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Quotes About Times

There are theoretical reformers at all times, and all the world over, living on anticipation.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Cultural values change with times, unless they are built on an absolute standard of values and virtues. This standard must be afterwards well-guarded and protected.
~ Sunday Adelaja
O temporal O mores! O what times! what morals!
~ Cicero
Times change, and people change with the times—the wise ones do. Wisdom lies in knowing when to remember and when to forget. Consistency is not a habit of mind which it is wise to practice or to expect of the human race.
~ Ayn Rand
In uncertain times, Mr. President," the prime minister said, "the call of religious and ethnic solidarity can be intoxicating. And it's not so hard for politicians to exploit that, in India or anywhere else.
~ Barack Obama
I suppose it is in our nature," she said finally. "When men fear the loss of what they know, they will follow any tyrant who promises to restore the old order." "If that is our nature, then nature is madness. These are more dangerous times than we ever have known." *
~ Barbara Kingsolver
When men fear the loss of what they know, they will follow any tyrant who promises to restore the old order." "If that is our nature, then nature is madness. These are more dangerous times than we ever have known." *
~ Barbara Kingsolver
If that is our nature, then nature is madness. These are more dangerous times than we ever have known.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
Mary and Thatcher had lived in enviable times, when biologists were discovering new species right and left, not watching them go extinct.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
When men fear the loss of what they know, they will follow any tyrant who promises to restore the old order." "If that is our nature, then nature is madness. These are more dangerous times than we ever have
~ Barbara Kingsolver
Zola wrote that the mendacity of the press could be divided into two groups: the yellow press lies every day without hesitating. But others, like the Times, speak the truth on all inconsequential occasions, so they can deceive the public with the requisite authority when it becomes necessary.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
The times are squalid. They always were. It is a poet's duty to hold the line.
~ Basil Bunting
But circumstances make victims of us all at times.
~ Steve Martini
The first scientifically grounded forecast appeared in the Times (London) on August 1, 1861, predicting a temperature in London of 62°F, clear skies, and a southwesterly wind. The forecast proved to be accurate—the temperature peaked at 61°F that day—and before long, weather forecasts became a staple of most newspapers, even if they were rarely as accurate as FitzRoy's initial prediction.
~ Steven Johnson
Sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, and love belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality.
~ Harry Allen Overstreet
My life may be a pretty crazy life at times, but its a very privileged one - being able to earn a good living doing what you love. Not many people have such an opportunity.
~ Julianne Moore
who was a fine old king in the old ancient times,
~ Joseph Jacobs
Well, sir, you must know, as you didn't hear it afore, that there was a king, called King O'Toole, who was a fine old king in the old ancient times,
~ Joseph Jacobs
Have courage, young Fireheart. These are dark times for ThunderClan
~ Erin Hunter
WarGames had been one of Halliday's all-time favorite movies. Which was why I had watched it over three dozen times.
~ Ernest Cline
All my films have raised questions on issues that are contemporary and relevant to our times.
~ Suresh Gopi
This, it may be said, is no more than a hypothesis... only of that force of precedent which in all times has been so strong to keep alive religious forms of which the original meaning is lost.
~ William Robertson Smith
Great ideology creates great times.
~ Kim Jong Il
At the 'Guardian,' we have a special relationship with our readers. This relationship is not just about the news; it's about a shared sense of purpose and a commitment to understand and illuminate our times.
~ Katharine Viner