America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. - Arnold Toynbee
America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair. - Arnold Toynbee
Civilizations in decline are consistently characterised by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity. - Arnold Toynbee
Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder. - Arnold Toynbee
Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor. - Arnold Toynbee
We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domesticated plants and animals, but we have been rabbit-like in our unplanned breeding of ourselves. - Arnold Toynbee
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization. - Arnold Toynbee
The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. - Arnold Toynbee