#revolutions

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State. ↗

— Albert Camus

#modern #power #reinforcement #revolutions #state

But the revolutions and changes which are responsible for the present state of the earth are not limited to the upsetting of the ancient strata and to the ebbing of the sea after the formations of new layers. ↗

— Georges Cuvier

#ancient #changes #earth #formations #layers

Secondly, the nature of the revolutions which have altered the surface of the earth must have had a more decisive effect on the terrestrial quadrupeds than on the marine animals. ↗

— Georges Cuvier

#decisive #earth #effect #had #marine

No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were ignored, always provided an unconscious driving force of passion and aggressive self-assertion. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

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Terrorists have failed in what is arguably al Qaida's most important objective - to trigger revolutions. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#arguably #failed #important #most #objective

I see only adaptations - not revolutions. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#i see #only #revolutions #see

The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#after #another #arrogance #centrality #common

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#around #cause #change #ground #other

Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous. ↗

— Pierre Boulez

#dangerous #longer #revolutions

It's a radical time for musicians, a really revolutionary time, and I believe revolutions like Napster are a lot more fun than cash, which by the way we don't have at major labels anyway, so we might as well get with it and get in the game. ↗

— Courtney Love

#believe #cash #fun #game #get