Culture Quote by Felipe Fernández-Armesto

“What is the point of having a civilization, if we do not practice being civilized!”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Civilization is refinement of spirit, respect of one's neighbor, tolerance of foreign opinion, courtesy of manner.”

— Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

“There are few words which are used more loosely than the word “Civilization.” What does it mean? It means a society based upon the…

— Winston Churchill

“The barbarian either totally mocks or totally worships. Civilization is a smile that discreetly combines irony and respect.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

“Civilization is a horizon which we can approach, while barbarity is a background from which we seek to move away; neither condition can be…

— Tzvetan Todorov

I consider that there are different degrees of civilization and there are many different ways of expressing it. But one is civilized or is…

— Flora Lewis

“The more we claim to discriminate between cultures and customs as good and bad, the more completely do we identify ourselves with those we…

— Claude Lévi-Strauss

A general definition of civilization: a civilized society is exhibiting the fine qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art, peace.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Barbarianism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is the whim of circumstance. And barbarianism must ultimately triumph

— Robert E. Howard

I put forward as a general definition of civilization, that a civilized society is exhibiting the five qualities of Truth, Beauty, Adventure, Art, Peace.

— Alfred North Whitehead

“There are only two ways, as you know, of becoming civilized. One is by being cultured, the other is by being corrupt.”

— Oscar Wilde

If you really want to define civilization it should be a culture that doesn't destroy its environment. If you burn down the kitchen one…

— Sting