Modern Times Quotes

76 quotes by 70 authors

One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.' — Norman Ralph Augustine
The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine… — James Buchan
In his book Modern Times, the historian Paul Johnson referred to Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini as the three devils of the twentieth century. Interestingly, Nietzshean… — Ravi Zacharias
Like MoliÃ¨re's M. Jourdain, who spoke prose all his life without knowing it, mathematicians have been reasoning for at least two millennia without being aware… — Ernest Nagel
There is no question that Francis was in advance of his age, as he anticipated all that is liberal and sympathetic in modern times: the… — Henryk Skolimowski
It is our pride that the Great Satan (U.S.) and the head of despotism, corruption and arrogance in modern times considers us as an enemy… — Hassan Nasrallah
The Growth and Opportunity Project is the most successful reexamination of a national party in modern times. Te disciplined focus of Chairman Reince Priebus has… — Newt Gingrich
Wars between states and people seem to have existed under all historical systems for as long as we have some recorded evidence. War is quite… — Immanuel Wallerstein
In modern times the belief that the ultimate explanation of all things was to be found in Newtonian mechanics was an adumbration of the truth… — Alfred North Whitehead
Control in modern times requires more than force, more than law. It requires that a population dangerously concentrated in cities and factorites, whose lives are… — Howard Zinn
Does it sound outrageous to you that military spending for fiscal year 2000 will be almost $290 billion and all other domestic discretionary spending, such… — Dale Bumpers
All of the great prophets of modern times have come from the desert: Mohammed, Jesus and myself. — Muammar al-Gaddafi
We are living in modern times throughout the world and yet are dominated by medieval minds. — Eqbal Ahmad
The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We got our punishment in the… — Ulysses S. Grant
We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government. — George Washington
Revolutions can no longer be achieved by minorities. No matter how energetic and intelligent a minority may be, it is not enough, in modern times… — Jean Jaures
The stench of human wreckage in which the Nazi regime finally sank down to defeat has been the most shocking fact of modern times. — Janet Flanner
Never before in modern times has so much of the world been simultaneously hit by a confluence of economic and financial turmoil such as we… — Timothy Geithner
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
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

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