Trout plus bacon is one of civilization's greatest formulas; it always equals pleasure. — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
Compassion isn't a sign of weakness, but a mark of civilization. — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
Difference between savage and civilized man: one is painted, the other gilded. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Hackers are seen as shadowy figures with superhuman powers that threaten civilization. — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
While denial leads to certainty, it is only the certainty of death. This is true for individuals and also for civilizations. — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share Image
When kids look up to great scientists the way they do to great musicians and actors, civilization will jump to the next… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions, and would soon… — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
This unique strategy that the advanced primates created, the strategy of using language to bind time, is what the process we call… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Rewilding is not about abandoning civilization but about enhancing it. It is to ‘love not man the less, but Nature more’.” — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
“See, that’s what civilization is,” he said. “Bunch of stories. That’s all.” “So what if it is?” Peaches said. “We’re really good… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
each generation devises better ways to survive. Civilization may, in one sense, be a tribute to the ingeniousness of some children in… — Lucy Freeman Copy Share Image
If we try to think back to the dim and distant past... what is it that helps us reconstruct those times, and… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Virtually every advancement made by our species since civilization first peeked out of its nest of stone has been initiated by lone… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Our civilization is facing a radical, imminent mass change. The alternative to the hierarchical power structure is based on mutual aid and… — Jeremy Hammond Copy Share Image
Civilization is the process in which one gradually increases the number of people included in the term 'we' or 'us' and at… — Howie Winter Copy Share Image
Morals are not the important thing-nor enlightenment-nor civilization. A man can do absolutely well without them, but he can't do without something… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The last 10,000 to 20,000 years have witnessed a period of dramatic growth in human civilization. Indeed, our growth during this time… — Heidi Cullen Copy Share Image
One function, at least, of true wilderness is to provide a refuge from the crassitudes of civilization-whether visible, intangible, audible-whether of billboard,… — Benton MacKaye Copy Share Image
It is clear that the future of freedom and peace depend on the actions of America. This nation is freedom's home. We… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The American city should be a collection of communities where every member has a right to belong. It should be a place… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
“Civilization – and by this I do not mean talking cinemas and tinned food, nor even surgery and hygienic houses, but the… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“After weaning the indigenous people's of Egypt: 'from their miserable and barbarous manners, [Osiris] taught them how to till the earth, and… — Graham Hancock Copy Share Image
“America ... has created a 'civilization' that represents an exact contradiction of the ancient European tradition. It has introduced the religion of… — Julius Evola Copy Share Image
“Civilization was a dance, and the ancient Wyr were late to the ball. They donned masks and slipped with silent predatory grace… — Thea Harrison Copy Share Image
I say that almost everywhere there is beauty enough to fill a person's life if one would only be sensitive to it.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our civilization is locked in the grip of an ideology - corporatism. An ideology that denies and undermines the legitimacy of individuals… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
The provision of health care facilities must be accepted as a social responsibility. It is not that an individual who has the… — Toh Chin Chye Copy Share Image