Civilization Quote by D. H. Lawrence

“To be clear, the Roman Empire didn’t end because everybody was having sex. No civilization was ever toppled by “too much sexy time”—except for…

— Jennifer Wright

“He probably wanted real power, the power to direct one's environment towards a harmonious end, and not fictitious power, the power to order and…

— Rebecca West

In an age in which greed and lust stalk the land like some Biblical plague, it is easy to view sex as just one…

— Jennifer Stone

Mankind became hysterical in the Middle Ages because it poorly repressed the sexual impressions of its Greek boyhood.

— Karl Kraus

As DH Lawrence said, the Protestant societies do dirt on sex, it is their dirty mind which aligns sex and a woman's genitals with…

— Micheline Aharonian Marcom

Sex was always surrounded by taboos, and I don't see it necessarily as a manifestation of evil. I think that sexuality is first and…

— Paulo Coelho

“Roman history also demands a particular sort of imagination. In some ways, to explore ancient Rome from the twenty-first century is rather like walking…

— Mary Beard

I think sex is completely absurdly demonized in our culture. But in the end, however much sex you want to have, with however many…

— Andrew Sullivan

“Newer religions, among them Christianity, saw the world as a battlefield between good and evil. In such a world, sex itself became dichotomized and…

— Byrne R.S. Fone

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

— Henri Bergson

Sex is not only a divine and beautiful activity; it's a murderous activity. People kill each other in bed. Some of the greatest crimes…

— Norman Mailer

We're getting caught up with labels: "Nudity: bad." It's not about "nudity: bad." It's about gratuitous oversexualization of children; it's complicated.

— Natalie Dormer