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Civilized Quotes

Civilization is only possible for deeply unpleasant animals. It is only an ape that can be truly civilized Picture Quote #1

You have a lot to learn, young man. Philosophy. Theology. Literature. Poetry. Drama. History. Archeology. Anthropology. Mythology. Music. These are your tools as much as brush and pigment. You cannot be an artist until you are civilized. You cannot be civilized until you learn. To be civilized is to know where you belong in the continuum of our art and your world. To surmount the past, you must know the past Picture Quote #1

My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life Picture Quote #1

No domestic animal can be as still as a wild animal. The civilized people have lost the aptitude of stillness, and must take lessons in silence from the wild before they are accepted by it Picture Quote #1

Cold love’s the loveliest love of all. So clear, so crisp, so empty. In short, so civilized Picture Quote #1

I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people. I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and play false. But this knowledge does not outweigh the fact that my class, the working class, is exploited, driven, fought back with the weapon of starvation, with guns and with venal courts whenever they strike for conditions more human, more civilized for their children, and for their children’s children Picture Quote #1

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Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life’s most civilized pleasures Picture Quote #1

Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough Picture Quote #1

The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical... Any man who for one moment abandons or suspends the questioning spirit has for that moment betrayed humanity Picture Quote #1

The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts Picture Quote #1

Americans have been the greatest destroyers of land of any race or people, barbaric or civilized Picture Quote #1

Marriage is treated by all civilized societies as a peculiar and favored contract. It is in its origin a contract of natural law... It is the parent, and not the child of society; the source of civility and a sort of seminary of the republic Picture Quote #1

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A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized. Sometimes I listen to songs by very smart writers who assume that the world is a civil place with certain formalities that people follow, but I don’t see things that way. My own experience tells me that life is not like that. That’s why I write the way I do Picture Quote #1

And once again the government has failed to get the kind of cooperation from the relatives that might allow the case of this young boy to end in a civilized manner that is best for him Picture Quote #1

The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. It is about the realities of what makes for an attractive, civilized, meaningful environment, not about fashion or what’s in or what’s out. This is not an easy job Picture Quote #1

We need some contact with the things we sprang from. We need nature at least as a part of the context of our lives. Without cities we cannot be civilized. Without nature, without wilderness even, we are compelled to renounce an important part of our heritage Picture Quote #1

Since art is a virtue of the intellect, it demands to communicate with the entire universe of the intellect. Hence it is that the normal climate of art is intelligence and knowledge: its normal soil, the civilized heritage of a consistent and integrated system of beliefs and values; its normal horizon, the infinity of human experience enlighted by the passionate insight of anguish or the intellectual virtues of a contemplative mind Picture Quote #1

It’s so much more interesting to study a... damaged world. I find it difficult to learn anything in a place that’s too civilized Picture Quote #1

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For most of history, war has been a more or less functional institution, providing benefits for those societies that were good at it, although the cost in money, in lives, and in suffering was always significant. Only in the past century have large numbers of people begun to question the basic assumption of civilized societies that war is inevitable and often useful Picture Quote #1

The more I consider the condition of the white men, the more fixed becomes my opinion that, instead of gaining, they have lost much by subjecting themselves to what they call the laws and regulations of civilized socieities Picture Quote #1

I didn’t go to bookshops to buy. That’s a little bourgeois. I went because they were civilized places. It made me happy there were people who sat down and wrote and wrote and wrote and there were other people who devoted their lives to making those words into books. It was lovely. Like standing in the middle of civilization Picture Quote #1

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract Picture Quote #1

The great lie is that it is civilization. It’s not civilized. It has been literally the most blood thirsty brutalizing system ever imposed upon this planet. That is not civilization. That’s the great lie, is that it represents civilization Picture Quote #1

Just now one of the significant historical roles of the primal people of the world is not simply to sustain their own traditions, but call the entire civilized world back to a more authentic mode of being Picture Quote #1

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Victory may now require a level of force deemed objectionable by civilized peoples, meaning that some, for justifiable reasons, may be reluctant to pursue it. But victory has not become an ossified concept altogether Picture Quote #1

You may be a geek. You may have geek written all over you. You should aim to be the geek they will never forget. Don’t aim to be civilized. Don’t hope that straight people will keep you on as some sort of pet. To hell with them, they put you here. You should realize what society has made of you and take full revenge. Get weird. Get way weird. Get dangerously weird. Get sophisticatedly thoroughly weird and don’t do it half way, put every ounce of your horse power into it. Have the artistic courage to realize your significance in culture Picture Quote #1

It’s true we have our disagreements on border issues, we have disagreements on trade and related issues, but you don’t go invading a country whenever you have a dispute on trade issues,... We have more civilized mechanisms on resolving such problems Picture Quote #1

There is very little in civilized life that demands everything you got intellectually, physically, and emotionally. Driving is living. It’s aggressive instead of passive living Picture Quote #1

Poetry is priceless... a way of keeping yourself feeling rich and civilized even when you’re quite poor Picture Quote #1

Wherever we direct our view, we discover the melancholy proofs of our depravity; whether we look to ancient or modern times, to barbarous or civilized nations, to the conduct of the world around us, or to the monitor within the breast; whether we read, or hear, or act, or think, or feel, the same humiliating lesson is forced upon us Picture Quote #1

