The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world. Charles Darwin English Scientist More Charles Darwin Quotes 2
Instead of isolating our school and our many subjects from the every day world, we intend to plant it not merely in the French capital, but in what for next summer at least will be the focal point, the capital of the entire civilized world. Patrick Geddes Scottish Scientist More Patrick Geddes Quotes 1
Television is not vulgar because people are vulgar; it is vulgar because people are similar in their prurient interests and sharply differentiated in their civilized concerns. George Gilder American Writer More George Gilder Quotes 0
There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom. Mahmoud Abbas Palestinian Statesman More Mahmoud Abbas Quotes 0
The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else. Lascelles Abercrombie British Poet More Lascelles Abercrombie Quotes 0
Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth. Edward Dahlberg American Novelist More Edward Dahlberg Quotes 0
There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war. Amelia Earhart American Aviator More Amelia Earhart Quotes 0
Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized. Dean Inge English Author More Dean Inge Quotes 0
Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. Thomas Jefferson American President More Thomas Jefferson Quotes 0
One has to work for years and decades, to conduct negotiations, to stand for positions and points of view, to jointly develop a civilized view on the administrative and state organization of Chechnya. Akhmad Kadyrov Chechen Statesman More Akhmad Kadyrov Quotes 0
The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life. Arthur Keith Scottish Scientist More Arthur Keith Quotes 0
The simultaneous reactions elicited all over the world by the reading of newspaper dispatches about the same events create, as it were, a common mental pulse beat for the whole of civilized mankind. Christian Lous Lange Norwegian Politician More Christian Lous Lange Quotes 0
We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age. Thomas B. Macaulay English Historian More Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes 0
The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions. Naguib Mahfouz Egyptian Novelist More Naguib Mahfouz Quotes 0
The Queen Mary was the most civilized and luxurious way one could travel to America in the late 1930s. Maureen O'Hara Irish Actress More Maureen O'Hara Quotes 0
I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time. Sally Quinn American Journalist More Sally Quinn Quotes 0
Everyone town of 100,000 in the United States should have a Classical Theater supported by the town, or the state of the county, or the Federal Government, as they have in every civilized country. Tony Randall American Actor More Tony Randall Quotes 0
When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized. Ayn Rand Russian Writer More Ayn Rand Quotes 0
A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized. Suzanne Vega American Musician More Suzanne Vega Quotes 0
The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength. Jose Luis Rodr?guez Zapatero Spanish Statesman More Jose Luis Rodr?guez Zapatero Quotes 0
Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane. Howard Zinn American Historian More Howard Zinn Quotes 0
They have some pretty tough gun laws in Japan, as they do in any other civilized country in the world, and they're not killing each other off with firearms. You have very violent films in Europe, yet it's not causing the mayhem we see in our streets routinely here. Michael D. Barnes American Politician More Michael D. Barnes Quotes 0
Why do people so love to wander? I think the civilized parts of the World will suffice for me in the future. Mary Cassatt American Artist More Mary Cassatt Quotes 0
Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional. Donald Berwick American Public Servant More Donald Berwick Quotes 0