William H. Mcneill Quotes

#1. They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature.

Camille Paglia

#2. I have a reputation for being pretty much of a wild man.

Bill Hunter

#3. If it ends in a belief that there is no God, you will find incitements to virtue in the comfort and pleasantness you feel in this exercise, and the love of others which it will procure you.

Richard Dawkins

#4. Alternative models are neither right nor wrong, just more or less useful in allowing us to operate in the world and discover more and better options for solving problems.

Andrew Weil

#5. It is a comforting thing to know that the Lord will not begin the good work without also finishing it.

D.L. Moody

#6. By confusing life with play-acting and play-acting with life, one may perhaps construct a tolerable moral world from shattered fragments of the past

William Hardy McNeill

#7. The rise of Islam offers perhaps the most impressive example in world history of the power of words to alter human behavior in sudden, surprising ways.

William Hardy McNeill

#8. Free enterprise is not a bad idea and has produced art.

Ishmael Reed