Civilization Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

“In the words of the English philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, “Civilization advances by extending the number of operations which we can perform without thinking…

— Gerd Gigerenzer

Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

— Mark Twain

Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

— Mark Twain

Civilization is an enormous improvement on the lack thereof.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization.

— Jacques Ellul

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

— Carl Sagan

“There are times when the marvels of scientific advancement expedite our processes, making our lives easier. Modern technology provides machines that can think three…

— Victoria Schwab

Technology is all the accumulated usefulness that our minds invent.

— Kevin Kelly

“We have feet to move forward and brains to think and create; we need the both to invent new technologies and develop essential processes…

— John Taskinsoy

Humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity

— Bill Gates

However advanced the technology may become, life is impossible without humanity, and that's why we need a combination of science of thinking and art…

— Narendra Modi

Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants.

— Robert Andrews Millikan