20th Century Quotes

287 quotes by 258 authors

When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different… — Chinua Achebe
Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century. — J. G. Ballard
The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology… — Tony Blair
The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century. — Daniel J. Boorstin
In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions… — Warren Buffett
There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells for three times… — James Buchan
I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the… — Christiane Amanpour
Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is the brightest and… — Stephen Ambrose
I don't look so closely at women's fashion, but from the 20th century on, people have had the freedom to express themselves and their individualities,… — Tadao Ando
The mighty edifice of Government science dominated the scene in the middle of the 20th century as a Gothic cathedral dominated a 13th century landscape.… — A. Hunter Dupree
Without God man has no reference point to define himself. 20th century philosophy manifests the chaos of man seeking to understand himself as a creature… — R C Sproul
The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century. — William Lyon Phelps
Universal literacy was a 20th-century goal. Before then, reading and writing were skills largely confined to a small, highly educated class of professional people. — Hugh Mackay
Every piece of progressive social legislation passed by Congress in the 20th century bears a union label. — George Meany
[During the 20th century] ... 170 million men, women, and children have been shot, beaten, tortured, knifed, burned, starved, frozen, crushed, or worked to death;… — Rudolph Rummel
I like living in the 20th century... to me the world has never been more beautiful. I am trying to paint the real world I… — Jeffrey Smart
The bulldozer and not the atomic bomb may turn out to be the most destructive invention of the 20th century. — Philip Shabecoff
It was unknowable then, but so much of the progress that would define the 20th century, on both sides of the Atlantic, came down to… — Barack Obama
There is no strong evidence to prove significant human influence on climate on a global basis. The global cooling trend from 1940 to 1970 is… — Peter Stilbs
The 20th century was the time when the world turned to use of fossil fuels and the 21st century will be the century of the… — Lester R. Brown

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