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Civilization is only possible for deeply unpleasant animals. It is only an ape that can be truly civilized (Civilized Quotes) You have a lot to learn, young man. Philosophy. Theology. Literature. Poetry. Drama. History. Archeology. Anthropology. Mythology. Music. These are your tools as much as brush and pigment. You cannot be an artist until you are civilized. You cannot be civilized until you learn. To be civilized is to know where you belong in the continuum of our art and your world. To surmount the past, you must know the past (Civilized Quotes) My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life (Civilized Quotes) No domestic animal can be as still as a wild animal. The civilized people have lost the aptitude of stillness, and must take lessons in silence from the wild before they are accepted by it (Civilized Quotes) Cold love’s the loveliest love of all. So clear, so crisp, so empty. In short, so civilized (Civilized Quotes) I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people. I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and play false. But this knowledge does not outweigh the fact that my class, the working class, is exploited, driven, fought back with the weapon of starvation, with guns and with venal courts whenever they strike for conditions more human, more civilized for their children, and for their children’s children (Civilized Quotes) Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life’s most civilized pleasures (Civilized Quotes) Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough (Civilized Quotes) The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical... Any man who for one moment abandons or suspends the questioning spirit has for that moment betrayed humanity (Civilized Quotes) The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts (Civilized Quotes) Americans have been the greatest destroyers of land of any race or people, barbaric or civilized (Civilized Quotes) Marriage is treated by all civilized societies as a peculiar and favored contract. It is in its origin a contract of natural law... It is the parent, and not the child of society; the source of civility and a sort of seminary of the republic (Civilized Quotes) A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized. Sometimes I listen to songs by very smart writers who assume that the world is a civil place with certain formalities that people follow, but I don’t see things that way. My own experience tells me that life is not like that. That’s why I write the way I do (Civilized Quotes) And once again the government has failed to get the kind of cooperation from the relatives that might allow the case of this young boy to end in a civilized manner that is best for him (Civilized Quotes) The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. It is about the realities of what makes for an attractive, civilized, meaningful environment, not about fashion or what’s in or what’s out. This is not an easy job (Civilized Quotes) We need some contact with the things we sprang from. We need nature at least as a part of the context of our lives. Without cities we cannot be civilized. Without nature, without wilderness even, we are compelled to renounce an important part of our heritage (Civilized Quotes) Since art is a virtue of the intellect, it demands to communicate with the entire universe of the intellect. Hence it is that the normal climate of art is intelligence and knowledge: its normal soil, the civilized heritage of a consistent and integrated system of beliefs and values; its normal horizon, the infinity of human experience enlighted by the passionate insight of anguish or the intellectual virtues of a contemplative mind (Civilized Quotes) It’s so much more interesting to study a... damaged world. I find it difficult to learn anything in a place that’s too civilized (Civilized Quotes) For most of history, war has been a more or less functional institution, providing benefits for those societies that were good at it, although the cost in money, in lives, and in suffering was always significant. Only in the past century have large numbers of people begun to question the basic assumption of civilized societies that war is inevitable and often useful (Civilized Quotes) The more I consider the condition of the white men, the more fixed becomes my opinion that, instead of gaining, they have lost much by subjecting themselves to what they call the laws and regulations of civilized socieities (Civilized Quotes) I didn’t go to bookshops to buy. That’s a little bourgeois. I went because they were civilized places. It made me happy there were people who sat down and wrote and wrote and wrote and there were other people who devoted their lives to making those words into books. It was lovely. Like standing in the middle of civilization (Civilized Quotes) The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract (Civilized Quotes) The great lie is that it is civilization. It’s not civilized. It has been literally the most blood thirsty brutalizing system ever imposed upon this planet. That is not civilization. That’s the great lie, is that it represents civilization (Civilized Quotes) Just now one of the significant historical roles of the primal people of the world is not simply to sustain their own traditions, but call the entire civilized world back to a more authentic mode of being (Civilized Quotes) Victory may now require a level of force deemed objectionable by civilized peoples, meaning that some, for justifiable reasons, may be reluctant to pursue it. But victory has not become an ossified concept altogether (Civilized Quotes) You may be a geek. You may have geek written all over you. You should aim to be the geek they will never forget. Don’t aim to be civilized. Don’t hope that straight people will keep you on as some sort of pet. To hell with them, they put you here. You should realize what society has made of you and take full revenge. Get weird. Get way weird. Get dangerously weird. Get sophisticatedly thoroughly weird and don’t do it half way, put every ounce of your horse power into it. Have the artistic courage to realize your significance in culture (Civilized Quotes) It’s true we have our disagreements on border issues, we have disagreements on trade and related issues, but you don’t go invading a country whenever you have a dispute on trade issues,... We have more civilized mechanisms on resolving such problems (Civilized Quotes) There is very little in civilized life that demands everything you got intellectually, physically, and emotionally. Driving is living. It’s aggressive instead of passive living (Civilized Quotes) Poetry is priceless... a way of keeping yourself feeling rich and civilized even when you’re quite poor (Civilized Quotes) Wherever we direct our view, we discover the melancholy proofs of our depravity; whether we look to ancient or modern times, to barbarous or civilized nations, to the conduct of the world around us, or to the monitor within the breast; whether we read, or hear, or act, or think, or feel, the same humiliating lesson is forced upon us (Civilized Quotes)

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