#civilization

Any civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children. ↗

— Charles Stross

#humor #religion #humor

Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

#arts #background #civilization #contemporary #dark

A civilization which has taken over the world cannot be said to be dying. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#civilization #dying #over #said #taken

Well, right now, I'm very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting thing would be to go to the beginning of civilization or precivilization - like polytheistic times. It would be interesting to see what came before modern religion and culture - what circumstances created the environment or the need for it. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#beginning #berlin #came #circumstances #civilization

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others. ↗

— Will Rogers

#learned #never #others #recognize #rights

You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way. ↗

— Will Rogers

#advance #civilization #every #kill #new

Western civilization shapes the content of my films, provides me with subjects that haven't been used before. ↗

— Eric Rohmer

#before #civilization #content #films #haven

Morocco as it is is a very fine place spoiled by civilization. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

#fine #morocco #place #spoiled #very

I say that almost everywhere there is beauty enough to fill a person's life if one would only be sensitive to it. but Henry says No: that broken beauty is only a torment, that one must have a whole beauty with man living in relation to it to have a rich civilization and art. . . . Is it because I am a woman that I accept what crumbs I may have, accept the hot-dog stands and amusement parks if I must, if the blue is bright beyond them and the sunset flushes the breasts of sea birds? ↗

— Elizabeth Coatsworth

#beauty #civilization #woman #art

If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#civilization #could #history #inextricably #linked