Quotes and aphorisms about civilizations Johan Rockstrom Abdelaziz Bouteflika Abdelaziz Bouteflika Carlisle Floyd Ilan Stavans Indya Moore Inga Muscio ,, Words outlive people, institutions, civilizations. Words spur images, associations, memories, inspi... Haile Selassie L. Ron Hubbard T. E. Lawrence ,, Arab civilizations had been of an abstract nature, moral and intellectual rather than applied; and ...