Civilization Quotes · Page 31

Sex-appeal is the keynote of our whole civilization.

— Henri Bergson

My whole thing is I'm not into civilization as a whole.

— Andy Hurley

“Civilisation, after all, is defined by what we forbid, more than what we permit.”

— Gregory David Roberts

[H]istory assures us that civilizations decay quite leisurely.

— Will Durant

The charms of seclusion are seldom combined with the conveniences of civilization.

— Ethel Smyth

I think God's going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding.

— Steven Wright

Every civilization that has ever existed has ultimately collapsed.

— Henry A. Kissinger

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

— Robert A. Heinlein

For four hundred years European civilization has dominated the world - for better or for worse. It is convenient, and flattering, for…

— William Pfaff

No community has ever yet passed beyond the initial phases in which its pugnacity and fanaticism enabled it to found a nation,…

— George Bernard Shaw

“Civilization transformed man from a food gatherer to a gatherer of pieces of paper: diplomas, employment contracts, money, etc.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Sirius was not merely a star to them. It was a symbol—a guide, a witness to the birth and death of worlds.”

— Viktor Tonchev

Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.

— John Burroughs

Marketing is about spreading ideas, and spreading ideas is the single most important output of our civilization.

— Seth

For it is my opinion that we enclose and celebrate the freaks of our nation and our civilization. Yellowstone National Park is…

— John Steinbeck

Family life was and always will be the foundation of any civilization. Destroy the family and you destroy the country.

— Erin Pizzey

All the art of the past rises up before me, the art of all ages and all civilizations, everything becomes simultaneous, as…

— Alberto Giacometti

Wherever man exists, he finds the need to redesign, to recreate the world. A more beautiful world, purer, sweeter smelling and more…

— Gary Snyder

In the name of a greater civilization, we curse those who for the sake of their ambitious dreams, brought about the massacre…

— Amadeo Bordiga

The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and encourages the…

— Martin Van Buren

“We know we are a species obsessed with itself and its own past and origins. We know we are capable of removing…

— Kathleen Jamie

A legacy that powerful does not disappear. Next to the Egyptians, the Greeks and Romans were babies. Our modern nations like Great…

— Rick Riordan

Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed…

— Samuel Smiles

Is one of the fairest portions of the globe to remain in a state of nature, the haunt of a few wretched…

— William Henry Harrison

The fact is that philosophy has been a decisive source of inspiration in all the great crises that Europe has faced. It…

— Roberto Esposito

“If the Pentateuch is inspired, the civilization of of our day is a mistake and crime. There should be no political liberty.…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

"Motherboard," for me, has four different levels: the bottom part is the water, vegetation, and growth. The second part is the world…

— Ali Banisadr

“Have you noticed how dogs sniff at one another when they meet? It seems to be their nature. - Yes; it's a…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Over the long term, the eclipse rate of great civilizations being overtaken is 100%. So you know how it's going to end.…

— Charlie Munger

There is a cheap literature that speaks to us of the need of escape. It is true that when we travel we…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“Many lessons can be learned from the history of Western civilization, but one of them is especially clear. Lack of involvement in…

— Jackson Spielvogel

Civilization has taught man how to live in dense crowds, and by that very fact those crowds are likely ultimately to constitute…

— Charles Galton Darwin

Truth and trust are the means by which civilization holds off barbarism.

— Mercedes Lackey

The inclination to aggression constitutes the greatest impediment to civilization.

— Sigmund Freud

“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within”

— Will Durant

I am but a seed planted into a corrupted garden watered by the tears of civilization.

— Anonymous

A new civilization is emerging in our lives, and blind men everywhere are trying to suppress it.

— Alvin Toffler

The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society's level of civilization.

— Ai Weiwei

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.

— Ayn Rand

“Civilization evolves at the pace of its slowest member.”

— D. Michael Poppe