Civilization Quote by Joe Orton

Any theory intended to describe and analyze socio-historical reality cannot restrict itself to the human spirit and disregard the totality of human nature.

— Wilhelm Dilthey

Too many theorists have a tendency to ignore facts that contradict their convictions.

— Maurice Allais

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

— Aldous Huxley

Certainly none of the advances made in civilization has been due to counterrevolutionaries and advocates of the status quo.

— Bill Mauldin

Facts do not 'speak for themselves'; they are read in the light of theory.

— Stephen Jay Gould

The most striking contradiction of our civilization is the fundamental reverence for truth which we profess and the thorough-going disregard for it which we…

— Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Civilizations can only be understood by those who are civilized.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Theories are not rejected by cirsumstantial evidence: it takes a theory to beat a theory.

— George Stigler

There is not a respectable system of civilization known to history whose foundations were not laid in the institution of domestic slavery.

— Robert M. T. Hunter

No single theory ever agrees with all the facts in its domain

— Paul Feyerabend

“It is a common weakness that when concrete facts do not match up with our preconceived theories, we prefer to keep our theories and…

— Raphael Gasson

It is no longer possible to accept the benefits of civilization and at the same time deny the supernatural basis upon which it is…

— Evelyn Waugh