Culture Quote by Rutger Bregman

On the future of the U.S., or of Western civilization in general, I tend to be quite pessimistic. I would say that today I…

— Arthur Demarest

The destruction that barbarians leave behind has a grim fascination, doesn't it? We're reminded how thin is the veneer of civilization.

— Dean Koontz

“the veneer of civilization is exceedingly thin”

— Karin Tansek

We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way.

— George Bernard Shaw

“Do you think Western Civilization has come to an end? "We are clearly going through a cultural crisis at the moment. It's a phase…

— Krzysztof Kieślowski

What is called Western Civilization is in an advanced state of decomposition, and another Dark Ages will soon be upon us, if, indeed, it…

— Malcolm Muggeridge

One of the most dangerous errors is that civilization is automatically bound to increase and spread. The lesson of history is the opposite; civilization…

— C. S. Lewis

So-called Western Civilization, as practised in half of Europe, some of Asia and a few parts of North America, is better than anything else…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Civilization is a disease produced by the practice of building societies with rotten material.

— George Bernard Shaw

Civilization is a disease which is almost invariably fatal.

— William Ralph Inge

My idea of our civilization is that it is a shoddy, poor thing and full of cruelties, vanities, arrogances, meannesses and hypocrisies.

— Mark Twain

If the world suffers from mental deterioration or from moral degradation, then something goes wrong at the very root of civilization or culture. Even…

— Jawaharlal Nehru