Civilisations Quotes

18 quotes by 17 authors

America is a great disappointment to me. As I said in one of my books, other societies create civilisations; we build shopping malls. — Bill Bryson
Many people in Europe and the U.S. dispute the thesis that we are living through a clash of civilisations between Islam and the west. But… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
I am very excited to be supporting one of the world's most visionary efforts to seek basic answers to some of the fundamental question about… — Paul Allen
What we are witnessing now is a clash of civilisations, not just between states but within them. — Pim Fortuyn
In the circle where I was raised, I knew of no one knowledgeable in the visual arts, no one who regularly attended musical performances, and… — Shirley Hazzard
Egyptologists, skilled in piecing together the papyri of lost civilisations, suddenly discovered that the same talent could be applied to working out the pattern of… — Robert Harris
I believe that there have been civilisations in the past that were familiar with atomic energy, and that by misusing it they were totally destroyed. — Frederick Soddy
We can see quite plainly that our present civilization is built on the exploitation of animals, just as past civilisations were built on the exploitation… — Donald Watson
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
The lessons of history would suggest that civilisations move in cycles. You can track that back quite far - the Babylonians, the Sumerians, followed by… — Elon Musk
This is indeed a clash of civilisations, not between Islam and Christendom but between reason and superstition. — Polly Toynbee
What we require is not a formal return to tradition and religion, but a rereading, a reinterpretation, of our history that can illuminate the present… — Nawal El Saadawi
So here we have it. The equivocating distinction between civilisation and savagery, between the "massacre of innocent people" or, if you like, "a clash of… — Arundhati Roy
An Outside Context Problem was the sort of thing most civilisations encountered just once, and which they tended to encounter rather in the same way… — Iain Banks
In my own creations, the earliest influence came from the ancient civilisations of Egypt, China, Africa and Persia. In fact, one of my earlier creations… — Mary McFadden
If you look at our current technology level, something strange has to happen to civilisations, and I mean strange in a bad way. And it… — Elon Musk
We must delve deep into history the better to engage a true dialogue of civilisations. Fear of the present can impose upon the past its… — Tariq Ramadan
This is it, folks. This is the idea which has kept me virtually unknown for the past 16 years. I have watched my crowds dwindle.… — Bill Hicks

Who Wrote These Civilisations Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 18 Civilisations Quotes as follows: