Civilisation Quotes
Civilisation Quote of the day
Diaspora starts about a thousand years from now. Most of human civilisation has moved inside computers; essentially, a major branch of our descendants consists of conscious software.
Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is one of the architectural peak periods in western civilisation.
Civilisation never dies, it may change, but it is eternal. Where the paddy field is born on the dry river bed of Titash, there begins another civilisation.
The idea of an Afrikaner people as a cultural entity and religious group with a special language will be retained in South Africa as long as civilisation stands.
Our shouting is louder than our actions, Our swords are taller than us, This is our tragedy. In short We wear the cape of civilisation But our souls live in the stone age
During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.
Newspaper : A device unable to distinguish between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilisation.
Modern war and modern civilisation are utterly incompatible...one or the other must go.
Civilisation has, indeed, become a slaughtering-car crowned by a grinning effigy of Comfort, before which man blindly and voluntarily hurls himself in his own ignorance.
Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or of race
The penetration of society by the Internet and the penetration of the Internet by society is the best thing that has ever happened to global human civilisation.
Civilisation, the orderly world in which we live, is frail. We are skating on thin ice. There is a fear of a collective disaster. Terrorism, genocide, flu, tsunamis.
Advice for a human 86. To like something is to insult it. Love it or hate it. Be passionate. As civilisation advances, so does indifference. It is a disease. Immunize yourself with art. And love.
The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single greater whole.
Europe is standing on the brink of the greatest tragedy in the history of the human race: a new world war, that may involve the doom of our entire civilisation.
Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.
I think that sexuality is the part of human beings that is closest to nature. And nature is dangerous somehow, yes, if you put nature against civilisation, nature is definitely a threat.
The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.
Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We have everything we need except political will, but political will is a renewable resource.
Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It's where it all began and ended.
Are there no Moravians in the Moon, that not a missionary has yet visited this poor pagan planet of ours, to civilise civilisation and christianise Christendom?
Fancy cutting down all those beautiful trees...to make pulp for those bloody newspapers, and calling it civilisation.
It is an ideology born out of hatred and its adherents belong to no religion, culture or civilisation.
What is the difference between a 2°C world and a 4°C world? Human civilisation!
It gave me a moment of exquisite satisfaction to find myself moving away from civilisation in this rude canvas canoe of a model that has served primitive races since men first went to sea.
We have written the evidence of our existence onto the surface of our planet. Our civilisation has become a beacon, that identifies our planet as home to life.
What we are witnessing now is a clash of civilisations, not just between states but within them.
There can be little doubt that in many ways the story of bridge building is the story of civilisation. By it we can readily measure an important part of a people's progress.
I like looking at the countryside as well as anyone... a little countryside goes a long way, but it's almost like the DNA of a civilisation is in its cities.
The Hindu civilisation is a diabolical contrivance to enslave humanity. Its proper name would be infamy.
We are embarking on the biggest project in human civilisation," he said. "We must ensure that the United States ... is part of such post-2012 arrangements.
At every stage of understanding the universe better, the benefits to civilisation have been immeasurable. None of those big leaps were made with us knowing what was going to happen.
The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the future of Christian civilisation.
The sword of Mahomet, and the Coran, are the most stubborn enemies of Civilisation, Liberty, and Truth, which the world has yet known.
The creation of a nuclear weapons convention is not only achievable, it is imperative if civilisation is to survive.
Without the law, you can't have society. But without the arts, you can't have civilisation
letters are not the first, but the last step in the progression from barbarism to civilisation.
I'm considered homophobic and crazy about these things and old fashioned. But I think that the family - father, mother, children - is fundamental to our civilisation.
The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.
It is a sure criterion of the civilisation of ancient Egypt that the soldiers did not carry arms except on duty, and that the private citizens did not carry them at all.
The realization of justice is, in the actual state of things, a matter of life or death for society and for civilisation itself.
The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splendid civilisation.
A stable climate is the most fundamental resource of all. No one has yet built a civilisation in an unstable climate
Chemistry... is like the maid occupied with daily civilisation; she is busy with fertilisers, medicines, glass, insecticides ... for she dispenses the recipes.
No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values.
