Modern Quotes

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In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing. — Thorstein Veblen
If the conquest of a great peak brings moments of exultation and bliss, which in the monotonous, materialistic existence of modern times nothing else can… — Lionel Terray
All significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts. — Carl Schmitt
History is the long struggle of man, by exercise of his reason, to understand his environment and to act upon it. But the modern period… — Edward Hallett Carr
The modern world’s tech-giddy control and facilitation makes us stupid. Awareness atrophies. Dumb gets dumber. Lists are everywhere – the five things you need to know about so-and-so;… — Roger Cohen
We need to understand enough of modern thought to identify the ways it blocks us from living out the Gospel the way God intends, both… — Nancy Pearcey
According to inflation, the more than 100 billion galaxies, sparkling throughout space like heavenly diamonds, are nothing but quantum mechanics writ large across the sky.… — Brian Greene
I will continue my activities related to education in one way or another. I certainly would have at the top my agenda, with respect to… — Major Owens
Science may explain the world, but we still have to explain science. The laws which enable the universe to come into being spontaneously seem themselves… — Paul Davies
I love art, I collect mostly modern art. — Alan Patricof
I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age. — Larry Wall
My aim is a very modern Dior, but at the end of the day, I also look back, — Raf Simons
I should like to say that I am as proud of my Chinese heritage and background as I am devoted to modern science, a part… — Chen-Ning Yang
The Reagan Administration, generally regarded as having conducted the most successful Transition of modern times, had managed during the election campaign to build bridges to… — Richard V. Allen
Modern liberalism, for most liberals is not a consciously understood set of rational beliefs, but a bundle of unexamined prejudices and conjoined sentiments. The basic… — James Burnham
I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness… — Douglas MacArthur
Though modern Marriage is a tremendous laboratory, its members are often without preparation for the partnership function. How much agony and remorse and failure could… — Carl Rogers
NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its preparation is lost, but the modern Kentuckians believe that they… — Ambrose Bierce
The Olympics have been with the world since 776 B.C., and have only been interrupted by war, especially in the modern era. — Bill Toomey
The full-grown modern human being who seeks but refuge finds instead boredom and mental dissolution, unless he can be, even in his withdrawal, creative. He… — Robert Briffault
You are ugly when you love her, you are beautiful and fresh, vital and free, modern and poetic when you don't... you are more beautiful… — Witold Gombrowicz
If the modern leader doesn't know the facts, he is in grave trouble, but rarely do the facts provide unqualified guidance. — John W. Gardner
Lana del Rey is not bad at all. She looks very much like a modern-time singer. In her photos she is beautiful. Is she a… — Karl Lagerfeld
If you want to play it safe, mix a lot of colors in the same tone and that is such an easy way to feel… — Rachel Roy
In a modern democracy, not only can a libertarian be elitist; a libertarian has to be elitist. To be a libertarian in a modern democracy… — Bryan Caplan

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