Amenity Quotes

The definitions of humanism are many, but let us here take it to be the attitude of those men who think it an advantage to live in society, and, at that, in a complex and highly developed society, and who believe that man fulfills his nature and reaches his proper stature in this circumstance. The personal virtues which humanism cherishes are intelligence, amenity, and tolerance; the particular courage it asks for is that which is exercised in the support of these virtues. The qualities of intelligence which it chiefly prizes are modulation and flexibility. (Lionel Trilling)
No discovery of mine has made, or is likely to make, directly or indirectly, for good or ill, the least difference to the amenity of the world. View quote
G. H. Hardy
From these beginnings, as it were, have issued bitterness, contentious obstinancy, lack of amenity, hasty judgement, anger, and an intense desire for revenge-to say nothing of headstrong will; that which many damn, by word at least, was my delight. View quote
Gerolamo Cardano
A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure. It offers a necessity of life that must be rationed among those who have power over it. View quote
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and profits. View quote
John Naisbitt
First and foremost must come the recognition and the realization that education is not a luxury in colonial areas, but it is as much a necessity as in free countries. It is an amenity to which every citizen has a right. It is a social service which should be the first charge on the finances of a country. And in advanced countries it is not uncommon for the state to spend as much as 25 per cent of their revenue on education. View quote
A.D. Patel