I detest this contemporary trend to destroy the traditional hierarchy of genres. — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise. — Kenny G Copy Share Image
“My eyes refuse to let him leave, but he stands still holding my hand, lingering for as long as possible.” — Thomas Sweeney Copy Share Image
Let the die be cast! [Greek: Ἀνερρίφθω κύβος; contemporary Latin (mis)translation: Iacta alea est!] — Julius Caesar Copy Share Image
“Therapy can’t erase scars, it only makes it easier to live with them. — Duke” — Stephanie Witter Copy Share Image
I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends. — Walter Becker Copy Share Image
In China, we don't have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn't even have a gallery. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded upon the spirituality of work. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present… — Leopold von Ranke Copy Share Image
“It’s okay to dress up like another person, but never try to be someone else. Just try to be yourself, because that’s… — Jeff Hutchins Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in current events per se, but I am interested in how certain aspects of social or public life that… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
Contemporary science is based on the philosophy of materialism, which claims that all reality is material or physical. — Rupert Sheldrake Copy Share Image
“I love you Bonnie. So much that I hurt with it. And I hate it, and I love it, and I want… — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
Instead of kids just hearing about beads and baskets and fringe, and about what 'was' and 'were,' we present Native American culture… — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
My stories are full of facts; they have a beginning and an end. For that reason, they will never... occupy a place… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Obviously my own work comes from a conceptual art tradition, but I love the graffiti artists, and I feel spiritually closer to… — Robert Montgomery Copy Share Image
I'm certainly very influenced by what you would call 'contemporary headline horror,' stuff that is true crime or for one reason or… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
There are so many different criteria for my collecting, and I have to confess that the goalposts do shift. But obviously, with… — Hamish Bowles Copy Share Image
It is impossible for any Christian who spends the bulk of his evenings, month after month, week upon week, day in and… — R. Kent Hughes Copy Share Image
A lot of men do have a fear of my ultra-femininity. Sometimes people say I look like a drag queen, that I… — Paloma Faith Copy Share Image
In grades 1 through 4 these books introduce the child to U.S. society - to family life, community activities, ordinary economic transactions,… — Paul Vitz Copy Share Image
A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphereThe ideas of… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
Poetry transcends the nation-state. Poetry transcends government. It brings the traditional concept of power to its knees. I have always believed poetry… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
There is nothing “still” in the remarkably visceral poems of Alexander Long's third collection, Still Life, and nothing is at rest in… — David St. John Copy Share Image
The use of electronics is a natural extension of the instrument - it is an electric guitar. So we guitarists have been… — Tim Brady Copy Share Image
“This person has hoped and dreamed and now it is really happening and this person can hardly believe it. But believing is… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
The best reason to be assigned, in this case, for not having made the Constitution more free from a charge of uncertainty… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Why do I feel so exercised about what we think of the people of the Middle Ages? ... I guess it's because… — Terry Jones Copy Share Image
In a world where concepts are so often deployed in an ad hoc fashion, half explored before being displaced by others, it… — Marilyn Strathern Copy Share Image
Given currency by Jrgen Habermas in the late l980s, 'constitutional patriotism' has emerged as an appealing principle for post-national political allegiance. Jan-Werner… — Charles S. Maier Copy Share Image
When I was 16, my friends and I were all starting to think about what we were going to do with our… — Haley Lu Richardson Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“The contemporary world has turned its back on the attempt and even on the desire to live reasonably.” — George Santayana Copy Share Image
If I had to describe my sense of humor, I would say it's contemporary wit, you know what I'm saying? — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
The most damaging aspect of contemporary living is short-term thinking. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
I like always to be contemporary. I like to deal with the things of today. — Mikis Theodorakis Copy Share Image
Contemporary bands often will do tour-only releases pressed and sold only in Australia. Crikey! — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“Alexa's heart jumped and skittered. She was at her favorite star's concert. And he was holding her hand!” — Jennette Green Copy Share Image
To have a sense of contemporary ownership of Shakespeare is the most important thing to his work. — Tim Crouch Copy Share Image