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Quote Genre: Civilization
Bertrand Russell – ‘To be able to fill leisure i…
‘To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization and at present very few people have reached this level.’
Quote Author: Bertrand Russell
Quote Genre: Civilization
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘SAUCE n. The one infallible …
‘SAUCE n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine. For every sauce invented and accepted a vice is renounced … Continue reading
Quote Author: Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
Quote Genre: Civilization
Ayn Rand – ‘Civilization is the progress…
‘Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savages whole existence is public ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.’
Quote Author: Ayn Rand
Quote Genre: Civilization
Henry Ward Beecher – ‘There can be no high civiliz…
‘There can be no high civilization where there is not ample leisure.’
Quote Author: Henry Ward Beecher
Quote Genre: Civilization
George Bancroft – ‘The exact measure of the pro…
‘The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.’
Quote Author: George Bancroft
Quote Genre: Civilization
Henry Allen – ‘It is better for civilizatio…
‘It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.’
Quote Author: Henry Allen
Quote Genre: Civilization
Brian Wilson Aldiss – ‘Civilization is the distance…
‘Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.’
Quote Author: Brian Wilson Aldiss
Quote Genre: Civilization
Martin Luther King Jr. – ‘There can be no deep disappo…
‘There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.’
Quote Author: Martin Luther King Jr.
Quote Genre: Civilization
John Stuart Mill – ‘I am not aware that any comm…
‘I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized.’
Quote Author: John Stuart Mill
Quote Genre: Civilization
George Meredith – ‘I expect that Woman will be …
‘I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man!’
Quote Author: George Meredith
Quote Genre: Civilization