Civilization Quote by Molly Ivins

The first sign on a declining civilization is a decline in the arts.

— Diana Palmer

When I was young I used to read about the decline of Western civilization, and I decided it was something I would like to…

— George Carlin

As Western nations became more prosperous, leisure, which had been put off for several centuries in favor of the pursuit of property, the means…

— Allan Bloom

There are all sorts of topics and themes that just recur time and time again, which either means people have less imagination or that…

— Buck Henry

When humor go's, there go's civilization.

— Erma Bombeck

I'm not trying to write a bleak and blistering screed against American civilization. I'm writing something that I hope is fun and satirical and…

— Mark Russell

I think that was probably one of the biggest revelations, is leisure is really in the eyes of the beholder...

— Brigid Schulte

As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not perish for…

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

I think that was one of the biggest revelations is that leisure is really in the eyes of the beholder.

— Brigid Schulte

Western civilization was declining too fast for comfort, but too slowly to be very exciting.

— Tom Robbins

“The Decline of Western Civilization Part II”

— Anonymous

The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.

— Luis Bunuel