Civilization Quotes

2122 Civilization quotes by 1210 unique authors

Change no man’s religion, change no man’s politics, interrupt the sovereignty of no nation. Instead, teach Man to use what he has and what he… — L. Ron Hubbard
Scientology is the science of knowing how to know answers. It is a wisdom in the tradition of ten thousand years of search in Asia… — L. Ron Hubbard
Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism. — Neil Gaiman
The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of the class which that term denotes; the ignorance of more remote ages,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Civilization originates in conquest abroad and repression at home. — Jared Diamond
Probably no one of us has the True Religion. But all of us together - if we are allowed to be free - are discovering… — Daniel J. Boorstin
Essentially all civilizations that rose to the level of possessing an urban culture had need for two forms of science-related technology, namely, mathematics for land… — Frederick Seitz
Human history began as an act of disobedience, and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience. At this… — Erich Fromm
Books are the carriers of civilization... .....Books are humanity in print. — Barbara Tuchman
Writing keeps me at my desk, constantly trying to write a perfect sentence. It is a great privilege to make one’s living from writing sentences.… — John Banville
There is no easy way to create a world where men and women can live together... But if such a world is created in our… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds and our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, we will know that we are living in… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Absolute freedom need not be lost as the price we must pay for the advent of civilization. Man may achieve liberty and abundance, freedom and… — Murray Rothbard
Avatar is the most high tech film in terms of its execution, dealing with essentially a very low tech subject; which is our relationship with… — James Cameron
The only very marked difference between the average civilized man and the average savage is that the one is gilded and the other is painted. — Mark Twain
I have been reading the morning paper. I do it every morning-knowing well that I shall find in it the usual depravities and basenesses and… — Mark Twain
There is a great difference between feeding parties to wild beasts and stirring up their finer feelings in an inquisition. One is the system of… — Mark Twain
Would it not be prudent to get our civilization tools together, and see how much stock is left on hand in the way of Glass… — Mark Twain
Is it, perhaps, possible that there are two kinds of Civilization-one for home consumption and one for the heathen market? — Mark Twain
There is no salvation for us but to adopt Civilization and lift ourselves down to its level. — Mark Twain
Every civilization carries the seeds of its own destruction, and the same cycle shows in them all. The Republic is born, flourishes, decays into plutocracy,… — Mark Twain
The peoples furthest from civilization are the ones where equality between man and woman are furthest apart-and we consider this one of the signs of… — Mark Twain
My idea of our civilization is that it is a shoddy, poor thing and full of cruelties, vanities, arrogances, meannesses and hypocrisies. — Mark Twain
If you will notice, there is seldom a telegram in a paper which fails to show up one or more members & beneficiaries of our… — Mark Twain
Civilization largely consists in hiding human nature. When the barbarian learns to hide it we account him enlightened. — Mark Twain

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