Dawn itself is the most neglected masterpiece of the modern world. — R. Murray Schafer Copy Share Image
The calculus is the story this [the Western] world first told itself as it became the modern world. — David Berlinski Copy Share Image
If I could prescribe only one remedy for all the ills of the modern world, I would prescribe silence. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
I have not a clue why they sent it to me. As far as I know I have not got a reputation… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
Successful economies in the modern world are not sheepish about the power and responsibility of the state. — David Miliband Copy Share Image
“You are an enchanting person, rather old fashioned for this modern world, but very enchanting and pleasing.” — Shirley Sealy Copy Share Image
It is often said that our modern world is incapable of self-government. — Robert A. Agresta Copy Share Image
Prince Charles is the only member of the Royal Family who ever left Cinderella for the Ugly Duckling. — Des Hanafin Copy Share Image
I was brought up in the modern world of all the luxury and the highlight of show business. I was born into… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
People tend to view history as if it were another planet and think the modern world was invented in 1963. I don't agree. — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
To the Ancients, Friendship seemed the happiest and most fully human of all loves... The modern world in comparison, ignores it. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I respect those who follow religious routes only if they seem to me to be morally proper and in accord with the… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
In the modern world, nationalism remains a very important force. We delude ourselves into thinking that globalization has made all of that… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
The repression of virtuous instinct in the modern world is an incremental tragedy. Repress one instinct, and you repress many; other parts… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Pandemics have long been among my favorite topics to teach sociology with, not because the subject is cheery, but because they contain… — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
“Modern man’s seemingly instinctive impulse to control women’s sexuality is not an intrinsic feature of human nature. It is a response to… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
“Critical thinking is an unavoidable part of growing up. We do not become adults without it. But in the modern world, this… — Marcus J. Borg Copy Share Image
There are three ways in which a man becomes a slave. He may be born into slavery, or forced into it, or… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
During the Vietnam War, which lasted longer than any war we've ever been in - and which we lost - every respectable… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“In the modern world, we are primarily confronted with the extraordinary spectacle of people turning to new ideals because they have not… — G. K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“It is an unfortunate reality for innate idlers that our modern world requires one to hold a job to maintain a sustainable… — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
Growing up closes so many doors. The modern world doesn't allow for miracles, so we don't see them. It's a very precious… — Tim Lebbon Copy Share Image
“She’d thought Troy stank: the corpse piles, the fires, the fish guts thoughtfully left out for the gods—gee fucking thanks, guys, just… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Now social media is a centerpiece of our lives. It can be a useful tool for connection and communication. It can ease… — Melania Trump Copy Share Image
“Virtually all letter writers confessed how their encounter with Nietzsche's philosophy either emboldened or chastened them, liberated them from old falsehoods, or… — Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen Copy Share Image
“This visual of two different worlds and planes of existence converging on a mountain top was actually quite amazing and eye opening… — Kyle Rohrig Copy Share Image
Liberalism is, in fact, the ideology of the capitalist revolution that prodigiously raised the living standards of the mass of people; a… — Ralph Raico Copy Share Image
Education has two aspects; the first is related to external and worldly education, which is nothing but acquiring bookish knowledge. In the… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
“What is a woman's place in this modern world?" Jasnah Kohlin's words read. "I rebel against this question, though so many of… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare's plays do not present easy solutions. The audience has to decide for itself. King Lear is perhaps the most disturbing in… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
“The modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good. It is full of wild and… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Politics, as any observer of the modern world knows, is the enemy of economics, everywhere and always. — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
Do I grow cleverer with age, or does the world grow more stupid? — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
To remain unknown in this modern world: that, indeed, is real power. — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
Marriage is the most advanced form of warfare in the modern world. — Malcolm Bradbury Copy Share Image
I don't think a monarchy led by 75- and 80-year-old men [Saudi Arabia] in today's modern world is really sustainable. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
“In our modern world, we often take too much joy out of the processes we engage in by only focusing on the… — Maria B. Bourke Copy Share Image
I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image