannot see it.
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Only where there are graves are there resurrections.
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In mockery I have set A powerful emblem up, And sing it rhyme upon rhyme In mockery of a time Half dead at the top.
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We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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If I refuse to allow my leg to be amputated, its mortification and my death may prove that I was wrong; but if I let the leg go, nobody can ever prove that it would not have mortified had I been obstinate. Operation is therefore the safe side for the surgeon as well as the lucrative side.
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You have to pay people real money.
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Animals... are there merely as a means to an end. That end is man.
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Do unto others what you want done unto you.
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The times in my life I've felt the most alive is when I'm having a connection with people. We need to hack cities in a way to bring back that community culture.
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The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.
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It is so much easier to extol the virtues of civility than to talk civilly about the virtues we need to uphold.
