Civilization Quote by Carroll Quigley

It is clear that every civilization undergoes a process of historical change. We can see that a civilization comes into existence, passes through a…

— Carroll Quigley

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

— James Lovelock

Before we can build a stable civilization worthy of humanity as a whole, it is necessary that each historical civilization should become conscious of…

— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

It is just because civilization is ever evolving, changing, and becoming more complicated, that experts find it so difficult to define it in explicit…

— Arthur Keith

“, civilization is an ever-changing tacit agreement, culturally inherited, not chosen at birth. Civilization is the invention of man, my big friend. It is…

— Peter Jelen

“Civilization is complex. It involves the existence of human communities characterized by political and social organization; dominating and utilizing natural forces; adapting themselves to…

— Frank L. DeSilva

The word civilization to my mind is coupled with death. When I use the word, I see civilization as a crippling, thwarting thing, a…

— Henry Miller

Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptation.…

— Anonymous

The West may collapse very suddenly. Complex civilizations do that, because they operate, most of the time, on the edge of chaos.

— Niall Ferguson

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

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

— Roger Zelazny