Quotes of: Civilised Keyword

La civilisation chrétienne avait [...] perverti en condamnant les joies les plus belles que Dieu ait données à l'homme.

René Barjavel

I have a flat in Paris and go there a lot, but the Eurostar's much more civilised than flying.

Michael Bond

Jesus is absolutely at the centre of Western civilisation and part of my fascination with him is, why? What is it about this particular man and his story?

Simon Callow

The great changes in civilisation and society have been wrought by deeply held beliefs and passion rather than by a process of rational deduction.

Paul Keating

As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge, not a uniform you can't take off.

David Mitchell

Civilisation and the life of nations are governed by the same laws as prevail throughout nature and organic life.

Ernst Haeckel

Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It's where it all began and ended.

Alan Furst

The Japanese keenly learned from Western civilisation in a bid to modernize and preserve the nation.

Akihito

Despite all the achievements of civilisation, the human being is still one of the most vulnerable creatures on earth.

Vladimir Putin

Fuck you, diet,” said Stuart. “The diet schmeer is the end of civilisation as we know it.

Looking After Joey

Right conscience and at the higher level conscientious deeds (spirituality) is the order of civilised and society-responsible men

Priyavrat Thareja

The Bradshaws suggests an extraordinary civilisation that existed long before modern man reached the British Isles.

Richard Flanagan

Ask, 'How are we different from the great apes?' We have culture, we have civilisation, and we have language to be celebrated as part of being human.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

On ne comprends rien à la civilisation moderne, si l'on n'admet pas d'abord qu'elle est une conspiration universelle contre toute espèce de vie intérieure.

Georges Bernanos

Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is one of the architectural peak periods in western civilisation.

Harry Seidler

To me you cannot be fully human, fully civilised, unless you recognise humanity in everyone.

Hillary Clinton

Pretending is the basis of civilised society, and it is sometimes necessary for all of us. Without it we are nothing more than a pack of snarling dogs.

Jeff Lindsay

Scientific men can hardly escape the charge of ignorance with regard to the precise effect of the impact of modern science upon the mode of living of the people and upon their civilisation.

Frederick Soddy

Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle.

Aleister Crowley

Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilised folk to despise war.

Allan Massie

The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing more.

Notes from Underground