Culture Quote by Lilo Abernathy

“The veneer of civilization is extremely thin.”

— Charles Cook M.D

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

— Elizabeth Goudge

“Here mankind discarded civilization as if it were an article of clothing and left behind every decent feeling: love; loyalty; simply everything. Here it…

— Schoschana Rabinovici

“[D]espite the patina of civility coating most of modern society, underneath it is a thick layer of savagery.”

— Gene Doucette

“As history of any kind will tell us, when human beings get an opportunity to express their individual selves, a few selves will go…

— Doug Glanville

“the veneer of civilization is exceedingly thin”

— Karin Tansek

“civilization has made mankind if not more bloodthirsty, at least more vilely, more loathsomely bloodthirsty.”

— Anton Chekhov

“Civilization flows; culture thickens and coagulates, like tired, sick, stifled blood.”

— Edward Abbey

“Perceptive observers saw civilization thinned to a mere veneer, with barbarism surging just beneath the surface, straining for release.”

— Bruce Brander

“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than…

— Joseph Conrad

“The invisible threads that connect us across cultures are stronger than any walls that divide us. It's in those threads that we find our…

— Camellia Yang