Centuries Quotes

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Centuries have not worm-eaten the solidity of this ancient furniture of the mind. — Isaac D'Israeli
Instead of having to be a member of the Royal Society to do science, the way you had to be in England in the 17th,… — Seth Lloyd
Adequate defense has been the catchword of every militarist for centuries. — Frank B. Kellogg
I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes,… — Frank B. Kellogg
Christianity will doubtless still survive in the earth ten centuries hence- stuffed and in a museum. — Mark Twain
The Christian Bible is a drug store. It´s contents have remained the same but the medical practice continues. For 1,800 years these changes were slight--scarcely… — Mark Twain
At the time when this famous historical battle was fought in Kosovo, the people were looking at the stars, expecting aid from them. Now, six… — Slobodan MiloseviÄ‡
One of my problems, so to speak, is that, in America, we tend to think in relatively short-term. In the Middle East and Asia and… — Jay Rockefeller
The capital amassed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through various forms of slave economy is still in circulation, said De Jong, still bearing interest,… — W G Sebald
Remember, how often the great art of the past didn't look great at first, how often it didn't look like art at all; how much… — Michael Cunningham
To understand Occupy Wall Street, you have to understand artists. Art is freedom - freedom of expression - and its message has resonated through society… — Peter M. Brant
For centuries, the world divided human beings into two groups and then proceeded to exclude and oppress one group. It is only fair that the… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
So,high heels weren't a modern invention. I couldn't believe women had been putting up with these torture devices for centuries. — Karen Chance
This recognition of the earlier human background, now so obvious to us, did not come all at once, for the inclusion of history itself in… — James Henry Breasted
All old music was modern once, and much more of the music of yesterday already sounds more old-fashioned than works which were written three centuries… — Peter Warlock
Common folk didn't have last names in the 8th and 9th centuries. — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
He loved us personally...centuries before we were born. — Peter Julian Eymard
Our top-down pyramid style of management is a very old concept borrowed from centuries of war and monarchies. — James Hunter
We are faced with having to learn again about interdependency and the need for rootedness after several centuries of having systematically-and proudly-dismantled our roots, ties,… — Paul L Wachtel
In relation to the earth we have been autistic for centuries. Only now have we begun to listen with some attention and with a willingness… — Thomas Berry
If you assume continuity, you can open the well-stocked mathematical toolkit of continuous functions and differential equations, the saws and hammers of engineering and physics… — Benoit Mandelbrot
People liked to eat veal until they saw pictures of these darling little animals with brown eyes. Veal calves been raised the same way for… — Julia Child
All share in the government of the world was denied for centuries to perhaps the ablest, certainly the most tenacious race that had ever lived… — James Russell Lowell
A hundred thousand men were led By one calf near three centuries dead; They followed still his crooked way And lost a hundred years a… — Sam Walter Foss
One day through the primeval wood A calf walked home as good calves should; But made a trail all bent askew, A crooked trail as… — Sam Walter Foss

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