More quotations tagged with “civilization”
When several villages are united in a single complete community, large enough to nearly or quite self-sufficing, the state comes into existence, originating in the bare needs of life, and continuing in existence for the sake of a good life.
—Aristotle
Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.
—Amos Bronson Alcott
I think God's going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding.
—Steven Wright
I'm optimistic about the future, but not about the future of this civilization. I'm optimistic about the civilization which will replace this one.
—James Baldwin
Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.
—Lincoln Steffens