Modern Quotes

3241 Modern quotes by 2096 unique authors

All of the great prophets of modern times have come from the desert: Mohammed, Jesus and myself. — Muammar al-Gaddafi
Kurt Godel's achievement in modern logic is singular and monumental - indeed it is more than a monument, it is a landmark which will remain… — John von Neumann
The ‘Great Society’ has not worked and it’s put us into the modern welfare state. If you look at China, they don’t have food stamps.… — Michele Bachmann
More directly linked to the impact of technology, it involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled and directed society. Such a society would be… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
This is what happens, when, for the first time in modern history, a candidate resorts to lawsuits to try to overturn the outcome of an… — James Baker
Let's not forget what the origin of the problem is. There is no place in modern Europe for ethnically pure states. That's a 19th century… — Wesley Clark
For example, computer defends well, but for humans its is harder to defend than attack, particularly with the modern time control. — Boris Spassky
I am glad that I am not raising kids today. And I’m rather pessimistic that my grandchildren will enjoy the great society that I’ve enjoyed… — Antonin Scalia
A great deal has been written about the forthrightness of the moderns shocking the Victorians, but there is no shock like the one which the… — Margery Allingham
A modern girls' school, equipped as scores are now equipped throughout the country, was of course not to be found in 1858, when I first… — Mary Augusta Ward
The trouble with modern education is you never know how ignorant they are. — Evelyn Waugh
The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do… — Don DeLillo
I think people should be able to have at their behest, like, four hours of music, entertainment, visual knowledge, different pathways[.] That's what I'm trying… — Jon Anderson
In all spheres of modern life the influence of Stalin reaches wide and deep. From his last simply written but vastly discerning and comprehensive document,… — Paul Robeson
Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time. — Richard Meier
Demonic figures and occult themes have disappeared from modern magic. — David Copperfield
Absolutely, but let me qualify that-I consider myself an authentic feminist. Not as defined by the modern movement. And, let me clarify that a little… — Christine O'Donnell
The artist is always a servant, and is perpetually trying to pay for the gift that has been given to him as if by miracle.… — Andrei Tarkovsky
Young people at universities study to achieve knowledge and not to learn a trade. We must all learn how to support ourselves, but we must… — Winston Churchill
In the modern world, in which thousands of people are dying every hour as a consequence of politics, no writing anywhere can begin to be… — John Berger
We do not see faith, hope, and charity as unattainable ideals, but we use them as stout supports of a nation fighting the fight for… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Many people correctly make the point that our only hope is to turn to God. For example, Charles Lindbergh, who said that in his young… — Marion G. Romney
Don't try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped — Aeschylus
Greed has no boundaries — Aristotle
If you don't want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity — Aesop

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