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Civilizations Quotes (page 35)

...the social mould civilization fits us into have no more relation to our actual shapes than the conventional shapes of the constellations have to the real star-patterns. I am called Mrs. Richard Phillotson, living a calm wedded life with my counterpart of that name. But I am not really Mrs. Richard Phillotson, but a woman tossed about, all alone, with aberrant passions, and unaccountable antipathies... Thomas Hardy
When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more noble her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, goodness, the more a man has to aspire to be worthy of her. The history of civilization could actually be written in terms of the level of its women. Fulton J. Sheen
Neil Gaiman quote: "Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and..."
Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism. Neil Gaiman
I have something to fight for and live for; that makes me a better killer. I've got what amounts to a religion now. It's learning how to breathe all over again. And how to lie in the sun getting a tan, letting the sun work into you. And how to hear music and how to read a book. What does your civilization offer? Ray Bradbury
[Educated blacks] Society refuses to consider them genuine Negroes. The Negro is a savage, whereas the student is civilized. "You're us," and if anyone thinks you are a Negro he is mistaken, because you merely look like one. Frantz Fanon
Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall. Frank Lloyd Wright
Isaac Asimov quote: "The advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in the..."
The advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in the limiting of privacy. Isaac Asimov
We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over and actually read a volume of four or five hundred pages. Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you study history and look at every civilization that has grown up and died off, they all leave one remnant: a major sports colosseum at the heart of their capital. Our fate can be different; but only if we start doing things differently. Thomas Friedman
Herbert Prochnow quote: "A visitor from Mars could easily pick out civilized nations...."
A visitor from Mars could easily pick out civilized nations. They have the best implements of war. Herbert Prochnow
O poor New England! There is a deep laid plot against your civil and religious liberties, and they will be lost. Your golden days are at an end. You have nothing but trouble before you. . . . Your liberties will be lost. George Whitefield
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history..."
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent. Henry David Thoreau
It's very difficult for a black man to get out of South-Central Los Angeles, and get out civilized....The only men I know who have escaped, all began reading Robert Heinlein at age ten. Larry Niven
Leo Tolstoy quote: "But that's just the aim of civilization - to make everything a..."
But that's just the aim of civilization - to make everything a source of enjoyment. Leo Tolstoy
I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street? Alan Bennett

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