Ariel Durant Quotes

A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.

Ariel Durant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 10, 1898 - October 25, 1981

Topics

GreatCivilizationWithoutWithin

I have stood on the front lines of the health care system as a doctor, patient and concerned parent. Those experiences have served as my guideposts throughout the struggle to reform America's health care system. And it's those same experiences that tell me that fear and election hysteria should not overshadow the reality of reform.

Jim McDermott

FearHealthStruggleMeDoctorCare

It was very hard for me, for most of my life, to feel American, or call myself American, and that is a very complicated topic that would require a very long conversation.

Jhumpa Lahiri

LifeMyselfMeAmericanMy Life

We founded thatgamecompany to push the boundary of video games as an interactive medium.

Jenova Chen

Video GamesPushGamesInteractive

I couldn't stand still at a desk for another year. I wanted to go out there and make films.

Jean-Marc Vallee

StandYearDeskGoOutStill

I have a good memory for words, and when I come upon a word I don't know, I remember it, or try to - it's almost like a tic. I also just have a good feeling for how words are made and formed in English and the etymologies that give you prefixes and suffixes.

Michael Chabon

GoodWordsMemoryRememberYouKnow

It's really nice when the studio is behind what you're doing, because that's often not the case.

Sissy Spacek

I AmMeThingsWellJustWorse

That and the fact that I knew that nobody was going to publish my work at Dark Horse or DC or anywhere.

Rob Walton

WorkHorseDarkNobodyGoingKnew

Always I pay. Always I pay. How do you know Gelli? What do you want? How much do you want?

Roberto Calvi

YouKnowWantAlwaysPayMuch

I really value distinctive movies, movies that feel that they came from a person that was really something that they had conceived and they made and is a reflection of who they are.

Roman Coppola

ReflectionValueFeelPersonMovies

I'm a Republican. I may go into politics myself.

Lou Ferrigno

MyselfPoliticsGoRepublicanMay

I keep a lighter in my back pocket all the time. I'm not a smoker, I just really like certain songs.

Demetri Martin

TimeBackKeepJustLikeSongs

Feeding our energy appetite is top of mind for many people these days.

David Suzuki

PeopleMindEnergyTopDaysFeeding

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