Quotes about century
century full history next
History is full of surprises, and the next century will be no exception. Billy Graham
century compact free hammered lifetime potential promise social workers
I think that the social compact hammered out in the mid-20th century has been superseded by a new compact that is different and doesn't promise the potential for lifetime tenure. Workers are free agents.
century dead god man problem twentieth
In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead; in the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead Erich Fromm
century change constant future state
In this century of hyper-postmodern ideals, with the digital future, we're segmented into different people, places, and things in a constant state of change.
century handy means ok useful
I like 'nerves'! I like the word 'migraineur'. I like the word 'madness'. These are OK words. The 19th century had a very handy term: 'neurasthenic'. I think that's a very useful word. We all know what that means: it means extra-sensitive. Siri Hustvedt
century college plus system
In its century plus years of existence, it's had only two owners: the Flagler System and Flagler College.
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The message of this week is one of monumental disappointment. We have seen the UN desperately searching for a role in the 21st century but not finding one. Ultimately, that role may far more limited than what people have been used to ... the UN is likely to become a bystander.
century disease favorite fear life twentieth
The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century
century challenges cities cold defend forms nearly
The challenges of the new century aren't nearly as predictable as they were during the Cold War, ... Our challenge is to defend cities and infrastructure from new forms of attacks. Donald Rumsfeld
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The Century Club has done a lot of good work to raise money for charity. But on this one they've gotten their heads in the air.
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The energy challenges of the 21st century require a common EU response. The EU is an essential element in delivering sustainable, competitive and secure energy for European citizens. Jose Barroso
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The idea of taking this very modern 21st century story of tender love between two cowboys and putting it into the time period of an old Western opens up the floodgates for telling jokes. Comedians can't resist because we all know what a cowboy movie is and this challenges it. Robert Thompson
century ironic student type
The ironic thing about this is that this is the type of student who the 21st Century scholarship is for. She is someone who's really making it as an American citizen.
century church minds people survive twist
The church is not going to survive if they are going to tell people that they have to twist their minds into 1st century pretzels. John Shelby Spong
century forget
The idea is to put (the club) into the 21st century but not forget our past. We still want it to have a sense of architectural history.
century mitt planet policy relic
Mitt Romney's energy policy is a relic of the 19th century. We need a 21st century plan. The fate of the planet is at stake. Bernie Sanders
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Notre Dame will provide an alternative for the 21st century - a place of higher learning that plays host to world-changing teaching and research, but where technical knowledge does not outrun moral wisdom, where the goal of education is to help students live a good human life, where our restless quest to understand the world not only lives in harmony with faith but is strengthened by it, John Jenkins
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The nation lost a courageous woman and a true American hero. A half century ago, Rosa Parks stood up not only for herself, but for generations upon generations of Americans. Edward Kennedy
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I wanted to write about racism and xenophobia in 21st Century England and Ireland, but I wanted to do it in an exciting way so that I could reach more readers. Zombies seemed like a good way to do that. Darren Shan
century complacent history recent tells twentieth
The twentieth century may tell us that we have nothing to be complacent about in the recent history of humankind; but it also tells us that there is nothing inevitable about tyranny. Rowan Williams
century contact excuse eye pathology sadness tv
The TV is an out, an excuse for not having eye contact or for not having to come up with something interesting to say. Is it pathological? Yes. Is it sad? Yes. But pathology and sadness are part of 20th century American life.
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They are missing a component that is very important and should be one of the skill sets for the 21st century that every kid has when they graduate from high school. John Fahey
century communication importance information modern quarter talking
It was more than a quarter century ago that I started talking about the importance of communication and information in modern society. Kenzo Tange
century common fun group matter motivating people putting rides several sharing together train
I've done several shorter races, century (100-mile) rides and marathons, and the Ironman is just a matter of putting it all together. This is a fun way to train because it's motivating to have a group of people working out together and sharing a common interest.
century compare society teens
All generations of teens have it hard, I think. Each society and century has its struggles that the others can't compare to. Lindsay Pearce
century 19th-century 18th-century
I would say I'm a 19th-century liberal, possibly even an 18th-century one. Niall Ferguson
century disappoint forests great landscapes rivers
I know that the only reason American landscapes sometimes disappoint me is that, just a century before I was born, the great rivers and prairies and wild forests still existed. And they were sublime. John Burnside
century brutal thinker
Our century is a brutal thinker.
century claims fraud
The claim that American women are downtrodden and unfairly treated is the fraud of the century. Phyllis Schlafly
century middle rhythm
But since the middle of the century in particular, the music has become very irregular in rhythm. Karlheinz Stockhausen
century passages prize
The passages of Shakespeare that we most prize were never quoted until within this century. Ralph Waldo Emerson
century wit
Nor sequent centuries could hitOrbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.
century turns
I reckon that women looked their best at the turn of the century. Laura Ashley