Civilization Quotes
Thoughts on what societies leave behind.
These lines take a wide view of civilization, from questioning claims about lost ancient cultures to noting how useful ideas can curdle over time. Related reading includes History quotes.
A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely.
Popular Quotes Topics for You.
Through a mix of market forces and regulation, we've brought civilization to the electronic provinces.
The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.
The center of Western culture is Greece, and we have never lost our ties with the architectural concepts of that ancient civilization.
The Nobel Prizes are much more than awards to scholars; they are a celebration of civilization, of mankind, and of what makes humans unique - that is their intellect from which springs creativity.
I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming...
It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct.
The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.
Right now we're working on finishing up Pirates! for the Xbox, we're developing Civilization IV and we've got a couple other games in development that we'll tell you about soon.
Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization.
Brands are essentially forbidden from saying or associating themselves with the Olympics - something that has been commonly owned by Western Civilization since the Greeks - unless they hand over piles of cash to the Games.
One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals.
In order for the students' development and the outer development of civilization to coincide, we need a faculty whose interest is not limited to specialized educational practices. Rather, this faculty must be fully involved in the broader aspects of life.
Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants.
My play is the ultimate expression of my feeling of the twilight of Western civilization.
