Civilization is so hard
Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases. G. Stanley Hall
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Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases. G. Stanley Hall
It is hardly possible to maintain seriously that the evil done by science is not altogether outweighed by the good. For example, if ten million lives were lost in every war, the net effect of science would still have been to increase the average length of life. G. H. Hardy
You have been second always. Tragical? No. You preferred it to the usual thing: One dull man, dulling and uxorious, One average mind- with one thought less, each year. Ezra Pound
One has to regard a man as a Master who can produce on average three uniquely brilliant and entirely original similes to every page. Evelyn Waugh
We listen to the greats. I’m not going to listen to average rap when I can listen to an Outkast album. Eyedea
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week. Evan Esar
I listen to [customers] and we make adjustments because we pretty much average a collection every six weeks. We’re constantly taking everything in and taking notes. Eva Mendes
The average housewife goes to the restaurant to relax and enjoy the food. But when Eva walks in, she becomes the center of attention. Eva Gabor
If I were hungry and friendless today, I would rather take my chances with a saloon-keeper than with the average preacher. Eugene V. Debs
As far as dramas are concerned, it’s considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand Ethel Merman