Civilization Quote by David Grant Urban

“It is the obscene horror, the dry, fucked-out aspect of things which makes this crazy civilization look like a crater. It is this great…

— Henry Miller

“Civilization... is another word for respect for life. One can't have too much respect for a loveliness that's brittle as spun glass.”

— Elizabeth Goudge

“For over twenty-five centuries we’ve been bearing the weight of superb and heterogeneous civilizations, all from outside, none made by ourselves, none that we…

— Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

“That is the way of science and art, it is beloved by your societies and criminalised by your cultures.”

— Steve Merrick

“Look too on this poor planet of ours, Torn by the storms of mysterious powers, Evil contending with good from its birth, Wrenching in…

— Martin Tupper

“Behind every civilization lies a vision and a worldview, and none is greater or more lasting than the strength of its vision.”

— Os Guinness

“...evil fascinates and repels us - it's a terrible beauty that enthralls us the more we stare into it...”

— John Geddes

“the highest monuments of human civilization accept its ironies and lend their eternity to its mischievous pranks.”

— Victor Hugo

“What fascinates me is not so much humanity's engulfment in darkness, but what kind of culture we will construct from the rubble of this…

— Carolyn Baker

“Civilization is but a thin veneer stretched across the passions of the human heart. And civilization doesn't just happen; we have to make it…

— Bill Moyers

“Civilization is perhaps nothing but a process of finding out what you cannot have.”

— Sherwood Anderson

“Civilization is a thin veil over our savage selves, easily lifted by some for personal glorification.”

— Lilo Abernathy