Beneath the surface Quote by Bruce Brander

“The veneer of civilization is extremely thin.”

— Charles Cook M.D

“the veneer of civilization is exceedingly thin”

— Karin Tansek

“The veneer of civilization is like that on the kitchen counter - very thin.”

— Malcolm Watts

“Civilization is but a thin veneer stretched across the passions of the human heart. And civilization doesn't just happen; we have to make it…

— Bill Moyers

The destruction that barbarians leave behind has a grim fascination, doesn't it? We're reminded how thin is the veneer of civilization.

— Dean Koontz

Barbarism recommences by the excess of civilization.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

“Civilization is a thin veil over our savage selves, easily lifted by some for personal glorification.”

— Lilo Abernathy

“A hunger for civilization is an appetite not easily appreciated now, when people are so overcivilized that they can only have a hunger for…

— G.K. Chesterton

“Of course there is no veneer, the process is one of growth, and primitiveness and civilization are degrees of the same thing. If civilization…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“America is the only civilization in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization”

— Georges Clemenceau

“We have barely emerged from centuries of barbarism. It's not a surprise that there are shocking inequities in this world. It is hard work…

— Sam Harris

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.

— David Hare