Back in the day, it was either both a mother and her daughter had pubic hair, or the daughter didn’t. Today, in many a case, the mother is the one who doesn’t.

The more civilized people are, the more honorable working hard is to them. As a result, the more civilized we get, the less we live.

Morals are nothing but a civilized society’s attempt to tame some beast called man.

All civilized wo/men are prostitutes: Some sell what's between their legs; the rest sell what's between their ears.

An angry artist tells people what (he thinks) they need to hear. A hungry artist tells people what (he thinks) they want to hear.

Civilization is the commercialization of survival.

Civilization transformed man from a food gatherer to a gatherer of pieces of paper: diplomas, employment contracts, money, etc.

Our ignorance has left us proud of some of the things of which we ought to be ashamed.

We human beings regard ourselves as (or compare ourselves to) animals only when it suits us.