Meaning Quote by Uknown

If the lives of men can be measured in terms of years, ideologies in decades, and nations in centuries, then the unit measuring civilizations,…

— Abdelaziz Bouteflika

“Different rates of development on different continents, from 11,000 B.C. to A.D. 1500, were what led to the technological and political inequalities of A.D.…

— Jared Diamond

The longer a region is in contact with modern civilization, the higher the degree to which the society in the region is civilized.

— Ko Wen-je

Milliseconds influence centuries.

— Robert Cowley

What if miliseconds influence centuries?

— Robert Cowley

“It is the lineaments of the years which form the countenance of the century.”

— Victor Hugo

The 19th century was the century of empires, the 20th was the century of nation states, and the 21st is the century of cities…

— Sadiq Khan

Irrespective of todays judgment and the price we had to pay in this generation, we were able to close an epoch of divisions, different…

— Lech Walesa

“Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

We are at a point in our work when we can no longer ignore empires and the imperial context in our studies. (p. 5)

— Anonymous

We are competing against nations that think in terms of dynasties and centuries.

— John E. James

To define the era we live in is very difficult. How do we define it? We define it by music.

— Donatella Versace