Quotes About Modern

So far as modern science is concerned, we have to abandon completely the idea that by going into the realm of the small we shall reach the ultimate foundations of the universe. I believe we can abandon this idea without any regret. The universe is infinite in all directions, not only above us in the large but also below us in the small.

It seems very strange that one must turn back, and be transported to the very beginnings of history, in order to arrive at an understanding of humanity as it is at present.

A third ideal that has made its way in the modern world is reliance on reason, especially reason disciplined and enriched by modern science. An eternal basis of human intercommunication is reason.

The breed of ancient times was impaired for war by trade and luxury, but the modern breed is not so impaired.

If, therefore, a nation is able to gain the benefit of custom without the evil—if after ages of waiting it can have order and choice together—at once the fatal clog is removed, and the ordinary springs of progress, as in a modern community we conceive them, begin their elastic action.

These days even reality has to look artificial.

Human beings today ... are surrounded by huge institutions we can never penetrate.

The modern god,--the only god in whom faith is preserved,--money, is here, in all its power, manifested in a single countenance.

The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as usual, created enormous casualties on both sides.

That was how divorced from the human scale modern warfare had become. You could smash and destroy from unthinkable distances, obliterate planets from beyond their own system and provoke stars into novae from light-years off ... and still have no good idea why you were really fighting.

I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR, and Lincoln - just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history. But, you know, but when it comes to the economy, we've got a lot more work to do. And we're gonna keep on at it.

trust me, there is nothing sadder than a vampire with a removable upper plate and a subscription to Modern Maturity.

turned off the BlackBerry before James could text back. I might hate electronic wizardry, but it was my ally now. I could use it or not, could respond to James or not, and with my calls simply showing "New York" on his caller ID, he had no idea where I was.

down on one knee seems ridiculous in this day and age." She was silent for a moment. "I cried when you left." His chest went tight. "I'm sorry." "I felt like my

Once people envisioned the possibility of change in a fixed order, the end of an age of submission came in sight; the turn to individual conscience lay ahead. To that extent the Black Death may have been the unrecognized beginning of modern man.

The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II.

Peace on any other terms is a cruel delusion, a truth we need to bear in mind constantly as we seek to be faithful to God's word in our own, modern world of religious pluralism.

We are surrounded by modern, time-saving devices, but we never seem to have enough time.

In olden days, when towns were more scattered, distances greater, and life less complex, men were accustomed to be alone for hours and even days, and could stand it. The modern man must be talking, or he must be reading, or he must be playing: anything lest by accident he be left alone for a little time and compelled to think.

Nowadays it would be reasonable to have an annual world championship.

The Amazon lot are perfectly reasonable, level-headed people who just want to make TV programmes. I don't think they are the enemy of the BBC or the other way round. It's not a war; these things can coexist. We can have Amazon and Netflix and the BBC and BT Sport, and people can make choices. That's what modern life is all about.

Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information.

There's no such thing as the contemporary novel. Before I seem the complete reactionary, let me add that I've happily joined in many discussions about 'the contemporary novel' where what that usually, unproblematically means is novels that have appeared recently or may appear soon.

The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more.