I like to have my characters talking in an up-to-date way, and I like their essentially modern self-awareness, which means we can… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolution, the first waves of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Well, it's a badge of honour for any self-respecting poet to be criticized by Auberon Waugh. But in a lot of ways… — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
A few modern philosopher's assert that an individual's intelligence is a fixed quantity, a quantity which cannot be increased. We must protest… — Alfred Binet Copy Share Image
Before modern times there was Walking, but not the perfection of Walking, because there was no tea. — G. M. Trevelyan Copy Share Image
This devotion, so great and so confident, to the august Queen of Heaven, has never forth with such brilliancy as when the… — Pope Leo X Copy Share Image
Any historian of the literature of the modern age will take virtually for granted the adversary intention, the actually subversive intention, that… — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
In every human society of which we know - prehistoric, ancient or modern, whether hunter-gatherer, pastoral, agricultural or industrial - at least… — Ellen Dissanayake Copy Share Image
Our country, like every modern state, needs profound democratic reforms. It needs political and ideological pluralism, a mixed economy and protection of… — Andrei Sakharov Copy Share Image
You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself. — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I personally guarantee that now that bear wouldn't get past Dover without being shot. — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
The student is half afraid to meet one of the great philosophers face to face. He feels himself inadequate and thinks he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Moral principles have lost their distinctiveness. For modern man, absolute right and absolute wrong are a matter of what the majority is… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Modern romance, like Greek tragedy, celebrates the mystery of dismemberment, which is life in time. The happy ending is justly scorned as… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche has a remarkable ability to present the wisdom of the Buddha's teachings in a manner that is as fresh… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
I would be annoyed if I were any more in tune with modern sensibilities. I was shaped differently. The world in which… — John Graves Copy Share Image
“Evangelical Christians need to notice..., that the Reformation said 'Scripture Alone' and not 'the Revelation of God in Christ Alone'. If you… — Francis A. Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Oil is essential for a modern, industrial society. It's unique, first of all, because it's the primary source, at 40 percent, of… — Michael Klare Copy Share Image
Were modern cities only beautiful after darkness hid everything but their lights? — Helen McCloy Copy Share Image
'In many ways, I was born a hundred years too late. I often feel out of kilter with the modern world. — Honeysuckle Weeks Copy Share Image
Die Hard represents the class of modern action pictures and the standard by which they must be judged. Few films falling into… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
The decline and fall of the modern religious right's notion of a Christian America creates a calmer political environment and, for many… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
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