#civilization

I would seriously question whether anybody is really foolish enough to really say what they mean. Sometimes I think that civilization as we know it would kind of break down if we all were completely honest. ↗

— Elizabeth Hurley

#break #civilization #completely #down #enough

That is why I come forward tonight without any political label, without any bias, but just simply as an Englishman to say to you: a crime is being committed against civilization. ↗

— John Amery

#any #being #bias #civilization #come

Had the Hebrews not been disturbed in their progress a thousand and more years ago, they would have solved all the great problems of civilization which are being solved now under all the difficulties imposed by the spirit of the Middle Ages. ↗

— Isaac Mayer Wise

#ago #been #being #civilization #difficulties

When humor goes, there goes civilization. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#civilization #goes

But it is a law of life and development in history where two national civilizations meet they fight for ascendancy. ↗

— Bernhard von Bulow

#civilizations #development #fight #history #law

Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#into #turn #vegetables #without #would

Civilization and profit go hand in hand. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#go #hand #profit

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#civilization #did #had #i #many

We must not try to force him to take civilization immediately in its complete form, but under just laws, guaranteeing to Indians equal civil laws, the Indian question, a source of such dishonor to our country and of shame to true patriots, will soon be a thing of the past. ↗

— George Crook

#civilization #complete #country #dishonor #equal

From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization. ↗

— Friedrich Engels

#day #driving #first #greed #sheer