We must recognize the chief characteristic of the modern…

This is an era of violent peace.

— James D. Watkins

Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking ... Institutions of learning should…

— Abraham Flexner

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If a defining characteristic of the modern world is disorder, then the most fundamental act of resistance is to establish order.”

— Rod Dreher

One characteristic of modern poetry is that arrangement of parts which strikes many people as being violent or obscure.

— Muriel Rukeyser

“Modern war is distinguished by the fact that all the participants are ostensibly unwilling. We are swept towards one another like colonies of heavily…

— Anonymous

We live in a permanent state of bad faith, a mutual representation of ourselves to one another for the sake of remaining sane and…

— Thomas Ligotti

A permanent state of transition is man's most noble condition.

— Juan Ramon Jimenez

I had a role in developing the doctrine From the Sea, which was later modified to Forward From the Sea. But the way we…

— Sam Smith

Thanks to our modern era, facts are incredibly easy to come by. A few web searches for your subject matter, and you have all…

— Andy Weir

Music is all starting to sound alike in the modern era. Afro-pop sounds exactly like L.A. pop - there's no difference, no ambience, no…

— Ry Cooder

Science fiction writers missed the most salient feature of our modern era: the Internet.

— Jack McDevitt

Breaking Benjamin, talk about songwriting, I mean, some of the greatest songwriters of the modern era. And, obviously, it's a little heavier.

— Synyster Gates

There's room for many definitions of masculinity in the modern era.

— Kemp Muhl

If you think about the traditional mafia stories we grew up on, it is always about the death of criminal organisations - things like…

— James Watkins