Civilization Quote by Ludwig von Mises

Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.

— Pindar

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

— Andrew Carnegie

I have always believed that the aristocracy of any country should be the men who have succeeded - the men who have aided in…

— Charles M. Schwab

“Our civilization rests on a faulty premise, that the world is physical and mechanical, energy and matter only. We do not pay for it…

— Richard Grossinger

Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time.

— Dean Koontz

Civilization rests on two things: the discovery that fermentation produces alcohol, and the voluntary ability to inhibit defecation. And I put it to you,…

— Robertson Davies

Civilization rests on two things," said Hitzig; "the discovery that fermentation produces alcohol, and voluntary ability to inhibit defecation. And I put it to…

— Robertson Davies

Civilization rests on a set of promises; if the promises are broken too often, the civilization dies, no matter how rich it may be,…

— Herbert

Technological civilization... rests fundamentally on power-driven machinery which transcends the physical limits of its human directors, multiplying indefinitely the capacity for the production of…

— Charles A. Beard

“Once again, to the ladies out there—here’s a fact for you: Men pretty much have sex on the brain twenty-four-seven. The exact figure is…

— Emma Chase

Practical application is found by not looking for it, and one can say that the whole progress of civilization rests on that principle.

— Jacques Hadamard

“I set it down as a fact that if all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends…

— Blaise Pascal