Civilization Quote by Samuel R. Delany

“To be civilized, really, is to be aware of the others, their hopes, their gladnesses, their illusions about life”

— Sherwood Anderson

“You are so civilized. So polite. So brave coming here alone when you know no one here would dare to touch you. So easy…

— Ann Leckie

“Good manners are the last thing to desert us, so it seems. They remain behind to mock us with their hollow sound when all…

— Margaret George

“I'm good. And it's good to see you've kept up the tradition of getting the holy shit beat out of you,even when you're in…

— Rachel Caine

“Civilized people don't feel .”

— Mervyn Peake

“Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.”

— Tom Stoppard

“It amazes me that those who behave rudely always expect to be treated politely.”

— Anonymous

“Now, nothing annoys an angry savage or an uneducated person so much as the perfect coolness of a civilized and cultivated man when he…

— Grant Allen

“I was on the point of breaking off the conversation, for nothing puts me so completely out of patience as the utterance of a…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“People can act so nice, bringing you food and all, but in the end they are nothing but buzzards. Waiting to pick your bones.”

— Lee Smith

“So many of us make a great fuss of matters of small consequence. We are so easily offended. Happy is the man who can…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

“The barbarian either totally mocks or totally worships. Civilization is a smile that discreetly combines irony and respect.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila