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Century Quotes

I think he [President Clinton] was probably the brightest President of the 20th century Picture Quote #1

Don’t be surprised if in the 21st century lectures on meditation appear in university catalogues for physics Picture Quote #1

Evangelicals have to face it (like Roman Catholics of 16th century had to): Increasingly, our version of Good News is neither news nor good Picture Quote #1

I’m definitely a child of the 21st century and I prefer texting to phone calls, but I would prefer an answering machine over all Picture Quote #1

You have the 20th century wrapping up and everything is moving at this breakneck speed? And then, painting is still walking. It’s just a very human activity that takes time Picture Quote #1

As far as I’m concerned, the 20th century was performance-driven, but for some reason, the critics and historians didn’t know how to integrate that Picture Quote #1

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As far as Marx’s analysis of capitalism, there’s a lot of very useful ideas in it, but he’s developing an abstract model of 19th century capitalism. It’s abstract and it’s changed Picture Quote #1

We have converted huge swaths of land and ocean into human habitats where we live and grow food and harvest energy. But there’s been a sea change in the past century Picture Quote #1

I figured that to be a writer I would need to have been born in the nineteenth century, be British, or have three names. So I turned my sights elsewhere . . . to acting Picture Quote #1

Even under the best of circumstances - in twenty-first century America at least - caring for elderly parents ain’t no place for sissies Picture Quote #1

When the war started, religion and superstition (whatever the difference is) permeated the lives of ordinary soldiers, who lived in a thought world not too far removed from the seventeenth century Picture Quote #1

America is old tobacco: gold and green. It’s lush and literally feels like wealth, like optimism, turn of the century America where everything was blooming Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think he’d [Andy Warhol] be that amazed because he was so driven to be the Picasso of the second half of the 20th century Picture Quote #1

Satire about any and all professionals with a special vocabulary has been a staple of fiction and popular ridicule since the 18th century Picture Quote #1

Many philosophers in the second half of the 20th century really seemed to think that they were laying the foundations for science by laying down the conceptual (necessary) truths Picture Quote #1

Part of the challenge of being a girl living in the 21st Century, looking back, the danger is to not judge your character by your own standards Picture Quote #1

Mandelstam was an artistic genius, the sort that any century produces only a handful of Picture Quote #1

The Cold War was really the great struggle of the 20th Century and it shaped American political life from top to bottom Picture Quote #1

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Mother Teresa, the nun who in the last century dedicated her long life to helping the poor, is now a saint Picture Quote #1

By the end of this century, climate change will reduce the human population to a few breeding pairs surviving near the Arctic Picture Quote #1

It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer Picture Quote #1

When a woman wants a man and lusts after him, the lover need not bother to conjure up opportunities, for she will find more in an hour than we men could think of in a century Picture Quote #1

It would not be at all strange if history came to the conclusion that the perfection of the bicycle was the greatest incident of the nineteenth century Picture Quote #1

Glasgow is still full of churches built in the last century. Half of them have been turned into warehouses Picture Quote #1

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The twentieth century was marked by two broad trends: the regulation of capitalism and the deregulation of democracy. Both experiments overreached Picture Quote #1

There are two things in particular that it [the computer industry] failed to foresee: one was the coming of the Internet(...); the other was the fact that the century would end Picture Quote #1

I’d studied 16th century science and magic. I thought it was strange that people were interested in the same kinds of things my research was about. The more I thought about it, the more intriguing it became and pretty soon I was writing a novel about a reluctant witch and a 1500-year-old vampire Picture Quote #1

I’m afraid I am a bit of a technophobe - a nineteenth-century man caught in the twenty-first century. But there is one piece of technology that I would especially welcome: a device to automatically balance restaurant tables on all four legs so that they don’t rock back and forth Picture Quote #1

Our world is limited by the machinery we carry. Its very different to the 18th and 19th century Enlightenment scientists who were mostly men of God and thought it was their quest to uncover Gods great plan Picture Quote #1

