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Anyone could be savage. Everywhere could go dark

Quoted by Maya Jasanoff

Nature Civilization Savage

What 'primitive' men called gossip, 'civilized' men call news.

Quoted by Mokokoma Mokhonoana

News Civilization Gossip Newspapers Primitive Call Men

A civilization must be judged by its standards not by its expenditure.

Quoted by Amit Kalantri

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There is no document of civilization that is not also a document of barbarism.

Quoted by Walter Benjamin

History Barbarism Cruelty Violence Civilization Document

If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible.

Quoted by Honore de Balzac

Youth Civilization Ignorant

Adoration is a sign of an infant civilization.

Quoted by Toba Beta

Worship Civilization Early Idolatry Infant Sign

Societies in decline have no use for visionaries.

Quoted by Anais Nin

Revolution Civilization Inspiration Decline

Orgy-porgy, round and round and round, beating one another in six-eight time.

Quoted by Aldous Huxley

Society Civilization Collective Destruction Industrialism Orgy Sadism Violence Beating

[O]ne person's 'barbarian' is another person's 'just doing what everybody else is doing.

Quoted by Susan Sontag

Society Barbarians Civilization Culture Double Standards Morality Normalcy Perception Perspective Prejudice Standards Everybody Else

[O]ne person's 'barbarian' is another person's 'just doing what everybody else is doing.

Quoted by Susan Sontag

Society Barbarians Civilization Culture Double Standards Morality Normalcy Perception Perspective Prejudice Standards Everybody Else

[O]ne person's 'barbarian' is another person's 'just doing what everybody else is doing.

Quoted by Susan Sontag

Prejudice Barbarians Civilization Culture Double Standards Morality Normalcy Perception Perspective Society Standards Everybody Else

A city is a right place to build a business but not a right place to build a home.

Quoted by Amit Kalantri

City Cities City Life Civilization Modern Life Population Traffic Urban Urban Life Village Build Business Place Right Place

Most of human history had been industry versus nature, with industry winning.

Quoted by Joe Haldeman

Development Civilization Industrialization History Human Human History Industry

And what is civilization if it ain't people talking over a goddamned beer?

Quoted by James S.A. Corey

Beer Civilization People Talking

[O]ne person's 'barbarian' is another person's 'just doing what everybody else is doing.

Quoted by Susan Sontag

Standards Barbarians Civilization Culture Double Standards Morality Normalcy Perception Perspective Prejudice Society Everybody Else

[O]ne person's 'barbarian' is another person's 'just doing what everybody else is doing.

Quoted by Susan Sontag

Perspective Barbarians Civilization Culture Double Standards Morality Normalcy Perception Prejudice Society Standards Everybody Else

Good sex is the basis of any truly civilized society.

Quoted by Gil A. Waters

Sex Civilization Sexuality Society Basis Civilized

The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex.

Quoted by Hugh Hefner

Sex Civilization Religion Force Major World

So much for progress. How quickly civilization could dissolve into its more ugly elements.

Quoted by Kate Atkinson

Progress Civilization Elements Ugly Dissolve Quickly

Knowledge is the key to the development of civilization.

Quoted by Eraldo Banovac

Key Acquiring Knowledge Civilization Development Knowledge

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