Civilisation Quotes

188 Civilisation quotes by 166 unique authors

[T]he direction of society has been taken over by a type of man who is not interested in the principles of civilisation. Not of this… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
[T]he mass-man sees in the State an anonymous power, and feeling himself, like it, anonymous, he believes that the State is something of his own.… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Like other systems in decay, the Roman Empire continued to function for several generations after its vitality was sapped. For nearly a hundred years our… — Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We have everything we need except political will, but political… — Al Gore
Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle. — Aleister Crowley
Human beings have a need, generally, to destroy things. The Freudian principle of civilisation is correct. There's always, always a difference between the family image… — Rachel Cusk
Imagine a civilisation that's way in advance of us wants to communicate with us, and assist us in our development. The information we provide to… — Paul Davies
We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side. Civilisation means rational reflection, material wellbeing, individual autonomy and… — Terry Eagleton
Men and women do not easily submit to a power that does not weave itself into the texture of their daily existence - one reason… — Terry Eagleton
We are a pluralist civilisation because we allow mosques to be built in our countries, and we are not going to stop simply because Christian… — Umberto Eco
The world is not going into concentric blocs of power. It is actually going into a diffusion of power with more centres of decision-making than… — William Hague
Civilisations have been destroyed many times, and this civilisation is no different. It can be destroyed. We can think of time in terms of millions… — Nhat Hanh
You accept that this civilisation could be abolished and life will begin later on after a few thousand years because that is something that has… — Nhat Hanh
It seems like every year Hollywood makes an attempt to retell the Manson story, and I just couldn't be less interested in it. It's not… — John Hawkes
My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilisation, to get rid… — Christopher Hitchens
Just carrying a ruler with you in your pocket should be forbidden, at least on a moral basis. The ruler is the symbol of the… — Friedensreich Hundertwasser
History can show you that it was one pile of bad stuff after another. It can also show you that there's been tremendous progress in… — Tony Judt
The basis of drama is... the struggle of the hero towards a specific goal at the end of which he realises that what kept him… — David Mamet
As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge,… — David Mitchell
I'm considered homophobic and crazy about these things and old fashioned. But I think that the family - father, mother, children - is fundamental to… — Rupert Murdoch

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