“Today the most civilized countries of the world spend a maximum of their income on war and a minimum on education. The… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
In fact a man in love or one consumed with hatred creates symbols for himself, as a superstitious man does, from a… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
Civilization is the way one's own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Is man a savage at heart, skinned o'er with fragile Manners? Or is savagery but a faint taint in the natural man's… — John Barth Copy Share Image
Wolves and bears, they say, casting their savagery aside, have done like offices of pity. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The peoples furthest from civilization are the ones where equality between man and woman are furthest apart-and we consider this one of… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There was an age, however, when the transition from savagery to civilization, with all its impressive outward manifestations in art and architecture,… — James Henry Breasted Copy Share Image
Collectivism is the ancient principle of savagery. ... Collectivism is not the 'New Order of Tomorrow.' It is the order of a… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Humanity's savageness is what makes it civilized. Technology, trade, computers, space travel. All are products of competition and conflict.” — Adam Burch Copy Share Image
“Your love for beauty has been perverted, repressed and savaged by hateful and controlling elements in the world.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
I've since discovered that many human beings need no supernatural mentoring to commit acts of savagery; some people are devils in their… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
He tasted each one of them. The raw power and majesty of Wrath. The vast strength of Rhage. The burning, protective loyalty… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Those who want their rights respected under the Constitution and the law ought to set the example themselves of observing the Constitution… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Users of clichés frequently have more sinister intentions beyond laziness and conventional thinking. Relabelling events often entails subtle changes of meaning. War… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
“For many years I have regarded the Pentateuch simply as a record of a barbarous people, in which are found a great… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I think that the real tragedy of Greece - aside of the savagery of European bureaucracy, Brussels bureaucracy and northern banks, which… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We always thought the living Earth was a thing of beauty. It isn’t. Life has had to learn to defend itself against… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
It is a fine line, in all of us, between civilization and savagery. To any who think they would never cross it,… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
