Civilized Quote by William Matthews

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

A sense of contentment makes us kindly and benevolent to others; we are not chafed and galled by cares which are tyrannical because original.…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Perhaps only when people can enjoy their differences as a resource of cultural enrichment do they become truly civilized.

— Herb Kawainui Kane

Being civilized means that one keeps one's words unrelated to one's thoughts, when necessary.

— Ursula Parrott

deferring gratification is a good definition of being civilized.

— Bernice Fitz-Gibbon

Isn’t that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want?

— Orson Scott Card

In my opinion, an individual without any love of the arts cannot be considered completely civilized.

— J. Paul Getty

The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven.

— Cyril Connolly

... it is a matter of civilizing everyone or not being civilized at all: the decay has always come from a partial civilization.

— Freya Stark

“Civilized" society is a hopeful belief and protest that science, money and goods make man count for more than any other animal. In this…

— Ernest Becker

We are all civilized people, wich means that we are all savages at heart but observing a few amenities of civilized behaviour.

— Tennessee Williams

to be civilized is to be incapable of giving unnecessary offense, it is to have some quality of consideration for all who cross our…

— Agnes Repplier