Present Day Quotes
151 Present Day quotes by 131 unique authors
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An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the…
— Irving Babbitt
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There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.
— Roland Barthes
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But in the present day men cast off gentleness, and are all for being bold; they spurn frugality, and retain only extravagance; they discard humility,…
— Laozi
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The East knew and to the present day knows only that One is Free; the Greek and the Roman world, that some are free; the…
— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms of mendacity. Credulity…
— Bertrand Russell
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In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense; and have no other preliminaries to settle with the…
— Thomas Paine
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I have tried to show why I believe that the biologist is the most romantic figure on earth at the present day. At first sight…
— John B. S. Haldane
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Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence.... From the hour the Pilgrims…
— George Washington
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Finally, it is my most fervent prayer to that Almighty Being before whom I now stand, and who has kept us in His hands from…
— Andrew Jackson
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...the Muslims of recent times had fallen very short indeed of the ideals of their faith, ...nothing could be more erroneous than to measure the…
— Muhammad Asad
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History, human or geological, represents our hypothesis, couched in terms of past events, devised to explain our present-day observations.
— M. King Hubbert
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Anyone who has had actual contact with the making of the inventions that built the radio art knows that these inventions have been the product…
— Edwin Howard Armstrong
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Generally speaking, geologists seem to have been much more intent on making little worlds of their own, than in examining the crust of that which…
— Henry De la Beche
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The theory of the earth is the science which describes and explains changes that the terrestrial globe has undergone from its beginning until today, and…
— Unknown Author
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It seems reasonable to envision, for a time 10 or 15 years hence, a "thinking center" that will incorporate the functions of present-day libraries together…
— J. C. R. Licklider
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One of the grotesqueries of present-day American life is the amount of reasoning that goes into displaying the wisdom secreted in bad movies while proving…
— Harold Rosenberg
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Present-Day Wickedness, Apostasy and Modern Civilization Cannot Prevent Revival.
— John R. Rice
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To me... it appears that there have been differences of opinion and party differences, from the first establishment of government to the present day, and…
— Thomas Jefferson
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When you send off a short story, it sits on the editor's desk in the same pile with stories by the most famous and honored…
— Daniel Quinn
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The tantalizing and compelling pursuit of mathematical problems offers mental absorption, peace of mind amid endless challenges, repose in activity, battle without conflict, refuge from…
— Morris Kline
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The nature of Christ's salvation is woefully misrepresented by the present-day evangelist. He announces a Saviour from Hell rather than a Saviour from sin. And…
— Arthur W. Pink
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If adjustment is necessary, it should be made primarily with regard to the position the homosexual occupies in present-day society, and society should more often…
— Unknown Author
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Socialist thought owes its appeal to the young largely to its visionary character; the very courage to indulge in Utopian thought is in this respect…
— Friedrich August von Hayek
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The main propoganda trick of supporters of the allegedly "progressive" policy of government control is to blame capitalism for all that is unsatisfactory in present-day…
— Ludwig von Mises
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Please remain calm: The Earth will heal itself - Climate is beyond our power to control...Earth doesn't care about governments or their legislation. You can't…
— Robert B. Laughlin
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