Civilized Quotes

602 Civilized quotes by 445 unique authors

Every brain is civilized, Every nerve is analyzed, Everything is criticized when you are in need. — Bob Dylan
The vast majority of the race whether savage or civilized, are secretly kind at heart and shrink from inflicting pain, but in the presence of… — Mark Twain
Had the doctrines of Jesus been preached always as pure as they came from his lips, the whole civilized world would now have been Christians. — Thomas Jefferson
In civilized communities men's idiosyncrasies are mitigated by the necessity of conforming to certain rules of behavior. Culture is a mask that hides their faces. — W. Somerset Maugham
Has there ever been an age so rife with neurotic sensibility, with that state of near shudders, or near hysteria, or near nausea, much of… — Louis Kronenberger
If one holds these high principles clearly before one's eyes, and compares them with the life and spirit of our times, then it appears glaringly… — Albert Einstein
Perhaps my dynamite plants will put an end to war sooner than your [pacifist] congresses. On the day two army corps can annihilate each other… — Alfred Nobel
This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police… — Adolf Hitler
The Queen Mary was the most civilized and luxurious way one could travel to America in the late 1930s. — Maureen O'Hara
Not until the creation and maintenance of decent conditions of life for all people are recognized and accepted as a common obligation of all people… — Albert Einstein
The truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost… — E. V. Lucas
It gets to seem as if way back in the Garden of Eden after the fall, Adam and Eve had begged the Lord to forgive… — Diane Arbus
One of the effects of a safe and civilized life is an immense over sensitiveness which makes all the primary emotions somewhat disgusting. — George Orwell
There is a demon in technology. It was put there by man and man will have to exorcise it before technological civilization can achieve the… — Rene Dubos
I think there will come a time when civilized people will look back in horror on our generation and the ones that have preceded it;… — Dennis Weaver
The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society. — Mark Skousen
The right most valued by all civilized men is the right to be left alone. — Louis D. Brandeis
Twenty centuries of 'progress' have brought the average citizen a vote, a national anthem, a Ford, a bank account, and a high opinion of himself,… — Aldo Leopold
With all my heart I believe that the world's present system of sovereign nations can only lead to barbarism, war and inhumanity, and that only… — Albert Einstein
Kindness and compassion toward all living things is the mark of a civilized society. — Cesar Chavez
Every civilized society must disarm its citizens against each other. — Garry Wills
We believe that poverty does not belong in a civilized human society. It belongs in museums [...] A poverty-free world might not be perfect, but… — Muhammad Yunus
But would we know, whether the pretended prophet had really attained a just sentiment of morals? Let us attend to his narration; and we shall… — David Hume
The act of nutrition is not a purely physiological event... The family meal is a formality that cultivates in us... a capacity for sharing, generosity,… — Francine du Plessix Gray
I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man. — George Meredith

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