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Modern Quotes

The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice Picture Quote #1

Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life Picture Quote #1

Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made man feel small by showing him that the Earth was not the center of the universe Picture Quote #1

To care for the quarrels of the past, to identify oneself passionately with a cause that became, politically speaking, a losing cause with the birth of the modern world, is to experience a kind of straining against reality, a rebellious nonconformity that, again, is rare in America, where children are instructed in the virtues of the system they live under, as though history had achieved a happy ending in American civics Picture Quote #1

If you know even as little history as I do, it is hard not to doubt the efficacy of modern war as a solution to any problem except that of retribution - the justice of exchanging one damage for another Picture Quote #1

The worst thing about the miracle of modern communications is the Pavlovian pressure it places upon everyone to communicate whenever a bell rings Picture Quote #1

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Newton's great generalization, which he called the third law of motion, was that action and reaction are always equal to each other; and that law has been one of the most pregnant of all truths about the mystery of force; - one of the brightest windows through which modern eyes have looked into the world of nature Picture Quote #1

If the world is to change for the better it must start with a change in human consciousness, in the very humanness of modern man Picture Quote #1

So here I stand before you preaching organic architecture: declaring organic architecture to be the modern ideal Picture Quote #1

Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science Picture Quote #1

Language is a finite instrument crudely applied to an infinity of ideas, and one consequence of the failure to take account of this is that modern philosophy has made itself ridiculous by analysing such statements as, This is a good bacon sandwich, or, Bedser had a good wicket Picture Quote #1

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art Picture Quote #1

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It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture Picture Quote #1

I am the very model of a modern Major-General, I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral, I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical, From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical Picture Quote #1

It's only due to modern technology that you can be as pleasingly plump as you are Picture Quote #1

Absolute relativism, which is neither more nor less than skepticism, in the most modern sense of the term, is the supreme triumph of the reasoning reason Picture Quote #1

Modern life means democracy, democracy means freeing intelligence for independent effectiveness the emancipation of mind as an individual organ to do its own work. We naturally associate democracy, to be sure, with freedom of action, but freedom of action without freed capacity of thought behind it is only chaos Picture Quote #1

Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may happily strike out his teeth Picture Quote #1

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Human beings seem to be far more autonomous and self governed than modern psychological theory allows for Picture Quote #1

IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated Picture Quote #1

Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be relevant to our modern societies, just think about the risks... Of our increasing globalization and increasing worldwide economic interdependence Picture Quote #1

Thousands of years ago, humans domesticated every possible large wild mammal species fulfilling all those criteria and worth domesticating, with the result that there have been no valuable additions of domestic animals in recent times, despite the efforts of modern science Picture Quote #1

Snobbery is not merely a silly human weakness but something basic in the mentality of modern man - a symptom which reflects the general sickness, the dislocation of social and cultural values in contemporary civilization Picture Quote #1

A typical triumph of modern science to find the only part of Randolph that was not malignant and remove it Picture Quote #1

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Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the leading passion of my life has been and is hatred of modern civilization Picture Quote #1

Takes us the farther distance from the Old World to something new and revolutionary in human thought. That moral center, however, is hard to find with modern eyes. Locating it requires Picture Quote #1

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before Picture Quote #1

Economists talk about profit motive, but nothing motivates modern man more than a chance to avoid taxes! Picture Quote #1

When I hear modern people complain of being lonely then I know what has happened. They have lost the cosmos Picture Quote #1

For a modern woman it is important to be supported and that there is equality in every aspect, and that it's not two halves that make a whole - it's two wholes that make a whole Picture Quote #1

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The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice (Modern Quotes) Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life (Modern Quotes) Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made man feel small by showing him that the Earth was not the center of the universe (Modern Quotes) To care for the quarrels of the past, to identify oneself passionately with a cause that became, politically speaking, a losing cause with the birth of the modern world, is to experience a kind of straining against reality, a rebellious nonconformity that, again, is rare in America, where children are instructed in the virtues of the system they live under, as though history had achieved a happy ending in American civics (Modern Quotes) If you know even as little history as I do, it is hard not to doubt the efficacy of modern war as a solution to any problem except that of retribution - the justice of exchanging one damage for another (Modern Quotes) The worst thing about the miracle of modern communications is the Pavlovian pressure it places upon everyone to communicate whenever a bell rings (Modern Quotes) Newton's great generalization, which he called the third law of motion, was that action and reaction are always equal to each other; and that law has been one of the most pregnant of all truths about the mystery of force; - one of the brightest windows through which modern eyes have looked into the world of nature (Modern Quotes) If the world is to change for the better it must start with a change in human consciousness, in the very humanness of modern man (Modern Quotes) So here I stand before you preaching organic architecture: declaring organic architecture to be the modern ideal (Modern Quotes) Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science (Modern Quotes) Language is a finite instrument crudely applied to an infinity of ideas, and one consequence of the failure to take account of this is that modern philosophy has made itself ridiculous by analysing such statements as, This is a good bacon sandwich, or, Bedser had a good wicket (Modern Quotes) Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art (Modern Quotes) It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture (Modern Quotes) I am the very model of a modern Major-General, I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral, I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical, From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical (Modern Quotes) It's only due to modern technology that you can be as pleasingly plump as you are (Modern Quotes) Absolute relativism, which is neither more nor less than skepticism, in the most modern sense of the term, is the supreme triumph of the reasoning reason (Modern Quotes) Modern life means democracy, democracy means freeing intelligence for independent effectiveness the emancipation of mind as an individual organ to do its own work. We naturally associate democracy, to be sure, with freedom of action, but freedom of action without freed capacity of thought behind it is only chaos (Modern Quotes) Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may happily strike out his teeth (Modern Quotes) Human beings seem to be far more autonomous and self governed than modern psychological theory allows for (Modern Quotes) IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated (Modern Quotes) Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be relevant to our modern societies, just think about the risks... Of our increasing globalization and increasing worldwide economic interdependence (Modern Quotes) Thousands of years ago, humans domesticated every possible large wild mammal species fulfilling all those criteria and worth domesticating, with the result that there have been no valuable additions of domestic animals in recent times, despite the efforts of modern science (Modern Quotes) Snobbery is not merely a silly human weakness but something basic in the mentality of modern man - a symptom which reflects the general sickness, the dislocation of social and cultural values in contemporary civilization (Modern Quotes) A typical triumph of modern science to find the only part of Randolph that was not malignant and remove it (Modern Quotes) Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the leading passion of my life has been and is hatred of modern civilization (Modern Quotes) Takes us the farther distance from the Old World to something new and revolutionary in human thought. That moral center, however, is hard to find with modern eyes. Locating it requires (Modern Quotes) Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before (Modern Quotes) Economists talk about profit motive, but nothing motivates modern man more than a chance to avoid taxes! (Modern Quotes) When I hear modern people complain of being lonely then I know what has happened. They have lost the cosmos (Modern Quotes) For a modern woman it is important to be supported and that there is equality in every aspect, and that it's not two halves that make a whole - it's two wholes that make a whole (Modern Quotes)

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