Civilization Quote by John Buchan

Civilization is a fiction which becomes a fact only as long as everyone can believe in it. It is the cynic, rather than the…

— Helen McCloy

“Civilization, as it is often practiced today, is really manufactured, inauthentic civilization”

— Stjepan Mestrovic

Civilization is the world with its leg asleep.

— Austin O'Malley

Civilization must be based on life. We should never forget that human life was created in and for millions of centuries, was nourished by…

— Charles Lindbergh

Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent

— Bertrand Russell

Civilization is paralysis.

— Paul Gauguin

“On the practical level modern life consists of a constant pursuit of power within a universe devoid of meaning. Modern culture is the most…

— Yuval Noah Harari

There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities.

— Roger Zelazny

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is…

— Ayn Rand

Increasingly constructive doubt is the sign of advancing civilization.

— Jerome Frank

Civilisation is a conspiracy.

— John Buchan

There has never yet been a human society worthy of the name of civilization. Civilization remains a remote ideal.

— Edward Abbey