“ If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it's game over. It's control-alt-delete for civilization. Bill Nye
“ The only hope for civilization is the greater freedom, development and equality of women. William Moulton Marston
“ My characters are more like men than these real men are, see. They're rough and rude, they got hands and they got bellies. They hate and they lust; break the skin of civilization and you find the ape,… Robert E. Howard
“ Where the human need for order meetsthe human tendency to mayhem, where civilization runs smack against its discontents, you find friction, and a great deal of general wear and tear. Ian Mcewan
“ If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power. Harriet Martineau
“ I am well convinced that Aerial Navigation will form a most prominent feature in the progress of civilization. (1804) George Cayley
“ Civilization on Earth planet was equated with selfishness and greed; those people who lived in a civilized state exploited those who did not. There were shortages of vital commodities on Earth planet,… Cristopher Priest
“ The human landscape of the New World shows a conquest of nature by an intelligence that does not love it. Northrop Frye
“ The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of the nation, is close to the center of a nation's purpose - and is a test to the quality of a nation's civilization. John F. Kennedy
“ Why do they [Americans] quarrel, why do they hate Negroes, Indians, even Germans, why do they not have science and poetry commensurate with themselves, why are there so many frauds and so much nonsens… Dmitri Mendeleev
“ But what's the point of freedom? Do you think you can change anything?''Of course not. We are waiting.''For what?''Until the world changes on it's own. That is the one truth of history. Everything end… Iain Pears
“ This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor... This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed. Heroism on command, sense… Albert Einstein
“ Before language, cavemen simply grunted, and then they used the club. Communication changed that. It's the mechanism that created civilization and prevents its own destruction. Greg Gutfeld
“ I think in our desire to create a better America,we have to have civilized debate in this country and not just yelling. Craig Ferguson
“ If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age. Jacques Barzun
