Quotes About Modernization

The Ottoman Empire was in decline, held back from modernization by a conservative Muslim priesthood.

Perhaps. Still, somehow Russia must join the twentieth century. Either we, the nobility, must do it, or the people will destroy us and do it themselves.

Air power speaks a strategic language so new that translation into the hackneyed idiom of the past is impossible.

We want to change the identity of Delhi from Generator Capital to Power Generation Capital.

Pero algo muy noble en la defensa del mundo indígena y de los secretos del territorio fue sacrificado allí, una deuda de respeto y de dignidad con los pueblos nativos quedó pendiente mucho tiempo en Colombia, y sigue siendo uno de los desafíos de nuestra incorporación en la modernidad.

America, as Mark Twain observed, nothing is older than our habit of calling everything new.

In all technologically "advanced" countries, fashion has replaced tradition, so that involuntary membership in a society can no longer provide a feeling of community.

Another example may be the robust revival today of traditional or pre-revolutionary beliefs, rituals, customs, ceremonies, and even superstitions, most of which were once strenuously denounced and suppressed during the nation's drive for a cosmopolitan modernity.

In America, air conditioning made possible the economic prosperity of the New South. Without it, cities like Atlanta, Houston, and New Orleans would still be sleepy-time towns.

The differentiations of the modern world have the same structure as tourist attractions: elements dislodged from their original natural, historical and cultural contexts fit together with other such displaced or modernized things and people. The differentiations are the attractions

I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context.

Much else than liberalization has happened in the nineties (in India)

In the course of its development, civilization eliminates heroism.

many iGen students seem to see their schools as behind the times, irrelevant in a fast-paced world of constantly changing technology.

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

taxi companies had either never thought of these innovations or just did not to bother to introduce

Les places sont envahies de chaises en plastique et de parasols dédiés au dieu Coca-Cola.

Viteza cu care se înnoieÈ™te tehnologia ne oblig? s? ne reorganiz?m continuu È™i într-un ritm imposibil deprinderilor mentale.

Big, old companies are simply not designed for digital.

Strip malls are history.

The infrastructure that holds society in place is based on increasingly sophisticated systems, technology, and complexity.

Seriously, though, in this day and age I don't know why we're still cutting open frogs to see what's inside them. If somebody tells me there's a heart and intestines inside a frog, I'm willing to take their word for it.

Seriously, though, in this day and age I don't know why we're still cutting open frogs to see what's inside them. If somebody tells me there's a heart and intestines inside a grog, I'm willing to take their word for it.

that's true, then maybe we need to accept the idea that progress isn't such a bad thing, even when there's collateral damage. You shouldn't continue to use outdated methods when a better option exists just to maintain the status quo." "Come on, John Henry, you can't really believe that!" "Do you want technological advancement to remain stagnant? This could be your chance to acquire some new skills.