Century Quote by John Thorn

“Citizens, the nineteenth century is grand, but the twentieth century will be happy. Then there will be nothing more like old history. Men will…

— Victor Hugo

the truth is, I am heartily sick of this life & of the nineteenth century in general. (I am convinced that every thing is…

— Anonymous

Let's forget a little about the 19th century and start looking at the 21st century.

— Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada

“It is nineteenth century up-to-date with a vengeance. And yet, unless my senses deceive me, the old centuries had, and have, powers of their…

— Bram Stoker

“THE TWENTIETH CENTURY was a period defined by the struggle for individual political, economic, and personal liberty against various forms of oppression, and marked…

— Tom Standage

“Citizens, the nineteenth century is great, but the twentieth century will be happy. Then, there will be nothing more like the history of old,…

— Victor Hugo

The nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, Darwin and Renan, the one the…

— Oscar Wilde

As far as what I do, my value as a writer is certainly not to try to recapitulate a 19th century form. Certain styles…

— Mark Leyner

There is one fault that I must find With the twentieth century. And I'll put it in a couple of words; Too adventury. What…

— Ogden Nash

In fact, the 20th century I think was the most fascinating century and the whole of man civilization because so much happened.

— Joan Collins

The chief business of twentieth-century philosopy is to reckon with twentieth-century history.

— Anonymous

With the end of the Victorian era, we passed into what I feel I must call the terrible 20th century

— Winston Churchill