Our Civilisation Quotes
15 quotes by 15 authors
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The future of our civilisation depends upon the widening spread and deepening hold of the scientific habit of mind.
— John Dewey
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Man made one grave mistake: in answer to vaguely reformist and humanitarian agitation he admitted women to politics and the professions. The conservatives who saw…
— Germaine Greer
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But the ear, let us not forget, starts operating on the forty-fifth day of the pregnancy of a woman. Seven and a half months advance…
— Daniel Barenboim
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We are producing urban places which are disjointed and disconnected and not worthy of our civilisation
— Moshe Safdie
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We did not realise how fragile our civilisation was.
— Friedrich August von Hayek
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In times of prosperity we are apt to forget God; we imagine it does not matter whether we recognise Him or not. As long as…
— Oswald Chambers
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Our civilisation has lost this bond between times, and tends to measure time with a yardstick, bit by bit, from one point to another.
— Lennart Meri
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It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and…
— Gregory Bateson
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The forces that are in play on climate change essentially revolve around the generation of power, the transportation of goods and services and people, and…
— Peter Garrett
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Just carrying a ruler with you in your pocket should be forbidden, at least on a moral basis. The ruler is the symbol of the…
— Friedensreich Hundertwasser
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As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge,…
— David Mitchell
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I'm considered homophobic and crazy about these things and old fashioned. But I think that the family - father, mother, children - is fundamental to…
— Rupert Murdoch
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The holy law of Jesus Christ governs our civilisation, but it does not yet permeate it.
— Victor Hugo
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Now let's take up the minorities in our civilisation, shall we? Bigger the population, the more minorities. Don't step on the toes of the dog-lovers,…
— Ray Bradbury
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The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilisation. Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health,…
— George Bernard Shaw
Who Wrote These Our Civilisation Quotes
15 authors contributed a total of 15 Our Civilisation Quotes as follows: