Arnold J. Toynbee Quotes

The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.

Arnold J. Toynbee

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 14, 1889 - October 22, 1975

Topics

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I can watch CNN on television or the Internet to find out what happened in Hong Kong ten minutes ago. After all, it doesn't matter where something is made, we're all part of the same big family now.

Jet Li

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A great department store, easily reached, open at all hours, is more like a good museum of art than any of the museums we have yet established.

John Cotton Dana

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Jews focus on the Torah, the embodiment of God's will; Christians, on an embodied God.

Meir Soloveichik

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I filmed seven movies in 2011 and I think that was a mistake. I pushed myself too hard and I want to be able to come to work each day and give 100 percent. I guess I found out what my boundaries are.

Anna Kendrick

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Winning is everything.

Jeff Rich

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As a nation, America is at its best when we are thinking and making things and exporting to the world.

Amy Klobuchar

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You have a different experience as a woman walking through life; you just do.

Amanda de Cadenet

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I think there are very few brands with a person's point of view behind them.

Sophia Amoruso

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Acting is such a bizarre way of life. Unless you're really passionate about it, you should give it up. Don't beat yourself up.

Stockard Channing

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Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the people who handle it know what they are doing.

Dick Cavett

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Pochettino's a great manager, and he puts a lot of trust in young English players.

Dele Alli

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How you use your voice is really important, and it's really driven by context more than anything else, and your tone of voice will immediately begin to impact somebody's mood and immediately how their brain functions.

Christopher Voss

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