Civilized Life Quotes

24 Civilized Life quotes by 21 unique authors

But however secure and well-regulated civilized life may become, bacteria, Protozoa, viruses, infected fleas, lice, ticks, mosquitoes, and bedbugs will always lurk in the shadows… — Hans Zinsser
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
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
By peace our condition has been improved in the pursuit of civilized life. — Unknown Author
In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for,… — Henry David Thoreau
Unlike most heritages, Western civilization is not primarily a geographical place or a genetic bloodline. It is a state of mind. No matter where on… — Unknown Author
There is very little in civilized life that demands everything you got intellectually, physically, and emotionally. Driving is living. It's aggressive instead of passive living. — Janet Guthrie
I always get back to the question, is it really necessary that men should consume so much of their bodily and mental energies in the… — William Allingham
Design, vitalized and simplified, will make the comforts of civilized life available to an ever-increasing number of Americans. — Raymond Loewy
Typography is a minor technicality of civilized life. — Stanley Morison
A public that tries to do without criticism, and asserts that it knows what it wants or likes, brutalizes the arts and loses its cultural… — Northrop Frye
The Good of the People was a laudable enough goal, but in denying a man's soul, an enduring part of his being, Marxism stripped away… — Tom Clancy
Any assassination is an assassination. It's cold, it's terrible. I'm against any capital punishment. Only the Lord has the right to take away life because… — Shimon Peres
Ninety percent of our lives is governed by emotion. Our brains merely register and act upon what is telegraphed to them by our bodily experience.… — Alfred North Whitehead
The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life. — Arthur Keith
In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics. — Earl Warren
In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow men, he is… — Washington Irving
In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting… — Jeremy Collier
Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it must provide a harmless outlets for the impulses which our… — Bertrand Russell
Sublimation of instinct is an especially conspicuous feature of cultural development; it is what makes it possible for higher psychical activities, scientific, artistic or ideological,… — Sigmund Freud
Stress is not a reaction. Rather it is the price we pay for the "civilized" life we live which by the way is not civilized… — Yordan Yordanov
What every artist should try to prevent is the car, in whichis our civilized life, plunging over the side of the precipicethe exhibitionist extremist promoter… — Unknown Author
When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a… — Henry David Thoreau

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