Civilized Quotes

602 Civilized quotes by 445 unique authors

Only world law can assure progress towards a civilized peaceful community. — Albert Einstein
Even in civilized mankind faint traces of monogamous instinct can be perceived. — Bertrand Russell
What is still more to our shame as civilized Christians, we debauch their morals already too prone to vice, and we introduce among them wants… — James Cook
You don't understand me. You are not expected to. You are not capable. I am beyond your experience. I am beyond good and evil. I… — Richard Ramirez
I look much more civilized than I actually am. — Georgina Chapman
But we are more than genteel or civilized/ we are an idea in the process of being realized. — Shane Koyczan
Design, vitalized and simplified, will make the comforts of civilized life available to an ever-increasing number of Americans. — Raymond Loewy
The trend of all knowledge at the present is to specialize, but archaeology has in it all the qualities that call for the wide view… — Margaret Murray
Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. — Mark Skousen
Love has an immense ability to help heal the devastating wounds that life sometimes deals us. Love also enhances our sense of connection to the… — Unknown Author
France is the most civilized country in the world and doesn’t care who knows it. — John Gunther
The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and invests with his… — Gore Vidal
I don't believe in the hypocritical, moralistic dogma of this so called civilized-society — Richard Ramirez
There are only two possible forms of control: one internal and the other external; religious control and political control. They are of such a nature… — Unknown Author
Glory is a scandal. Let me state once & for all: I do not wish to be civilized. — Arthur Cravan
It is only by having desire thwarted, and thereby learning to control it — in other words, by becoming civilized — that men become fully… — Theodore Dalrymple
Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society. — Janis Ian
With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a reputation for being civilized — Oscar Wilde
Glamor is just sex that got civilized. A pretty girl, tastefully posed in a scant costume, is even a sort of cultural achievement. — Dorothy Lamour
A first class system of early childhood education is the hallmark of a caring and civilized society. — Andy Hargreaves
Ircumcision, an archaic ritual mutilation that has no justification whatever and no place in a civilized society. — Ashley Montagu
I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined without resort to arms by… — Chester A. Arthur
I consider that there are different degrees of civilization and there are many different ways of expressing it. But one is civilized or is not. — Flora Lewis
Civilized people - Muslims, Christians and Jews - all understand that the source of freedom and human dignity is the Creator. — John Ashcroft
We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of #‎ libraries it opens, not the number it closes down. — Philip Pullman

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