"Before modern times there was Walking, but not……" — G. M. Trevelyan
"Before modern times there was Walking, but not the perfection of Walking, because there was no tea."
More Modern Quotes
- Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid… — Margaret Atwood
- Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.' — Norman Ralph Augustine
- The main reason for the failure of the modern medical science is that it is dealing with results and not… — Edward Bach
- The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now… — Russell Baker
- Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful… — Johnny Ball
- Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world… — J. G. Ballard
- The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies… — Edward Abbey
- Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers… — Dave Barry
- I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free. — John Barrymore
- I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance - suddenly, it is more respected and discovered. — Mikhail Baryshnikov