Quotes about civil
civilization people pay
Some people say that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. But the runaway taxes of our time are the price we pay for being gullible. Thomas Sowell
civilization generations too-late
Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.
civilization people empathy
The purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize with other people... For me, the movies are like a machine that generates empathy. Roger Ebert
civilization issues important
A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on the way to totalitarianism and death Robert M. Hutchins
civilization saint crumbs
Civilization must be destroyed. The hairy saints of the North have earned this crumb by their complaints. Wallace Stevens
civilization giving support
Is one of the fairest portions of the globe to remain in a state of nature, the haunt of a few wretched savages, when it seems destined by the Creator to give support to a large population and to be the seat of civilization? William Henry Harrison
civilization healthy foundation
No healthy civilization can ever be reared on a foundation of devitalized work. William Ralph Inge
civilization boredom revolution
The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions, and would soon bring to an end all the static Utopias and the farmyard civilization of the Fabians.
civilization disease
Civilization is a disease which is almost invariably fatal.
civilization waste products
Civilization is being poisoned by its own waste products.
civilization together uprooting
Civilisation is hooped together, brought Under a rule, under the semblance of peace By manifold illusion.... William Butler Yeats
civilization terrorism planets
Terrorism is a horrible thing that is the great threat to civilization on our planet. Walter Isaacson
civilization world growing
From the days of Weishaupt to those of Karl Marx... this world-wide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilization and for the reconstitution of society... has been steadily growing. Winston Churchill
civilization people rising
We should lay aside every hindrance and endeavour by uniting the whole force and spirit of our people to raise again a great British nation standing up before all the world; for such a nation, rising in its ancient vigour, can even at this hour save civilization.
civilization political democracy
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
civilization patriotism weapons
Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism. William Kristol
civilization winner
Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization. Woody Hayes
civilization would-be winner
Without winners, there would be no civilization.
civilization survival matter
The sum of the whole matter is this - our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually. Woodrow Wilson
civilization lessons lost
The greatest advances in human civilization have come when we recovered what we had lost: when we learned the lessons of history.
civilization enemy slavery
The enemies of American civilization-- for such are the enemies of slavery-- seem to be more on the alert than its friends. William Walker
civilization prosperity nations
There is nothing that sets a nation back as far in civilization as prosperity. Will Rogers
civilization taught-us use
Civilization has taught us to eat with a fork, but even now if nobody is around we use our fingers.
civilization culture pieces
Not a single piece of material culture - not a single object - has been found at Giza that can be interpreted to come from a lost civilization. Zahi Hawass
civilization black elements
Tutankhamun was not black, and the portrayal of ancient Egyptian civilization as black has no element of truth to it.
civilization years today
In China's thousands of years of civilization, the conflict between humankind and nature has never been as serious as it is today. Zhou Shengxian
civilization victory series
Civilization is only a series of victories against nature. William Harvey
civilization armenia
To serve Armenia is to serve civilization. William E. Gladstone
civilization exhausted resources
The resources of civilization are not yet exhausted.
civilization evil specialization
Specialization is the great evil of civilization. Wendell Berry
civilization
You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.
civilization white matter
All of the philosophers I studied were white (with a few Eastern exceptions), and, for that matter, they were all male. Africa, the cradle of civilization, seemed to have no footing in the highest form of human thought. Walter Mosley
civilization firsts culture
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards Walter Bagehot