Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Without books, the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are engines of chang...
When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling my students that 'civil procedure is the etiquette of ritualized battle.' The phrase, which did not originate with me, captured the point that peaceful, develo...
China is a civilization pretending to be a nation.
Civilization is the commercialization of survival.
What I tell you three times is true. What I tell you three million times is civilization.
Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.
Inequality was the price of civilization.
the veneer of civilization is exceedingly thin
Civilization is a scheme to hide nakedness.
When I came back into show business in '88 after spending 20-odd years in the civil service, it wasn't planned.
When humor goes, there goes civilization.
Education is the transmission of civilization.
The family is the nucleus of civilization.
War diminishes both civil and economic rights.
It's very difficult to marry into another civilization.
Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization.
Reading is an activity of civilized beings.
In this respect, the history of science, like the history of all civilization, has gone through cycles.
I certainly support civil unions.
Cities are the crucible of civilization.
Without adventure civilization is in full decay.