#collaps

Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now. ↗

— Arnold J. Toynbee

#civilizations #collapsed #history #moral #nineteen

The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#also #barrier #barriers #berlin #berlin wall

When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#away #best #collapse #crowded #elsewhere

I felt just overwhelmed by input: the Vietnam war and the collapse of the '60s and the proliferation of media' it just felt like everything was too much to handle and you just tuned out. ↗

— Richard Hell

#everything #felt #handle #i #input

Censorship is saying: 'I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.' But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word - even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#because #censorship #collapse #conclusion #even

If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#back #chaos #collapse #disappear #environment

I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#church #collapse #england #house #i

I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#financial #financial collapse #i #kidding #predicted

She’s got the kind of exotic beauty I always dreamed about. But really, who cares about stuff like that anymore? Being pretty isn’t going to keep my butt out of Omega’s crosshairs. ↗

— Summer Lane

#collapse-series #sophia #beauty

A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse. ↗

— Patrick Marber

#could #couple #death #family #flop