Civilization Quote by Eileen Myles

“Many lessons can be learned from the history of Western civilization, but one of them is especially clear. Lack of involvement in the affairs…

— Jackson Spielvogel

To us it seems that West-European civilization is civilization, but this is a narrow view.

— Bertrand Russell

You are very familiar with Western ways, but you are too young. You go everywhere to follow the big news, but the questions you…

— Jiang Zemin

What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.

— Mahatma Gandhi

For 200 years, the West has been so dominant in the world that it's not really needed to understand other cultures, other civilizations. Because,…

— Martin Jacques

My tendency to idealize Western civilization arises from my nationalistic desire to use the West in order to reform China. But this has led…

— Liu Xiaobo

I have been obsequious toward Western civilization, exaggerating its merits and, at the same time, exaggerating my own merits.

— Liu Xiaobo

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with…

— Arthur Erickson

There was this famous clash of civilization thesis from Samuel Huntington, a political theorist. And the idea was that Western civilization is at war…

— David Brooks

I haven't read hardly any Westerns, to tell you the truth.

— Patrick deWitt

Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow." Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.

— Malala Yousafzai

I am among those who believe that our Western civilization is on its way to perishing. It has many commendable qualities, most of which…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer