The French have made conversation their claim to civilisation. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes civilisation claim conversation
Each person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of our time is how we penetrate this puzzle. Theodore Zeldin enigmagreatmystery Change image and share on social
We imagine that human nature doesn't change. We like to say that but I don't think it's true because we have, in the course of the centuries, altered ourselves. Theodore Zeldin altercenturychange Change image and share on social
The institution of marriage, if you look at it over many centuries, has come and gone. Theodore Zeldin centuryinstitutionmarriage Change image and share on social
I'm considered homophobic and crazy about these things and old fashioned. But I think that the family - father, mother, children - is fundamental to our civilisation. Rupert Murdoch childcivilisationconsider Change image and share on social
It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so he must labor upon her body, he must enter her body, to make his claim. Joyce Carol Oates bodyclaimenter Change image and share on social
We exist in this weirdly schizo culture, where sex is everywhere in the media, and yet, at the same time, you don't sit down and have a conversation about what you did in bed last night with your friends. Despite the ubiquity of sex, it's still a taboo when it comes to day-to-day conversation. Mary Roach bedconversationculture share on social