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The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Civilization Quotes,
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To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have read more

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.

by Bertrand Russell Found in: Civilization Quotes,
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You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.

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

by Will Rogers Found in: Civilization Quotes,
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Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.

Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.

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Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.

by Bill Cosby Found in: Civilization Quotes,
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In the advance of civilization, it is new knowledge which paves the way, and the pavement is eternal.

In the advance of civilization, it is new knowledge which paves the way, and the pavement is eternal.

by W. R. Whitney Found in: Civilization Quotes,
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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

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The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.

The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.

by Woodrow Wilson Found in: Civilization Quotes,
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Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

by Mark Twain Found in: Civilization Quotes,
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