Quotes about civilization
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
civilization barbarism documents
There is no document of civilization that is not at the same time a document of barbarism. Walter Benjamin
civilization magazines adequate
We do not see the danger clearly enough that we develop images adequate to our state of civilization. When you watch TV, you know instantly that there's something wrong with the images. When you open a magazine and see the ads, you know there's something wrong with the images. And it's unhealthy and not good and outright dangerous, in my opinion. Werner Herzog
civilization dinosaurs adequate
We live in a society that has no adequate images anymore, and if we do not find adequate images and an adequate language for our civilization with which to express them, we will die out like the dinosaurs.
civilization texting vehemence
There's a completely new culture out there. I'm not a participant of texting and driving - or texting at all - but I see there's something going on in civilization which is coming with great vehemence at us.
civilization healthy west
I was shaped by the west and have lived most of my life in it, and nothing would gratify me more than to see it in all its subregions and subcultures both prosperous and environmentally healthy, with a civilization to match its scenery. Wallace Stegner
civilization iron soul
This extraordinary metal, the soul of every manufacture, and the mainspring perhaps of civilised society. Of iron. Samuel Smiles
civilization cities storm
The city is the nerve center of our civilization. It is also the storm center,
civilization cities serious
The city has become a serious menace to our civilization It has a peculiar attraction for the immigrant.
civilization race justice
Civilization is not a spontaneous generation with any race or nation known to history, but the torch to be handed from race to race from age to age. Kelly Miller
civilization atmosphere kali
In Kali yuga, whole atmosphere is surcharged with faithlessness, Material sense gratification is standard of civilization. Radhanath Swami