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I think he [President Clinton] was probably the brightest President of the 20th century (Century Quotes) Don’t be surprised if in the 21st century lectures on meditation appear in university catalogues for physics (Century Quotes) Evangelicals have to face it (like Roman Catholics of 16th century had to): Increasingly, our version of Good News is neither news nor good (Century Quotes) I’m definitely a child of the 21st century and I prefer texting to phone calls, but I would prefer an answering machine over all (Century Quotes) You have the 20th century wrapping up and everything is moving at this breakneck speed? And then, painting is still walking. It’s just a very human activity that takes time (Century Quotes) As far as I’m concerned, the 20th century was performance-driven, but for some reason, the critics and historians didn’t know how to integrate that (Century Quotes) As far as Marx’s analysis of capitalism, there’s a lot of very useful ideas in it, but he’s developing an abstract model of 19th century capitalism. It’s abstract and it’s changed (Century Quotes) We have converted huge swaths of land and ocean into human habitats where we live and grow food and harvest energy. But there’s been a sea change in the past century (Century Quotes) I figured that to be a writer I would need to have been born in the nineteenth century, be British, or have three names. So I turned my sights elsewhere . . . to acting (Century Quotes) Even under the best of circumstances - in twenty-first century America at least - caring for elderly parents ain’t no place for sissies (Century Quotes) When the war started, religion and superstition (whatever the difference is) permeated the lives of ordinary soldiers, who lived in a thought world not too far removed from the seventeenth century (Century Quotes) America is old tobacco: gold and green. It’s lush and literally feels like wealth, like optimism, turn of the century America where everything was blooming (Century Quotes) I don’t think he’d [Andy Warhol] be that amazed because he was so driven to be the Picasso of the second half of the 20th century (Century Quotes) Satire about any and all professionals with a special vocabulary has been a staple of fiction and popular ridicule since the 18th century (Century Quotes) Many philosophers in the second half of the 20th century really seemed to think that they were laying the foundations for science by laying down the conceptual (necessary) truths (Century Quotes) Part of the challenge of being a girl living in the 21st Century, looking back, the danger is to not judge your character by your own standards (Century Quotes) Mandelstam was an artistic genius, the sort that any century produces only a handful of (Century Quotes) The Cold War was really the great struggle of the 20th Century and it shaped American political life from top to bottom (Century Quotes) Mother Teresa, the nun who in the last century dedicated her long life to helping the poor, is now a saint (Century Quotes) By the end of this century, climate change will reduce the human population to a few breeding pairs surviving near the Arctic (Century Quotes) It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer (Century Quotes) When a woman wants a man and lusts after him, the lover need not bother to conjure up opportunities, for she will find more in an hour than we men could think of in a century (Century Quotes) It would not be at all strange if history came to the conclusion that the perfection of the bicycle was the greatest incident of the nineteenth century (Century Quotes) Glasgow is still full of churches built in the last century. Half of them have been turned into warehouses (Century Quotes) The twentieth century was marked by two broad trends: the regulation of capitalism and the deregulation of democracy. Both experiments overreached (Century Quotes) I’m looking to meet someone whose profile pictures are from this century (Century Quotes) There are two things in particular that it [the computer industry] failed to foresee: one was the coming of the Internet(...); the other was the fact that the century would end (Century Quotes) I’d studied 16th century science and magic. I thought it was strange that people were interested in the same kinds of things my research was about. The more I thought about it, the more intriguing it became and pretty soon I was writing a novel about a reluctant witch and a 1500-year-old vampire (Century Quotes) I’m afraid I am a bit of a technophobe - a nineteenth-century man caught in the twenty-first century. But there is one piece of technology that I would especially welcome: a device to automatically balance restaurant tables on all four legs so that they don’t rock back and forth (Century Quotes) Our world is limited by the machinery we carry. Its very different to the 18th and 19th century Enlightenment scientists who were mostly men of God and thought it was their quest to uncover Gods great plan (Century Quotes)

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