Warning: Undefined array key "visitor_referer_type" in /var/www/vhosts/wordinf.com/core/app/libraries/Core.php on line 98
Gertrude Stein - Everybody thinks that this...
Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfathers' granddaughters to take us back to the dark ages. (Gertrude Stein)

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfathers' granddaughters to take us back to the dark ages.

Gertrude Stein

Related topics

civilization dark everybody few take time

Related quotes

There was an age, however, when the transition from savagery to civilization, with all its impressive outward manifestations in art and architecture, took place for the first time. View quote
James Henry Breasted
The road ahead of you is long, dark, and, I very much fear, bloodstained. I also very much fear that you will take us all down that road. But you must live to reach the end of it. View quote
Robert Jordan
When I get really hammered I take my clothes off. That's a sure sign. It's been a long time since the last time I did that. Probably a year. View quote
Michael Stipe
Saturday night is your big night. Everybody used to fry up fish and have one hell of a time. Find me playing till sunrise for 50 cents and a sandwich. And be glad of it. And they really liked the low-down blues. View quote
Muddy Waters
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects. View quote
Herodotus