Civilization Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin

“The veneer of civilization is extremely thin.”

— Charles Cook M.D

“One of the most dangerous is the implication that civilization, being artificial, is unnatural: that it is the opposite of primitiveness… Of course there…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“the veneer of civilization is exceedingly thin”

— Karin Tansek

“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

“The opposite of war is not peace but civilisation, and civilisation is purchased with violence and cold-blooded murder. With war.”

— Nadeem Aslam

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

— Bruce Brander

“Civilization is perhaps nothing but a process of finding out what you cannot have.”

— Sherwood Anderson

“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

Primitiveness and civilization are degrees of the same thing. If civilization has an opposite, it is war.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Civilisation isn't a thing that you build and then there it is, you have it forever. It needs to be built constantly, recreated daily.…

— Steven Galloway

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

— George Bernard Shaw

“you can't say civilization dont advance, in every war they kill you in a new way”

— will rogers