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Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and hi

Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta. – Brian Aldiss

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Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts. – Brian Aldiss

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Science
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When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay. – Brian Aldiss

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Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts. – Brian Aldiss

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Leash: n, a means by which animals, formerly running wild, are prevented from running tame, also. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Civilization

I’ve made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I’m convinced of the opposite. – Bertrand Russell

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Civilization

Each new generation is a fresh invasion of savages. – Hervey Allen

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Civilization

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism. – David Hare

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Hurried and worried until were buried, and theres no curtain call, Lifes a very funny proposition after all. – George M. Cohan

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Baseball is what we were. Football is what we have become. – Mary McGrory

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