Twenty First Quotes

90 quotes by 82 authors

The wars of the twenty-first century will be fought over water. — Ismail Serageldin
While it is unlikely that poetry or art shall eliminate the reality of war in the twenty-first century, it is thrilling to know there remain… — Aberjhani
His [Ben Okri's] work poses very serious questions for the twenty-first century. Among them: To what extent will we allow the indefinable dynamics of something… — Aberjhani
This is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century - solidarity with the weak, the persecuted, the lonely, the sick, and… — Elie Wiesel
Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century we… — William J. Clinton
We are here because we share a fundamental belief: that poverty, illiteracy, disease and inequality do not belong in the twenty-first century. We share a… — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
To trust agents, hyperlinks are the twenty-first-century equivalent of the name-dropper. — Chris Brogan
Sir,-The Planet [Neptune] whose position you marked out actually exists. On the day on which your letter reached me, I found a star of the… — Johann Gottfried Galle
Humanity may destroy the possibilities for life on earth unless the freedom and power that we have acquired are channeled in new creative directions by… — Steven Clark Rockefeller
There was something horrifying in the realization that, in this twenty-first century of what we call 'civilization,' we have carved up what we claim is… — Howard Zinn
As we progress into the twenty-first century, anyone who considers themselves a realist will have to make the environment a top priority. — Leonardo DiCaprio
More than 2 million people found themselves behind bars at the turn of the twenty-first century, and millions more were relegated to the margins of… — Michelle Alexander
The opportunities of the twenty-first century make those of us who care about cities feel like kids in a candy store: How will cities survive… — Greg Nickels
Many things shaped my identity as a young boy: a strong selfworth (something that was instilled in all three Barrowman siblings by our parents), my… — John Barrowman
Decades from now, people will look back and wonder how societies could have acquiesced in a sex slave trade in the twenty-first century that is...… — Sheryl WuDunn
The twentieth century was the bankruptcy of the social utopia; the twenty-first will be that of the technological one. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
All it takes to get elected in twenty-first-century America is a mob of frightened sheep and a wolf with a nice smile, — Greg Bear
The twenty-first century will be spiritual or it will not be. — Andre Malraux
In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization. — Nikola Tesla
If art is to flourish in the twenty-first century, it must renew its moral authority by rededicating itself to life. It must be an enriching,… — Frederick Hart

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