21st century Quote by Bruce Sterling Download Open image “The ruins of the unsustainable are the 21st century’s frontier.” — Bruce Sterling ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare 21st century Century Ruins
It seems, in fact, that the more advanced a society is, the greater will be its interest in ruined things, for it will see… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
The twentieth century was the bankruptcy of the social utopia; the twenty-first will be that of the technological one. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Without stories of progress, the world has become a terrifying place. The ruin glares at us with the horror of its abandonment. It’s not easy to know how to make a life, much less avert planetary destruction. Luckily there is still company, human and not human. We can still explore the overgrown verges of our blasted landscapes - the edges… — Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing Copy Share
The great unexplored frontier is complexity ... I am convinced that the nations and people that master the new science of Complexity will become… — Heinz Pagels Copy Share Image
The 21st century is the century of knowledge. Knowledge, science and education will have the power and strength to embrace the entire universe. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
The new century will see unimaginable levels of wastefulness and extravagance, but it will also be an age in which the individual human being… — Peter Robinson Copy Share Image
These strengths, and our civilization in general, have reached an apogee with the end of the apocalyptic threats of the Cold War and the end - or at least waning - of less successful, and ultimately less "just," political and economic systems. At the turn of the 21st century we appear to be entering our greatest century, a golden age.… — Arthur Demarest Copy Share
What we have been living for three decades is frontier capitalism, with the frontier constantly shifting location from crisis to crisis, moving on as… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
We may seem competent, but by the end of next century there will be new deserts, new ruins. — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
Perhaps the rediscovery of our humanity, and the potential of the human spirit which we have read about in legends of older civilizations, or… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
They used to be seen as insane or unthinkable acts of madmen. But if they take place they'll be called 'war' too. And there… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
“You give a guy a license to steal, you've got to expect him to use it.” — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
“America hadn't really been suited for its long and tiresome role as the Last Superpower, the World's Policeman. As a patriotic American, Oscar was… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
“But the economy's out of control. Money just doesn't need human beings anymore. Most of us only get in the way.” — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
It's going to be really interesting to see what the heroin market does in the next two years or so. One thing you can… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
Architects thrive after massive urban disasters. The abject collapse of East Berlin gave us the only city in Europe with a mighty host of… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
The internet brought many laudable things, but prosperity, stability, accountability and honest politics were not four of them. — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
I was once a student in a punk T-Shirt hooked on screwed-up scenarios. That's how I became the esteemed cultural figure that I am… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
“If America suffers from drugs, perhaps you should ask what America is lacking, [“What an asshole,”] Eric King commented suddenly. They ignored him.” — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
“Forget trying to pass for normal. Follow your geekdom. Embrace nerditude. In the immortal words of Lafcadio Hearn, a geek of incredible obscurity whose… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
“You know it’s the 21st Century when someone TEXTS you from the washroom to ask you to bring them a roll of toilet paper.” — Comic Strip Mama Copy Share Image
Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail to graduate… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Undeniably, character does count for our citizens, out communities, and our Nation, and this week we celebrate the importance of character in our individual… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The hope of Internet anarchists was that repressive governments would have only two options: accept the Internet with its limitless possibilities of spreading information,… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Maybe we need a tax credit for the poorest Americans to buy a laptop. Now, maybe that's wrong, maybe that's expensive, maybe we can't… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
The 20th century has been marked by cynicism, selfishness, greed, and the desire to please, all without changing the status quo. In the 21st… — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Facebook, Twitter...Welcome to The 21st Century...Where Someone can stalk you without leaving the couch!.. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Human Race is all over universe! And I am the first person to inform you. I am the most influential person of this decade… — Ashwani Kumar Ojha Copy Share Image
Like the railroads that brought us together in the 19th century, these trails will bring us together in the 20th and 21st centuries. (at… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image