Chronological Quotes

38 Chronological quotes by 35 unique authors

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category. — Theodor Adorno
A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family. — Saul Alinsky
The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses. — Isabel Allende
Nothing is more characteristically juvenile than contempt for juvenility. . . youth's characteristic chronological snobbery. — C.S. Lewis
The only Bible-honoring conclusion is, of course, that Genesis 1-11 is actual historical truth, regardless of any scientific or chronological problems thereby entailed. — Henry M. Morris
I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains… — Shirley Jackson
A blog is a type of website that is usually arranged in chronological order from the most recent 'post' (or entry) at the top of… — Darren Rowse
I was trying to organise my DVDs into a sort of chronological order, and I am afraid that it all trailed off after the Sixties. — Paul Merton
Historical chronology, human or geological, depends... upon comparable impersonal principles. If one scribes with a stylus on a plate of wet clay two marks, the… — M. King Hubbert
I suggested back in 1980 to do a chronological live album, but there wasn't that much enthusiasm for it. — Jimmy Page
Since 1950 I have been keeping a film diary. I have been walking around with my Bolex and reacting to the immediate reality: situations, friends,… — Jonas Mekas
Most of our history in space has been communicated in terms of action - what people do, a chronological list of events which have transpired… — Story Musgrave
Human development is a form of chronological unfairness, since late-comers are able to profit by the labors of their predecessors without paying the same price. — Alexander Herzen
Chronological time is what we measure by clocks and calendars; it is always linear, orderly, quantifiable, and mechanical. Kairotic time is organic, rhythmic, bodily, leisurely,… — Sam Keen
Thomas Jefferson made a comment about the Presidency and age. He said that one should not worry about one's exact chronological age in reference to… — Ronald Reagan
Chronological snobbery is the uncritical acceptance of the intellectual climate common to our own age and the assumption that whatever has gone out of date… — C.S. Lewis
My books are written with a strong chronological spine. — Doris Kearns Goodwin
History is man's best guess as to what the past would look like if everything had happened in chronological order. — Robert Breault
Time doesn't necessarily happen in chronological order. — Douglas Adams
I like a boyish quality in a man, somebody who is still adventurous. But I have no rules. I do not care - within reason… — Mary Frann
Just as we accumulate memories of facts by integrating them into a network, we accumulate life experiences by integrating them into a web of other… — Joshua Foer
London' is a gallery of sensation of impressions. It is a history of London in a thematic rather than a chronological sense with chapters of… — Peter Ackroyd
That's the way the mind works: the brain is genetically disposed towards organization, yet if not controlled, will link even the most imagerial fragment to… — Tom Robbins
And just for a moment I had reached the point of ecstasy that I always wanted to reach, which was the complete step across chronological… — Jack Kerouac
Anything that happens, happens. Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen. Anything that, in happening, causes itself to… — Douglas Adams

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