Eras Quotes · Page 8

The life of famous men was more glorious in antiquity; the life of obscure men is happier with the moderns.

— Madame de Stael

I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.

— Michael Jordan

We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration - in 1954.

— Constance Baker Motley

In the reality - TV era, unstable behavior become a valid career choice.

— James Poniewozik

I think there are nice things about every era. I wish we could just take the nice things.

— Nellie McKay

I think we are coming to a new era where people will record much faster.

— Andy Summers

I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.

— Tom Petty

In the era of big brains, life stories could end up any which way. Look at mine.

— Kurt Vonnegut

I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling…

— Florence Welch

There was definitely a lack of any sort of villain in the Clinton era, which is why, when Columbine happened, it was…

— Marilyn Manson

Someday we shall look back on this dark era of agriculture and shake our heads. How could we have ever believed that…

— Jane Goodall

I never put myself in a box. I like to have various different types of songs and different genres and situational songs.…

— Adrian Marcel

In the era of imperialism, businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked…

— Hannah Arendt

I can't watch a [Floyd] Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting. I used to watch boxing in the [Michael] Tyson era…

— Usain Bolt

As long as the sun rises over Ontario and sets over the Pacific, I will dedicate myself to bringing the people of…

— Ted Kulongoski

I'm too young to have experienced firsthand the '70s rock, but when I was in high school, me and my friends were…

— Bryan Lee O'Malley

I think liberals should accept that if we want big programs that significantly reduce inequality - and we should - it's going…

— Kevin Drum

With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening…

— Jordin Sparks

We're definitely in an era where the government wants to keep more secrets and it wants to come after anyone who's exposing…

— Laura Poitras

I went to England in the '70s, and I was in my early 20s. There was still a residue of that era…

— Geoffrey Rush

The new racism, like God, works in mysterious ways and is quite effective in maintaining white privilege. For example, instead of saying…

— Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

I have no doubt that in the future, wearable devices like Fitbit will know my blood pressure, hydration levels and blood sugar…

— Michael Dell

The general policy of the past has been to drive, but the era of force must give way to that of knowledge,…

— Benjamin Franklin

In an era of billion-person countries and trillion-pound economies, we need to find ways to amplify our voice. We are most likely…

— Douglas Alexander

It had nothing to do with gear or footwear or the backpacking fads or philosophies of any particular era or even with…

— Cheryl Strayed

If I- if I competed in Bruno Sammartino's era, I'd have been champion for 20 years, too. No, I'd have been champion…

— CM Punk

TV is such a success nowadays because it gives back in a way that features can't. If you go to a film,…

— Milo Ventimiglia

A half century from now, our grandchildren are likely to look back at the era of mass employment in the market with…

— Jeremy Rifkin

If it is true to say of the lazy that they kill time, then it is greatly to be feared that an…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Very few of the heroes of the Golden Age of American finance had much interest in the solid realities of what underlay…

— Robert Heilbroner

Treatment Plans and Interventions for Depression and Anxiety Disorders provides clinicians with essential guidelines to treat patients in the era of managed…

— Judith S. Beck

There is no ground whatever for the claim, so often made by religious apologists, that these ideals are specifically Christian and originated…

— Margaret E. Knight

I count myself fortunate to be able to participate in the life of science in this era.

— Polykarp Kusch

Back in my era, hacking was all about messing with other hackers. It was a hacker war.

— Michael Demon Calce

Enron and 9/11 marked the end of an era of individual freedom and the beginning of personal responsibility.

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Why is it I feel a new nostalgia for the era of the guillotine?

— Dennis Cooper

There's genuinely nothing on Earth like the 'Eras' tour.

— Gracie Abrams

Making the world safe for diversity, is one of the greatest tasks we face in the global era.

— Os Guinness

Some eras worship infancy; some, the aged. None as yet has adored middle age.

— Mason Cooley

I love to unwind and watch movies, especially those from the classic black-and-white era.

— Fred Savage