Civilized Quotes

602 Civilized quotes by 445 unique authors

Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then abstract. They… — Thomas B. Macaulay
The sight of a Black nun strikes their sentimentality; and, as I am unalterably rooted in native ground, they consider me a work of primitive… — Alice Walker
Marriage is treated by all civilized societies as a peculiar and favored contract. It is in its origin a contract of natural law . .… — Joseph Story
[T]he most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without… — James Madison
When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists. — Walter Lippmann
We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls. We are blind to the real sights of this world; deaf to its voice; and dead… — Herman Melville
A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized. Sometimes I listen to songs by very smart writers who assume that the world is a… — Suzanne Vega
And of course you are mad, if by a madman we mean a mind that questions and rejects every civilized norm. — Stephen Fry
She wished some help would come from outside. But in the whole world there was no help. Society was terrible because it was insane. Civilized… — D. H. Lawrence
There is a vast difference between the savage and the civilized man, but it is never apparent to their wives until after breakfast. — Helen Rowland
As the war was just in its origin and necessary and noble in its objects, we can reflect with a proud satisfaction that in carrying… — James Madison
Marriage is but slavery made to appear civilized. — Albert Einstein
We are civilized animals, right? Then why do we continue to slaughter for sport? What if you were a Chicken, how would you feel? I… — Buckethead
I don’t fit into the bad side of American psychology. The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans, — Gwyneth Paltrow
And once again the government has failed to get the kind of cooperation from the relatives that might allow the case of this young boy… — Peter Jennings
Entrepreneurship is not a civilized joust. It is streetfighting. — James Hong
Everyone town of 100,000 in the United States should have a Classical Theater supported by the town, or the state of the county, or the… — Tony Randall
In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat Jihad — Pamela Geller
Policemen and laws can never replace customs, traditions and moral values as a means for regulating human behavior. At best, the police and criminal justice… — D. Todd Christofferson
The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. It is about the realities of what makes for an attractive,… — Albert Hadley
We need some contact with the things we sprang from. We need nature at least as a part of the context of our lives. Without… — Joseph Wood Krutch
Iraq is a very important part of securing the homeland, and its a very important part of helping change the Middle East into a part… — George W. Bush
Art is a necessity - an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without the… — Ken Danby
It seems to me that the god that is commonly worshipped in civilized countries is not at all divine, though he bears a divine name,… — Henry David Thoreau
The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage. — Nelson A. Miles

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