Nietzche . . . he was a confirmed Life Force worshipper. It was he who raked up the Superman, who is as… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Many of the wonderful achievements of the 20th century were the result of the pursuit of profits. Unfortunately, demagoguery has led to… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
I'd love if people relearned the lessons of the 20th century all over again. Which is to say this country progressed economically… — David Simon Copy Share Image
You had a flood of immigrants, millions of them, coming to this country. What brought them here? It was the hope for… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
If psychoanalysis was late 19th century secular Judaism’s way of finding spiritual meaning in a post-religious world, and retail is the late… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
Humanity as a whole has already gone through unimaginable suffering, mostly self-inflicted, the culmination of which was the 20th century with its… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
In one particular chapter in Ulysses, James Joyce imitates every major writing style that's been used by English and American writers over… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If something works for you, you continue to do it. I did a bunch of pictures for 20th Century Fox when Alan… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
Charlie Chaplin is the greatest artist of the 20th century. He takes me from laughter to tears in seconds. And he was… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
Truman left in the middle of an unpopular war, a war of choice. Truman didn't have to go into South Korea. And… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
No one was more important to the game of baseball in the last half of the 20th century than Henry Aaron and… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
“Democracy failed in Europe in the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, and it is failing not only in much of Europe but in… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
'Christian' used to be a throwaway word. People didn't used to use it much. People didn't start self-labeling or getting labeled Christian… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Throughout the 20th century, we created wealth through vertically integrated corporations. Now, we create wealth through networks. We are at a turning… — Don Tapscott Copy Share Image
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The 20th century was a turning point; it freed and emancipated women, broke the back of segregation, and began the struggle to… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
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A dining club which I was involved in at Oxford University invited Sir Isaiah Berlin to dinner, who I believe was probably… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
I don't think any other city actually has anyone who has actually documented the way they have lived or documented the city… — Richard Press Copy Share Image
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Even before string theory, especially as physics developed in the 20th century, it turned out that the equations that really work in… — Edward Witten Copy Share Image
To those of us who have been following the climate debate for decades, the next few years will be electrifying. There is… — Ross McKitrick Copy Share Image
We've wanted to produce more in the 19th century and the 20th century in order to give man the possibility for more… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
There is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. Whether… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
[During the 20th century] ... 170 million men, women, and children have been shot, beaten, tortured, knifed, burned, starved, frozen, crushed, or… — Rudolph Rummel Copy Share Image
It's always amusing to look at how something early in the 20th century was written in anthropology and how it's written now.… — Clifford Geertz Copy Share Image
When I started formulating the first Frank comic, I knew I wanted it to be something that was beyond time and specific… — Jim Woodring Copy Share Image
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The 20th century gave rise to one of the greatest and most distressing paradoxes of human history: that the greatest intolerance and… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
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Images in the 20th century had a unique power where image became divorced from reality, and often more important than reality. Buildings… — Christopher Alexander Copy Share Image
There is no strong evidence to prove significant human influence on climate on a global basis. The global cooling trend from 1940… — Peter Stilbs Copy Share Image
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Angela Merkel embodies Germany's 20th century fate. It is not up to me to pass judgment on her place in history, but… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
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