Quote by Jules Verne

“Civilization is but a thin veneer stretched across the passions of the human heart. And civilization doesn't just happen; we have to make it…

— Bill Moyers

“Civilization is perhaps nothing but a process of finding out what you cannot have.”

— Sherwood Anderson

“Civilization... is another word for respect for life. One can't have too much respect for a loveliness that's brittle as spun glass.”

— Elizabeth Goudge

“The veneer of civilization is extremely thin.”

— Charles Cook M.D

“I rather think the world is like sand. The fundamental nature of sand is very difficult to grasp when you think of it in…

— Kōbō Abe

“There is a gentleness, a lightness, an element of freedom and, in a word, of civilization, that makes this country one of the few…

— Bernard-Henri Levy

“...my civilization is not even skin deep - it does not go deeper than my clothes.”

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

“In its broad sense, civilization means not only comfort in daily necessities but also the refining of knowledge and the cultivation of virtue so…

— Anonymous

“A nation’s level of civilization can be measured by the way it treats its oldest and weakest citizens.”

— Hendrik Groen

“Man, not earth, makes civilization.”

— Ariel Durant

“Nature is technological relic of ancient civilizations.”

— Toba Beta

“Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice.”

— Will Durant