Behavior Quote by Andy Rooney

Civilization, after all, is defined by what we forbid, more than what we permit.

— Gregory David Roberts

Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim…

— Anonymous

One... gets an impression that civilization is something which was imposed on a resisting majority by a minority which understood how to obtain possession…

— Sigmund Freud

Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.

— Jane Addams

If you really want to define civilization it should be a culture that doesn't destroy its environment. If you burn down the kitchen one…

— Sting

A general definition of civilization: a civilized society is exhibiting the fine qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art, peace.

— Alfred North Whitehead

“Civilization is refinement of spirit, respect of one's neighbor, tolerance of foreign opinion, courtesy of manner.”

— Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities.

— Roger Zelazny

Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.

— Anonymous

Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty.

— Mahatma Gandhi

To accept civilization as it is practically means accepting decay.

— George Orwell

Civilization is not by means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is…

— Oscar Wilde