Civilisation Quote by Horatio Bottomley

The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for…

— Benjamin Disraeli

In some ways, I lament the introduction of civilisation on such a huge scale, because it has given us a lot of room to…

— Roy Harper

We are producing urban places which are disjointed and disconnected and not worthy of our civilisation

— Moshe Safdie

“There is a great deal of ruin in a nation.”

— Adam Smith

The slow rhythm of the body, the insistent rhythm of the wit, were they becoming irreconcilable in modern civilisation? The sedentary life, frustration and…

— Henry Williamson

The idea that war should be conducted within a moral framework may seem like a quaint medieval practice, but as speech separates humans from…

— Anonymous

It crosses my mind that our generation may leave problems that are simply too hard for human society in the generations that follow. The…

— Ross Garnaut

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…

— Daniel Barenboim

I love fashion, beauty, glamour. It's the mark of civilisation,

— David LaChapelle

Civilisation is never so charming as when it is an island in the middle of simplicity, or of a civilisation of an alien kind.

— William Hurrell Mallock

Western civilisation needs a complete overhaul or it will fall apart one day or another. It has realised the most complete perversion of any…

— Julius Evola

If the truth be told, we are a society that is dripping in racism. This is not in the least surprising. For the best…

— Martin Jacques