1,222 Quotes About Civilization

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built up upon a renunciation of instinct....

I hate paying taxes. But I love the civilization they give me

If Shakespeare had never existed, he asked, would the world have differed much from what it is today? Does the progress of civilization depend upon great men? Is the lot of the average human being better now that in the time of the Pharaohs?

It's funny how people think that they have "a right to life". Now isn't that the biggest load you ever heard? You don't have a right to shit your pants on Sunday. Let's take it back to the jungle. Where the fuck are your rights there? No layers in the jungle. Civilization has allowed the weak to survive. You can sit back and be an overweight, apathetic piece of shit, smoke your dope and still survive because you have a right to life.

The flush toilet, more than any single invention, has 'civilized' us in a way that religion and law could never accomplish.

Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.

The more I see of what you call civilization, the more highly I think of what you call savagery!

Se não aparecerem mulheres, importam-se, que é em Portugal para tudo o recurso natural. Aqui importa-se tudo. Leis, ideias, filosofias, teorias, assuntos, estéticas, ciências, estilos, indústrias, modas, maneiras, pilhérias, tudo nos vem em caixotes pelo paquete. A civilização custa-nos caríssima, com os direitos de alfândega:e é tudo em segunda mão, não foi feita para nós, fica-nos curta nas mangas...

The global industrial economy is the engine for massive environmental degradation and massive human (and nonhuman) impoverishment.