“...our own barbaric civilization, in awe of the act of creation, does not respect creation at all.” — Péter Nádas Copy Share Image
A civilization is as great as its dreams, and its dreams are dreamt by artists. — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization. — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
“Men need play & danger. Civilization gives them work and safety.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Civilization in certain respects is as inadequate as it was a thousand years ago. — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
Progress in civilization has been accompanied by progress in cookery. — Fannie Farmer Copy Share Image
“Helen declared Western civilization's lack of understanding of other peoples' customs to be the world's greatest and gravest social problem.” — Lily King Copy Share Image
I pray God that we shall never use our physical prowess to oppress the human race, but we will use our strength,… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses. — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
“The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love or justice. Ours is founded upon hatred. In our world there will… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I'm more into human nature than politics. But they're intertwined. Obviously, I live in civilization, so politics are part of my life. — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
The British Government in India constitutes a struggle between modern civilization, which is the Kingdom of Satan, and the ancient civilization, which… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I believe that what we are fighting here is not just a small group of people who have hijacked a religion, but… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
In the Atlantean civilization, law existed to create order, that is to say, to see justice was done. In the old way,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Culture or civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and… — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
We don't have the right to tell less fortunate disadvantaged people that they can't come to the USA and get what we… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Muscles without strength, friendship without trust, opinion without risk, change without aesthetics, age without values, food without nourishment, power without fairness, facts… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
There is but little room for doubt that Egypt led the way in the creation of the earliest known group of civilizations… — James Henry Breasted Copy Share Image
The Italian Revolution was fought first of all to obtain the liberty and unity of the nation, and then, with that achieved,… — Ernesto Teodoro Moneta Copy Share Image
The Kyoto Treaty wasn't perfect, but we signed it, in fact, helped to draft it. And I'm very proud of it, it… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“Empathy is a big part of Sparkleponies, because it’s also my belief (as a history and political science major) that societies that… — Chris Kluwe Copy Share Image
Judge Roberts' civil rights record and views remained the most controversial and unexplained part of his record when the Judiciary Committee hearing… — Mel Watt Copy Share Image
[May] this civic and social landmark [the Washington, D.C., Jewish Community Center] ... be a constant reminder of the inspiring service that… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The dog that buried the bone which even a canine appetite could not manage, the squirrel that gathered nuts for a later… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“It's probably not easy for a woman to understand what it's like to be a man. Imagine you're starving, and someone puts… — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
A new space race has begun, and most Americans are not even aware of it. This race is not about political prestige… — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
“It's been a relief to not have to fight so hard for at least a large group of us to question the… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
Most of these people will never make the headlines and their names will not appear in Who's Who. Yet when years have… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to civility - and ultimately civilization - is an excess of certitude. The world is much menaced just now… — George Will Copy Share Image
Tell me what you will of the benefactions of city civilization, of the sweet security of streets-all as part of the natural… — John Muir Copy Share Image