Angela Merkel

I can say that we are very clear in our mind about the responsibility of the national soldiers for the break with civilisation that was the Shoah. We are firmly convinced that this is something that will have to be handed over to generations to come... so we don't see any reason to change our view of history.

German Statesman

Neil deGrasse Tyson

For most of human civilization, the pace of innovation has been so slow that a generation might pass before a discovery would influence your life, culture or the conduct of nations.

American Scientist

Ray Bradbury

Collecting facts is important. Knowledge is important. But if you don't have an imagination to use the knowledge, civilization is nowhere.

American Writer

Stephen Hawking

I think it quite likely that we are the only civilization within several hundred light years; otherwise we would have heard radio waves.

English Physicist

Will Rogers

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

American Actor

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

American Philosopher

Werner Herzog

Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.

German Director

Bill Gates

Really advanced civilization is based on advances in energy.

American Businessman

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever.

Russian Author

Victor Hugo

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

French Author

Refers to a society’s advancements, like laws, art, or technology over time.

Social Progress

Civilization doesn't only mean cities; it includes rural contributions to societal development.

Not Just Cities

Highlights the association of 'civilization' with modern facilities in urban areas.

Urban Comforts

Suggests the absence of 'civilization' when in nature or remote areas.

Not Wilderness

Emphasizes a civilization's unique cultural attributes and lifestyle.

Cultural Identity

Understanding civilization often involves learning when and where it existed.

Historical Context

Represents the pinnacle of collective human effort and wisdom.

Human Achievement

Used when describing societies with complex institutions and capabilities.

Advanced Society

 the vast worlds beyond our planet, and the tiny ones right around us. It is hard to imagine modern civilization without glass. And yet for such an important material we rarely think about glass and its impact. It is precisely because the most important and useful quality of glass is being featureless and invisible

Why is glass transparent?...

 At some point in your life, you've probably eaten a potato. Delicious, for sure, but the fact is potatoes have played a much more significant role in our history than just that of the dietary staple we have come to know and love today. Without the potato, our modern civilization might not exist at all.

History through the eyes...

 This period of history was a golden age of Islamic culture, during which many achievements of previous civilizations were preserved and further developed, resulting in fundamental advancements in scientific study and mathematics. Accompanying this was an increasingly sophisticated use of abstraction

The complex geometry of...

 deliberately or otherwise, through electromagnetic signals of one kind or another. And yet we see no convincing evidence of any of it. Why? Well, there are numerous possible answers, some of them quite dark. Maybe a single, superintelligent civilization has indeed taken over the galaxy

Questions No One Knows...

 using body parts or tally marks. But as the complexity of life increased, along with the number of things to count, these methods were no longer sufficient. So as they developed, different civilizations came up with ways of recording higher numbers.

A brief history of...

 civilization to success math specifically measurement mathematics helped egyptians understand and harness their world with numbers like no other civilization had before they developed a new form of measurement called the qubit it was used to design

Ancient Egypt 101 PIPE...

 for more than a hundred years. Whether these two great civilizations, these two great countries, can in fact carve out a common future for themselves and for the world? In short, can we carve out a future which is peaceful and mutually prosperous,

Are China and the US...

 environment that has allowed our species and civilization to thrive we're certainly more advanced than the dinosaurs but that doesn't mean that we're much better at coping with sudden change on a global scale

Does the Planet Need...

 But, civilization is just that - advanced, complex societies. And without farming, they would not exist. Villages increased in size, eventually becoming the first cities.

How farming planted...

 kind of global catastrophe a doomsday event civilization has collapsed and the vast majority of humanity has died with some survived let's say this