A Quote by Theodore Roethke

Civilization is over-rated, but there isn't much else.

Theodore Roethke

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Civilization Else Much Over Rated

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Theodore Roethke
American - Poet
May 25, 1908 - August 1, 1963

Roman military tactics were much over-rated. All the clever ones had the same idea, which was to go round the back.

Mary Beard

Every civilization depends on the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness-they cannot work and their civilization collapses.

Frank Herbert

I'm the most inappropriate dad. I curse in front of my kids and their friends. I let my kids watch R-rated movies. I'll walk by the movie theater and say, 'Let's go see that,' and my kids will say, 'No, it's rated R. It's not appropriate for kids.' I'm like Uncle Dad. We have fun. I don't live with them, but I drive over four days a week.

Marlon Wayans

The stamping out of the artist is one of the blind goals of every civilization. When a civilization becomes so standardized that the individual can no longer make an imprint on it, then that civilization is dying. The mass mind has taken over and another set of national glories is heading for history's scrap heap.

Elie Faure

It's censorship, really. I don't see why it's not okay for somebody under the age of 17 watch someone smoking when they can watch someone have their brains blown out? My son and I were watching an ad on the television the other day. And it said, "Rated R." He said, "What does 'rated R' mean?" I said, "God, I don't know. You can't watch it unless you're over a certain age."

Emily Mortimer

Being comfortable is over-rated.

Clint Eastwood

I think reality is over-rated

David Nicholls

Being unique is highly over rated.

Rob Payne

Being normal is grossly over-rated.

Andrew Wommack

We sometimes let ourselves be rated too much by others - we put so much emphasis on a paycheck or what a magazine says.

Brad Pitt

Don't worry about fitting in - it's completely over-rated.

Nicola Walker

Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.

Tom Cruise

Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes

Tom Cruise

My problem is with the warped value system our culture has. Why is it that if you knife a woman in a movie it's PG, but if you swear at her it's rated R and if you make love to her it's rated X?