Let no one refer to the sword of Napoleon I as the instrument of progress and civilization!
Elie DucommunFrom first to last the civilization of America has been bound up with its physical environment.
Ellsworth HuntingtonTravel, leave everything, copy the birds. The home is one of civilization’s sadnesses.
Gustave FlaubertCivilization is held together by duct tape and spit, and I'm worried about the duct tape.
Jacqueline PatricksCivilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
Jean-Jacques RousseauBookstores are lonely forts, spilling light onto the sidewalk. They civilize their neighborhoods.
John UpdikeI am a New Yorker, and 7:00 A.M. is a civilized hour to finish the day, not to start it.
Sonia Sotomayor