Lewis Mumford Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

Lewis Mumford quotes and sayings page 3 (sociologist). These are the last 10 out of 30 quotes we have.

“Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century.”

“The cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live.”

“The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does.”

“The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of religion, but a directive for economic action toward human brotherhood.”

“Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed.”

“War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.”

“In war, the army is not merely a pure consumer, but a negative producer.”

“The vast material displacements the machine has made in our physical environment are perhaps in the long run less important than its spiritual contributions to our culture.”

“War vies with magic in its efforts to get something for nothing.”

“Every new baby is a blind desperate vote for survival: people who find themselves unable to register an effective political protest against extermination do so by a biological act.”