We have been god-like in the planned breeding of our domesticated plants, but rabbit-like in the unplanned breeding of ourselves. – Arnold Toynbee
Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor. – Arnold Toynbee
The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. – Arnold Toynbee
America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. – Arnold Toynbee
Dig a trench through a landfill and you will see layers of phone books like geographical strata or layers of cake…. During a recent landfill dig in Phoenix, I found newspapers dating from 1952 that looked so fresh you might read one over breakfast. – William Rathje, The Economist, 8 September 1990