I don't actually believe in a clash of civilizations. I believe in a clash of the civilized and the noncivilized. — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
“There is something funny about the human condition, and civilized intelligence makes fun of its own ideas.” — Saul Bellow Herzog Copy Share Image
Music and religion are as intimately related as poetry and love; the deepest emotions require for their civilized expression the most emotional… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“...unless our standards of civilization are comfort and contraptions, Athens from (say) 480 to 380 was clearly the most civilized society that… — H.D.F. Kitto Copy Share Image
Hunger eats civilization. The West is not hungry; that's why they can say they're so civilized. Civilization is the biggest bluff! — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, and that nature is, in many respects, not at all… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
“And we'll punish the people who don't conform. Not bodily of course. This is a civilized country.” — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
So much of 'normal, civilized' life is bull that you can't imagine... What frightens you, doesn't frighten me, what frightens me, you'd… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“Discriminations are never a sign of a civilized society. What makes us civilized is our act of liberated kindness with other people… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
In a living civilization there is always an element of unrest, for sensitiveness to ideas means curiosity, adventure, change. Civilized order survives… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Such poverty as we have today in all our great cities degrades the poor, and infects with its degradation the whole neighborhood… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The sobering anwer is yes - the white community is so entitled because ... it is the advanced race ... it is… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
We may live without poetry, music and art; We may live without conscience and live without heart; We may live without friends;… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Terrorism must be outlawed by all civilized nations — not explained or rationalized, but fought and eradicated. Nothing can, nothing will justify… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Under the ominous shadow which the second World War and its attendant circumstances have cast on the world, peace has become as… — Cordell Hull Copy Share Image
Among civilized and thriving nations, on the contrary, though a great number of people do no labor at all, many of whom… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
I have this feeling that as time goes on, we're not getting any more civilized, and we should be. We're still running… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
I don't belong to a church or political party or a group of any kind. I feel that Amnesty International is the… — Sting Copy Share Image
In the so-called civilized world, children are physically, sexually and/or emotionally abused; they are the leaders of our future. When children are… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Oh, what a catastrophe, what a maiming of love when it was made personal, merely personal feeling. This is what is the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Twenty centuries of 'progress' have brought the average citizen a vote, a national anthem, a Ford, a bank account, and a high… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
The United States has more people living in poverty than at almost any time in the modern history of our country. I… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
We can surely no longer pretend that our children are growing up into a peaceful, secure, and civilized world. We've come to… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
It's so much more interesting to study a ... damaged world. I find it difficult to learn anything in a place that's… — Brian Herbert Copy Share Image
I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community can constitute a state. I think we must get rid… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“A human is the one, who would give up a thousand Cleopatras to be with the person he or she loves.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“There are only two ways, as you know, of becoming civilized. One is by being cultured, the other is by being corrupt.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
We must stop using the language of force and return to the path of civilized diplomatic and political settlement. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
A visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of war. — Herbert V. Prochnow Copy Share Image
The civilized world must remain united and vigilant against the rogue state's development of a nuclear arsenal. We will never accept a… — Nikki Haley Copy Share Image
The mark of a civilized man is his willingness to re-examine his most cherished beliefs. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm truly amazed at you, Garion," Polgara said. "I didn't think you had the faintest idea of how to speak a civilized… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilized folk to despise war. — Allan Massie Copy Share Image
“The civilized man is distinguished from the savage mainly by prudence, or, to use a slightly wider term, forethought.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Americans have been the greatest destroyers of land of any race or people, barbaric or civilized — Hugh Hammond Bennett Copy Share Image
The boundary between civilization and barbarism is difficult to draw: put one ring in your nose and you are a savage, put… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“A civil tongue speaks the language of masters. An uncivil tongue reveals character flaws of its master.” — John R. Dallas Jr Copy Share Image
Barbarians, we call them, while all the while we timidly cling to our Web like Visigoths crouching in the ruins of Rome's… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
But I cannot forgive those who did not care about more than their own glory or well-being. They thought they were civilized.… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
