Modern Quotes

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A theologian of the cross says what a thing is. In modern parlance: a theologian of the cross calls a spade a spade. One who… — Gerhard
Our perception that we have 'no time' is one of the distinctive marks of modern Western culture. — Margaret Visser
The experience of the gangster as an experience of art is universal to Americans. There is almost nothing we understand better or react to more… — Robert Warshow
If you go through any newspaper or magazine and look for active, kicking verbs in the sentences, you will realize that this lack of well… — Rudolf Flesch
My aim is to communicate with the last man in the audience. Art minus communication is meaningless. The term 'abhinaya' is not just facial expressions.… — Padma Subrahmanyam
The modern world needs people with a complex identity who are intellectually autonomous and prepared to cope with uncertainty; who are able to tolerate ambiguity… — Robert J. Havighurst
In the Modern Age, there are still those who refuse to contradict a single word of the Bible, even though the Bible contradicts itself. — Jonathan Clements
Like nature itself, modern economic life is driven by relentless competition and unbridled selfishness. Or is it? — Paul J. Zak
When we hear a Mozart piano concerto today, we're most likely to hear the piano part played on a modern concert grand. In the hands… — Robert Greenberg
In the midst of the complexities of modern life, with all its pressures, the spirit of man needs to refresh itself by communion with unspoiled… — Laurance Rockefeller
I heard there were two local guys in town doing songs and comedy so I thought I'd take a look....they took my breath away...with their… — Tommy Smothers
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche has a remarkable ability to present the wisdom of the Buddha's teachings in a manner that is as fresh and accessible as… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
The Revival of 1859 helped to lay the foundations of the modern international and interdenominational missionary structureEvery revival of religion in the homelands is felt… — J. Edwin Orr
For me, the value of a climb is the sum of three inseparable elements, all equally important: aesthetics, history, and ethics. Together they form the… — Walter Bonatti
Modern literary theory sees a similarity between walking and writing that I find persuasive: words inscribe a text in the same way that a walk… — Geoff Nicholson
Modern art must strike out from the old. The new is not revealed to those whose eyes are fastened in worship upon the old…Have you… — Albert Pinkham Ryder
Knitted fur is so modern and light, it makes this retro shape cool again. — Olivier Theyskens
Like all tools, modern technology has produced some wonderful moments in music and also some horrors. — Hugh Hopper
I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my… — Sally Kirkland
In Kafka we have the modern mind, seemingly self-sufficient, intelligent, skeptical, ironical, splendidly trained for the great game of pretending that the world it comprehends… — Erich Heller
Persons living in this modern world who do not know the basic facts that determine their very existence, functioning, and surroundings, are living in a… — Gerald Holton
Travel' is the name of a modern disease which became rampant in themid-fifties and is still spreading. The disease - its scientific name is travelitis… — George Mikes
The science of pure mathematics, in its modern developments, may claim to be the most original creation of the human spirit. — Alfred North Whitehead
The calculus is the story this [the Western] world first told itself as it became the modern world. — David Berlinski
There was nothing medieval people liked better, or did better, than sorting out and tidying up. Of all our modern inventions I suspect that they… — C.S. Lewis

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