Civilization Quotes

2122 Civilization quotes by 1210 unique authors

Whenever Nature's bounty is in danger of exhaustion, the chemist has sought for a substitute. The conquest of disease has made great progress as a… — Calvin Coolidge
From first to last the civilization of America has been bound up with its physical environment. — Ellsworth Huntington
If we can combine our knowledge of science with the wisdom of wildness, if we can nurture civilization through roots in the primitive, man's potentialities… — Charles Lindbergh
If there be an order in which the human race has mastered its various kinds of knowledge, there will arise in every child an aptitude… — Herbert Spencer
We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe; it is necessary to want to… — George Will
...while science gives us implements to use, science alone does not determine for what ends they will be employed. Radio is an amazing invention. Yet… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
During my span of life science has become a matter of public concern and the l'art pour l'art standpoint of my youth is now obsolete.… — Max Born
One could almost phrase the motto of our modern civilization thus: Science is my shepherd; I shall not want. — Harry Emerson Fosdick
Science is dangerous. There is no question but that poison gas, genetic engineering, and nuclear weapons and power stations are terrifying. It may be that… — Isaac Asimov
The different religions have never overlooked the part played by the sense of guilt in civilization. What is more, they come forward with a claim...to… — Sigmund Freud
People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization. — Agnes Repplier
A meditator cannot smoke, for the simple reason that he never feels nervous, in anxiety, in tension. Smoking helps - on a momentary basis -… — Rajneesh
We have gone a long way toward civilization and religious tolerance, and we have a good example in this country. Here the many Protestant denominations,… — Harry S. Truman
It is the triumph of civilization that at last communities have obtained such a mastery over natural laws that they drive and control them. The… — Henry Ward Beecher
One is a member of a country, a profession, a civilization, a religion. One is not just a man. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Unshined shoes are the end of civilization. — Diana Vreeland
The arts have a development which comes not only from the individual but also from a whole acquired force, the civilization which precedes us. One… — Henri Matisse
You have to know accounting. It's the language of practical business life. It was a very useful thing to deliver to civilization. I've heard it… — Charlie Munger
But once we recognize that many ideas that are taken to be quintessentially Western have also flourished in other civilizations, we also see that these… — Amartya Sen
In principle as a philosophy, a model of organising society, Communism has to be respected. As regards the use of certain methods to advance social… — Mikhail Gorbachev
The time has come to choose a new direction of global development, to opt for a new civilization. — Mikhail Gorbachev
Over the next 20 to 30 years, we are going to end up with world government. It's inevitable... There's going to be conflict, coercion and… — Jim Garrison
New approaches are needed, new orientations in both thought and action. We must make the transition to a new civilization...We are talking of a transition… — Mikhail Gorbachev
The years ahead will be great ones for our country, for the cause of freedom and the spread of civilization. The West will not contain… — Ronald Reagan
Every child is born sane, and then, slowly slowly, we civilize him - we call it the process of civilization. We prepare him to become… — Rajneesh

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