Contemporary Quotes

644 Contemporary quotes by 549 unique authors

When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about… — Samantha Power
Everyone relates differently to contemporary stuff. They rely on you to do the research for a period film. — Mark Bridges
Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues lest the public learn the inevitable inconveniently early. — George F Will
''For I can be my greatest enemy but those who sanction influence on the mind through contemporary notions are the ones trapped in their own… — Jeremy Limn
Enjoy the tiny unexplainable second. You can learn whatever you want. — Jerril Thomas Abraham
It is in the elements that we found ourselves; even though the elements are not the, same Now. — Jerril Thomas Abraham
When the Domaine Musical started up, I wasn't part of it. They were the major players in contemporary music at that time, braodcasting old and… — Luc Ferrari
NATO believes it can pick on a small nation and force us to surrender our independence. And that is where NATO miscalculated. You are not… — Slobodan MiloseviÄ‡
We should be the natural home for younger voters. But today we're not. Because too often we sound like people who just don't like contemporary… — Francis Maude
The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas… — John McCarthy
We took Beowulf, the epic poem in Old English, and put it right together with John Gardner's contemporary retelling. If you bring it into today,… — Julie Taymor
Unfortunately, the Church's position on most contemporary issues makes it hard to take them seriously. — Andres Serrano
My background is somewhat unusual, as I trained to be a ballet dancer. I worked in the theatre for eight or nine years as a… — Unknown Author
The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for everything he has said and everything he has not said — Voltaire
In America, the land of the permanent revolution, ulcers and cancer often become, for the men at the top, the contemporary equivalent of the guillotine. — Ted Morgan
Good science fiction is always based in contemporary truths. One of the themes is the overextension of credit, the nature of being indentured to something.… — Forest Whitaker
I love some of the contemporary female roles that have been written in films. I loved all the characters in American Beauty and Shakespeare in… — Gillian Anderson
In the contemporary world where things fall apart, and the centre cannot hold, you have to imagine a community where there is no centre. Hank,… — John Green
Dreamlands Cyberspace! Modern and fast, Im the Internet man! Gadgets, baby! Plug it in! Greek-it-UP! Widgets, to wireless hook ups! Thats me! Contemporary, progressive, and… — Javaz

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