“I am stuck in traffic in a taxicab which is typical and not just of modern life” — Frank O'Hara Copy Share Image
The human race never solves any of its problems, it only outlives them. — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
Come September, children return to school, grownups to work, and the brain to the head. — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
Most parents don't worry about a daughter until she fails to show up for breakfast. — Kin Hubbard Copy Share Image
“To my mind, modern life just offers too many numbers that we're supposed to keep track of.” — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
Only uncomfortable chairs become antiques - the comfortable ones are worn out by hard use. — Jacob Braude Copy Share Image
Modern life is moving faster than the speed of thought, or thoughtfulness. — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Honestly, Bessie? People don't care about anyone but themselves. They don't notice anything. They are never looking at what's interesting. They're always… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
“On the practical level modern life consists of a constant pursuit of power within a universe devoid of meaning. Modern” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The jumbo jet is the airborne equivalent of the interstate highway...One might as well be stuffed into a cartridge and shot through… — Lance Morrow Copy Share Image
“One essential characteristic of modern life is that we all depend on systems—on assemblages of people or technologies or both—and among our… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
I'm easily persuaded that a really good novelist who gets inside somebody else's head could be serving a valuable purpose. I enjoy… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
When I fly, I'm never afraid the plane is going to crash. But there have often been times when I was afraid… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
“Apollinaire said a poet should be 'of his time.' I say objects of the Digital Age belong in newspapers, not literature. When… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
They say atomic rad-i-ation can hurt your reproductive organs. My answer is, so can a hockey stick. But we don't stop building… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
“Sex is no longer a beautiful thing", she said. "It has become an entirely separate entity from what was quaintly known as… — Jim Carroll Copy Share Image
In the midst of the complexities of modern life, with all its pressures, the spirit of man needs to refresh itself by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In our consumer culture, we always want the next best thing: the latest, the newest, the youngest. Failing that, we at least… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
“After 1908, and especially after 1945, capitalist greed was somewhat reined in, not least due to the fear of Communism. Yet inequities… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The problem of living in this modern world is the problem of finding room in it. The crowd principle is so universally… — Gerald Stanley Lee Copy Share Image
When man sends colonies into space, he will be able to mount moveable, sun-reflecting mirrors to simulate rhythms of day and night… — Lance Morrow Copy Share Image
Jerry Seinfeld is amazing in many ways, not the least of them his ability to find humor, and convincing us to find… — Tom Shales Copy Share Image
I had been reading a lot of J.G. Ballard in the 90's and was fascinated by the idea of the vapid consumer… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
“We do not believe in evil anymore, only evil acts that can be explained away by the science of the mind. There… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The primitive tribes permitted far less individual freedom than does modern society. Ancient wars were committed with far less moral justification than… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To face the days ahead we must ask two questions: first, "Where are we?" and second, "Where do we go from here?"… — Saul D. Alinsky Copy Share Image
“Books allow us to escape from the pressures of modern life. By far, the best vehicles of escape are Young Adult Science… — Peter Graham Copy Share Image
“Love casts out fear; but conversely fear casts out love. And not only love. Fear also casts out intelligence, casts out goodness,… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“The multiplication of technologies in the name of efficiency is actually eradicating free time by making it possible to maximize the time… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we don't need to eat or drink as much as we do, but it has become a kind of addiction. We… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“The Daily Grind by Stewart Stafford Crooked broker flashes teeth, Cannibal flesh on their napkin, The traffic jam zombie shuffle, Stars, take… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
The best way to clean up a son's room is to close the door and pretend it's not part of the house. — Art Buchwald Copy Share Image
The surest way to get a job done is to give it to a busy man. He'll have his secretary do it. — Jacob Braude Copy Share Image
“...we spend more time gazing at luminous screens than into the eyes of our loved ones.” — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
