Century Quotes

3251 Century quotes by 2144 unique authors

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise… — Annie Besant
Let Indian history be set side by side with Europe history with what there is of the latter century by century and let us see… — Annie Besant
Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route. — Theodore Bikel
I feel the 21st century is another new age. Not only can we collaborate again with nature, but we have to. It's an emergency. — Bjork
Genetic modification has many different areas, for example in medicine, and Britain is at the leading edge of this new technology. I don't know, but… — Tony Blair
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
Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of studies, attempts, flights… — Andrea Bocelli
The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line. — W. E. B. Du Bois
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century. — Daniel J. Boorstin
Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I'm referring to one who does not see his world. He has no mental… — David Bowie
And the annual meetings of the League's Assembly are in effect official peace congresses binding on the participating states to an extent that most statesmen… — Hjalmar Branting
I do believe that our modern English usage has become way too clipped and austere. I have been reading excerpts from the journals of 18th-century… — Geraldine Brooks
Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of… — Abdallah II
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
A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as… — James Buchan
Of all the failed technologies that litter the onward march of science - steam carriages, zeppelins, armoured trains - none has been so catastrophic to… — James Buchan
Suicidal violence is not the exclusive property of the Muslim world. Suicide bombings were a tactic of nationalist struggles in 19th-century Europe and Russia, the… — James Buchan
The use of refined petroleum as fuel, which began in the 1850s, freed hundreds of millions of people from the toil of centuries, gave hundreds… — James Buchan
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
The family farm is the foundation for who we are as a Commonwealth. And for over a century, the family farm in Kentucky has centered… — Jim Bunning
Knowing that the 'Sex and the City' chicks now rack up almost two centuries between them, why do some of us fuss and hiss about… — Julie Burchill
I think that we had a different view of what the 21st century could be like, with much more of a sense, from our perspective,… — Madeleine Albright
This young century will be liberty's century. — George W. Bush
Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights… — David Cameron

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