Civilized People Quotes

32 Civilized People quotes by 28 unique authors

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
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
I have always been a friend to hero-worship; it is the only rational one, and has always been in use amongst civilized people - the… — George Henry Borrow
. . . As a so-called "civilized" people, and as members of a society in search of lasting peace in the world, we cannot remain… — Nathaniel Altman
It forms a strong presumption against all supernatural and miraculous relations, that they are observed chiefly to abound among ignorant and barbarous nations; or if… — David Hume
The diseases that we civilized people labor under most are melancholy and pessimism. — Vincent Van Gogh
We talk about civilization as though it's a static state. There are no civilized people yet, it's a process that's constantly going on... As long… — Jacque Fresco
I think gold is a great thing to sew onto your garments if you're a Jewish family in Vienna in 1939, but civilized people don't… — Charlie Munger
Civilized people cannot fully satisfy their sexual instinct without love. — Bertrand Russell
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
Civilized people - Muslims, Christians and Jews - all understand that the source of freedom and human dignity is the Creator. — John Ashcroft
There is a great difference between feeding parties to wild beasts and stirring up their finer feelings in an inquisition. One is the system of… — Mark Twain
Because way down deep they know that civilized people have to preserve rare birds. — E L Konigsburg
The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to… — George F. Kennan
Civilized people have exchanged some part of their chances of happiness for a measure of security. — Sigmund Freud
One of the things that first attracted me to chess is that it brings you into contact with intelligent, civilized people - men of the… — Magnus Carlsen
The most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust. Nations, like metals, have only a superficial brilliancy. — Antoine Rivarol
The civilized people of today look back with horror at their medieval ancestors who wantonly destroyed great works of art or sat slothfully by while… — Theodore Roosevelt
Every expansion of civilization makes for peace. In other words, every expansion of a great civilized power means a victory for law, order, and righteousness.… — Theodore Roosevelt
Though we are politically enemies, yet with regard to Science it is presumable we shall not dissent from the practice of civilized people in promoting… — John Hancock
We are all civilized people, wich means that we are all savages at heart but observing a few amenities of civilized behaviour. — Tennessee Williams
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity... — John Muir
I could tell Hugo was convinced that he would get to walk back up these stairs: after all, he was a civilized person. These were… — Charlaine Harris
And I said to myself that unless you conceive Death to be a violent guerrilla and kidnaper who snatches those you love, and if you… — Saul Bellow
Now what happens?" asked the man in black. "We face each other as God intended," Fezzik said. "No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone."… — William Goldman

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