Sentences with phrase «of civilized»

«It's not rocket science, and it's not something that's outdated,» says Margaret Shepherd, author of «The Art of Civilized Conversation: A Guide to Expressing Yourself With Style and Grace.»

That's good news, at least to those of us who believe that emotionally healthy marriages and families form the foundations of a civilized society.

Even those couples who do not utilize mediators, increase their chances of a civilized divorce, when they file under less contentious grounds.

Maurice Elias, director of the Social - Emotional Learning Lab at Rutgers University, eloquently reminds us: «Kindness can be taught, and it is a defining aspect of civilized human life.

Of course, you, and maybe the rest of the civilized world may feel differently.

We also all leave in our own bubble and often we don't realize the stupidity, the vulgarity that is out there, outside of our civilized circle.

Unlike actual, real gold, which has held value in the eyes of civilized people since before Christ, we could all pretty much agree tomorrow that Bitcoin was worthless without it really affecting anything.

Those of us in the field usually know and appreciate that lawyers are the fabric of civilized society, and we ensure that fairness and justice permeate every aspect of society where we are present.

Contracts are the fundamental basis of civilized society.

The NYLI members were determined to establish a law library that would contain «the law of the larger part of the civilized world.»

The Administrative Council plays a key role in the «reign of terror» that tries to discourage EPO staff, including judges, from fighting for basic human rights and one of the most fundamental values of the civilized world: judicial independence.

The murder of at least 13 cartoonists, writers, and police officers at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris last week has infuriated and incensed much of the civilized world.

However, the quality of civilized life would dramatically increase.

Larry Salzman sees property rights as the foundation of a civilized society and prosperity.

Those of us in the field usually know and appreciate that lawyers are the fabric of civilized society, and we ensure that fairness and justice permeate every aspect of society where we are... [more]

Just a generation ago, the mark of a civilized person was an appreciation of Shakespeare, Milton, Goethe, Thucydides, Rembrandt and Beethoven.

But it does mean that coal is no longer the engine of civilized life as it has been since the industrial revolution.

That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.

He wrote that «The rule of law is the bedrock of our civilized society, not acts of «civil disobedience» committed in the name of the cause of the day.»

And indeed, at the time he said it, most of the civilized world did, the millions of Chinese and Japanese who collected sewage and used poop in the fields, and pee for many different purposes, from making gunpowder to whitening teeth.

Writing in the Times, Alex Williams quotes Barton M. Biggs, the former chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley: People should «assume the possibility of a breakdown of the civilized infrastructure.Your safe haven must be self - sufficient and capable of growing some kind of food,» It should be well - stocked with seed, fertilizer, canned food, wine, medicine, clothes, etc..

«The common feature which unites the activities most consistently forbidden by the moral codes of civilized peoples is that by their very nature they can not be both habitual and enduring, because they tend to destroy the conditions which make them possible.»

I'm old - fashioned enough to regard a nonpartisan civil service as a basic building block of a civilized society.

I end up moderating out comments on my blog because I just can not get any kind of civilized behaviour.

I vaguely remember the comment, but it wasn't given as a warning (well it might have been another redline), but as the comment of a civilized man, about Barbadian's.

rls, In the interest of civilized (er) * discourse * one is obliged ter resort ter ambiguity, (of witch i believe there are seven kinds) bts.

In no other facet of civilized society would something like this be tolerated from a leader of a free people.

I remember thinking, «This is the mark of a civilized society.»

This is quite a successful conspiracy, hoodwinking the rest of the civilized world (and now India and China too) into surrendering their freedoms.

The right to buy and own property and for a rule of law to treat all citizens equally are the hallmarks of a civilized, democratic society no matter what it is called.

-- rejecting the historical evidence demonstrating the existence of the Medieval Warm Period, which was slightly warmer than today across most of the civilized world at that time

Not to mention all the people in the credits of the films The 11» th hour, What a way to go, BBC, Discovery, PBS, NOVA, The Nature of Things, thousands of scientists the world around, and 98.43 % ~ 3 % of the civilized population.

Sure, but, the intent of the applicances were to make the lives of civilized people easier.

It seems clear that it was such a conflation of scientific notions of progress in evolutionary biology with racialized notions of civilized Progress that made eugenics laws so attractive a century ago — seemingly for the vast majority of American elites.

In wild places we stand naked of the civilized habitat our technology has created, open to seeing ourselves once again as large mammals totally dependent on the health of our environment.

Stepping out of the space cleared by these past genres, new artists are looking into even more extreme methods of breaking free, not only borrowing from the trappings of our civilized world, its symbols, memes and ceremonies, and advertisements, but also treating meaning itself as material for color, texture, and mood.

[1] Its founding was viewed as a statement that art had become an important component of civilized urban life.

BattleTech puts you in charge of a mercenary group based on the edges of civilized space.

Outstanding visual fidelity Improvements and optimisations to both campaign and battle visuals create a chilling vision of a looming apocalypse and the ruin of the civilized world.

Very soon, you shall relish the company of others as you slaughter rodents and the enemies of civilized races.

People who are seeking for a place away from the hustle and bustle of the civilized life and want to spend a relaxed vacation in tranquility and seclusion, they can choose Horizons Yoga Hotel.

Lacking the hustle and bustle of the civilized life, this place is one of the premier nature destinations in Costa Rica.

Moondance Lodge is an outpost of civilized style in the southwestern Margaret River wine region, a gum tree — flecked area where vintners bottle superior Shiraz.

It's since become one of our greatest national park treasures, with plenty of civilized touches, including suites with sitting rooms.

Now that dog fighting is illegal in all of the civilized world, responsible pit bull breeders (aka American Staffordshire Terriers) are breeding for balanced, loving temperaments — and are slowly removing the dog - aggressive trait that used to be valuable.

Cropped ears are now usually only done by show breeders in a few countries, and hopefully these countries will catch up with the rest of the civilized world, where it is becoming illegal in more and more places to cut body parts of living creatures for no reason.

Agreeing to follow the rules of civilized human behavior is the very first step, Questions.

From onerous copy protection schemes on CDs and DVDs to the near ubiquitous DRM applied to most ebooks to the emerging Encrypted Media Extensions DRM - in - HTML standard, everyone seems to think it's a legitimate way to protect digital media from being stolen and endlessly replicated by nefarious individuals in lawless countries on the fringes of the civilized planet.

You can choose to write something more people will enjoy / value, or stick to your guns and complain about the fall of civilized society.

Apple iPad vs. MSI's Tablet As much of the civilized world is well aware, the Apple iPad was announced yesterday, making it the most high - profile tablet - shaped computer ever.