Civilization is hideously fragile… there’s not much between us and the Horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish. – C.P. Snow Category: Civilization
Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta. – Brian Aldiss Category: Civilization
The dying process begins the minute we are born, but it accelerates during dinner parties. – Carol Matthau Category: Civilization
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering the prisons. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky Category: Civilization
I work in a strange business, and trust is a word thats not even in the vocabulary. – Kim Basinger Category: Business
If a cat spoke, it would say things like Hey, I dont see the problem here. – Roy Blount, Jr. Category: Cats
And I dont want to live anywhere where I am famous. It makes me very, very uncomfortable, because it conveys an advantage over people, and I dont like that. – Donna Leon Category: famous