back home.. the tablecloth of civilization makes us forget…

I try to keep my sitters moving and talking, to make them forget they are being painted. This has nothing to do with extracting…

— Oskar Kokoschka

Is it what you call civilization that makes England flourish? Is it the universal development of the faculties of man that has rendered an…

— Benjamin Disraeli

Every expansion of civilization makes for peace. In other words, every expansion of a great civilized power means a victory for law, order, and…

— Theodore Roosevelt

A 'civilization' that makes such a ridiculous fuss about alleged 'war crimes' - acts of violence against the actual or potential enemies of one's…

— Savitri Devi

It is very natural that every one who makes anything inside themselves that is makes it entirely out of what is in them does…

— Gertrude Stein

Civilization is what makes you sick.

— Paul Gauguin

“I think it's civilization [that] makes us violent.”

— Charlotte McConaghy

“A blanket could be used as a tablecloth, and a brick left as a tip.
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— Jarod Kintz

“Too often we only identify the crucial points in our lives in retrospect. At the time we are too absorbed in the fetid detail…

— Jay Rayner

I like the table to be beautiful with flowers and a nice tablecloth. I'm the hostess with the mostess.

— Shirley Ballas

You might think the word "homemade" is just a word we use as a marketing ploy. But what you don't realize is that the…

— Scott Adams

At restaurants, I always get a kids' menu and color or draw on the tablecloth.

— Carly Chaikin

“Rose unearthed three crystal goblets that almost matched, and even found a tablecloth that hadn't been attacked by moths since its last public appearance.”

— Elizabeth C. Bunce

“A blanket could be used as a tablecloth, to cover up illicit brick deals done under the table.
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— Jarod Kintz

I still have the shirt I wore my first time on Johnny Carson's show. Only now I use it as a tablecloth at dinner…

— Ellen DeGeneres