Civilization quotes
66 civilization quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: The Talented Mr. Ripley
- La trovi in Motivational Quotes
- From the movie: Moonraker
- From the movie: The Day After Tomorrow
“- Jason Evans: What do you think's going to happen to us?
- Jack Hall: What do you mean?
- Jason Evans: I mean us? Civilization? Everyone?
- Jack Hall: Mankind survived the last ice age. We're certainly capable of surviving this one. All depends on whether or not we're able to learn from our mistakes.” - From the movie: Mars Attacks!
“We know they're extremely advanced technologically, which suggests - very rightfully so - that they're peaceful. An advanced civilization, by definition, is not barbaric.”
- From the movie: The Mist
- From the movie: Cobra
“- Night Slasher: The court is civilized, isn't it pig?
- Lieutenant Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti: But I'm not. This is where the law stops and I start, sucker!” - From the movie: Men at Work
- From the movie: Man of the House
- From the movie: Alive
“To be affronted by solitude without decadence, or a single material thing to prostitute, it elevates you to a spiritual plane, where I felt the presence of God. Now, there's the God they taught me about at school, and there is the God that's hidden by what surrounds us in this civilization. That's the God that I met on the mountain.”
- From the movie: Blaze
“Civilization is at the crossroads in every department.”
- From the movie: King Kong
- From the TV Series: Frank Herbert's Dune
“Arrakis. Dune. Wasteland of the Empire, and the most valuable planet in the Universe. Because it is here and only here, where spice is found. Without the spice, there is no commerce in the empire, no civilization. Arrakis. Dune. Home of the Spice, most valuable treasure in the universe. And he who controls it, controls our destiny.”
- From the movie: Lone Star
“To run a successful civilization, you have got to have your lines of demarcation: between right 'n' wrong, between this'n 'n' that'n.”
- From the movie: Gremlins 2: The New Batch
“Because of the end of civilization, the Clamp Cable Network now leaves the air. We hope you've enjoyed our programming, but more importantly, we hope you've enjoyed... life.”
- From the movie: Gangs of New York
“Civilization is crumbling.”
- From the movie: Batman Begins
- From the movie: Last of the Dogmen
- From the movie: 2012
“To be human means to care for each other and civilization means to work together to create a better life.”
- From the movie: Grosse Pointe Blank
“- Debi Newberry: How come you never learned that it was wrong? That there are certain things you do not do, you do not do in a civilized society?
- Martin Q. Blank: Which civilizations are we talking about?
- Debi Newberry: Oh, shut up!
- Martin Q. Blank: I mean, history...
- Debi Newberry: Shut up!” - From the movie: The Constant Gardener
“No, there are no murders in Africa. Only regrettable deaths. And from those deaths we derive the benefits of civilization, benefits we can afford so easily... because those lives were bought so cheaply.”
- From the movie: Munich
“Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.”
- From the movie: The Gods Must Be Crazy
“They live in the vastness of the Kalahari in small family groups. One family of Bushmen might meet up with another once in a few years, but for the most part they live in complete isolation, unaware there are other people in the world. In the deep Kalahari, there are Bushmen who have never seen or heard of civilized man.”
- From the movie: Ninotchka
“How can such a civilization survive which permits their women to put things like that on their heads?”
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