We are in danger of developing a cult of the Common Man, which means a cult of mediocrity. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
“One is sure to be disappointed if one tries to get romance out of modern life.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Preaching the word of God and doing the work of evil. That's how it's done these days.” — Jeff Ampolini Copy Share Image
I'd rather be a football coach. That way you only lose eleven games a year. — Abe Lemons Copy Share Image
“The Paradox of Choice: Faced with hundreds or even thousands of profiles, we can become overwhelmed and indecisive.” — Ronen Dancziger Copy Share Image
“Although we may wish for more or strive to do better than we have, in these times it is enough to keep… — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
“We’ve built a ‘human zoo,’ caging ourselves in routines, technology, and artificial environments.” — Ken Breniman Copy Share Image
A pedestrian ought to be legally allowed to toss at least one hand grenade at a motorist every day. — Brendan Behan Copy Share Image
We're living in a state where no one can trust his telephone conversations, nor even his personal conversations in a room, in… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
Most of what we strive for in our modern life uses the apparatus of goal seeking that was originally set up to… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“You know how I love secrecy. It is the only thing that can make modern life wonderful or mysterious to us. The… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I grew up on Nickelodeon.On All That and Are You Afraid of the Dark, and Salute Your Shorts and Rocco's Modern Life… — Drake Bell Copy Share Image
“Frankly, the reason why lawyers were compensated so lavishly was that they were paid to attend to the most stultifying aspects of… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“Now, 75 years [after To Kill a Mockingbird ], in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
'The Lady's World' should be made the recognized organ for the expression of women's opinions on all subjects of literature, art and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“New generations grew to maturity wholly ignorant of the sky that had transfixed their ancestors and that had stimulated the modern age… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
In the conditions of modern life the rule is absolute, the race which does not value trained intelligence is doomed. Not all… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
There is no better way to return the matter of taxation to full public discusssion than to repeal the withholding taxes on… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
“Modern life was so fleeting. You could spend all day reading blogs, jerking off, sending e-mails, watching reality television, playing video games,… — Aaron Goldfarb Copy Share Image
Writing is both bomb and bomb disposal-a necessary shattering of cliche and assumption, and a powerful defusing of the soul-destroying messages of… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“It didn’t come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Wonder is a very subtle, precious emotion, often lost in the gross hustle and bustle of modern life. When we feel wonder,… — Doug Henning Copy Share Image
“the elements of a modern creation myth are all around us. It is harmful because it contributes to the subtle but pervasive… — David Christian Copy Share Image
When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“A piece of plastic stole an entire species— In lobbies, in the bathroom, in an elevator, Ideas, reactions, and silent contemplations, During… — Karl Kristian Flores Copy Share Image
“Much of modern life is based upon a false logic, a logic that assumes that happiness and well-being come from financial prosperity.… — Nic Marks Copy Share Image
There is a close relationship between a house full of possessions and a heart full of desires, between a cluttered closet and… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
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“His story also demonstrates an obscure truth. Having a plan, any plan, means you know on some level you're going to fail,… — Sam Munson Copy Share Image
“From the middle of a tomb whose lights burn only for survival…our tired bodies finally understand and obey our beating hearts. Meet… — Jimi Hendrix Copy Share Image
“Wu Wei, doing nothing, and Wu Bu Wei, doing everything, are our answers to the challenges of modern life.” — Qiguang Zhao Copy Share Image
The Beatles are not merely awful. I would consider it sacrilegious to say anything less than that they are godawful. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Everything you use in a modern life style has to be made using a tool of some sort. — Paul Harvey Copy Share Image
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What's all this fuss about plutonium? How can something named after a Disney character be dangerous? — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn't get lost enough. — James Thurber Copy Share Image
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