Quotes about century
century comedy exist features hard imagine item last pieces shakers
From salt-and-pepper shakers made for some nondescript little comedy from the 1940s, to important pieces from important features of today, all exist at Ellis. It's hard to imagine any important film from the last century that some item from that film is not in some way here at Ellis.
century highway improvement system
Vermont's 19th century highway system was in need of improvement.
century company 20th-century
Any company designed for success in the 20th century is doomed to failure in the 21st. David S. Rose
century common risks russia start vatican
We are at the start of the 21st century and there are many risks in the world and we think that collaboration between Russia and the Vatican corresponds to the common good, Igor Ivanov
century food hijacked hormones kitchens tastes
In the 21st century our tastes buds, our brain chemistry, our biochemistry, our hormones and our kitchens have been hijacked by the food industry.
century drive fields necessary people serve stimulate unending whether
Whether or not people go into space or serve the space industry, they will have the sensitivity to those fields necessary to stimulate unending innovation in the technological fields, and it's that innovation in the 21st century that will drive tomorrow's economies. Neil deGrasse Tyson
century 18th-century persons
I am a person of the 18th century. Cecilia Bartoli
century expect far hundred influence might moving people site visitors vote
We're moving into the 21st century - and people expect you to be available. I've had about 200 visitors to the site so far in this campaign. Two hundred people - that's 200 people that you might influence to vote for you.
century finally moving
We're moving into the 20th century. I know it's the 21st century already, but at least we'll finally be in the 20th century. Tom Browning
century deeply left saw time whose works
Years ago, when I was in Siena for the first time, I saw the works of Duccio, whose deeply emotional painting from the thirteenth century has never left me. Siri Hustvedt
century pandemic three
Three times in this century we have experienced pandemic influenza and they will come again. We must be ready,
century focused fox incredible latins mexicans opening united work
I'm happy and I'm focused on my work... it's incredible to be able to work with 20th Century Fox and to keep opening doors for Mexicans and Latins in the United States. Eiza Gonzalez
century certainly follow form models produced
I'm not a twentieth-century novelist, I'm not modern, and certainly not postmodern. I follow the form of the nineteenth-century novel; that was the century that produced the models of the form. I'm old-fashioned, a storyteller. I'm not an analyst, and I'm not an intellectual. John Irving
century dramatic good political seen shift
We've seen a dramatic shift in the '80s and '90s and into this century with more political involvement by women, and I think that's a good thing.
century feudalism totalitarianism
Totalitarianism is feudalism in the twelfth century sense of the word. Barbara Amiel
century worst over-it
The worst thing about being a great power is when you're not one any more. It takes centuries to get over it. Ben Elton
century god great limited machinery men mostly quest scientists uncover
Our world is limited by the machinery we carry. It's very different to the 18th and 19th century Enlightenment scientists who were mostly men of God and thought it was their quest to uncover God's great plan. Bernard Beckett
century crisis last problem
We want the Y2K problem to be the last crisis of the 20th century and not the first crisis of the 21st century. David Dreier
century general hundred job last profession roles spoiled taking
Actors in general have become very spoiled in the roles they choose these days. When I first started in this profession - about a hundred years ago in the last century - it was all about taking risks, it was about doing the job and honing the craft. Brian Cox
century cheerful colonists england gardens john literary man named notion pleasing tastes traveller
We should have scant notion of the gardens of these New England colonists in the seventeenth century were it not for a cheerful traveller named John Josselyn, a man of everyday tastes and much inquisitiveness, and the pleasing literary style which comes from directness, and an absence of self-consciousness. Alice Morse Earle
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
century living stop tolerance
We are living in a century in which tolerance should be cultivated. We have to stop racist acts. Ivo Sanader
century clean economy future
You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you're not on the path to a clean energy future. Wayne Swan
century gravity maybe older tackle work
It's embarrassing that we're in the 21st century and we don't even know what makes gravity work. I'm getting older and thinking maybe I should tackle more than the mundane. I may fail, but at least I will have tried.
century changing marked solidarity status
The 20th century has been marked by cynicism, selfishness, greed, and the desire to please, all without changing the status quo. In the 21st century, we must resurrect solidarity and compassion. Oscar Arias
century coming needed people scientists seemed
The scientists at the end of the 19th century had people coming to them with this weird behaviour, and they didn't know what was going on but there seemed to be a similarity. They needed an answer, so they made up one.
century clear cuba failed failure latin
The revolutions of my century, the 20th century - the Soviet revolution, or the Chinese, or the revolutions that were fomented in Latin America, such as in Cuba - failed for the most part, a failure which was completely clear by the end of the century. Stephane Hessel
century derived hung life material quite wealth
Our culture is hung up on and overemphasises what can be derived from material objects. I think this is something quite new, over the past 200 or 300 years - that life has become about accumulating material wealth. The 21st century is not about accumulating material wealth like the 20th century. It's already eroding. Tino Sehgal
century darwin deal define describe economic entered explain freud internal marx natural three trying
We entered the 20th century trying to deal with three ideas purporting to define or describe or explain three spheres of action, development and conflict: Darwin on the natural world, Freud on the internal world, Marx on the economic world.
century far hell planet wounded
Evolution can go to hell as far as I am concerned. What a mistake we are. We have mortally wounded this sweet life-supporting planet - the only one in the whole Milky Way - with a century of transportation whoopee. Kurt Vonnegut
century meaning-of-christmas gullibility
The true meaning of Christmas is actually centuries of gullibility. Anthony Jeselnik
century control debate left market parliament stock whether
The debate at the end of this century is not going to be about whether the market should be regulated centrally, or left free-rein, it's going to be about who is in control -- the parliament or the stock exchange, Bob Brown
century great grows house huge key plant produces robot west yellow york
Key West is the place where your sickly house plant back in New York grows to 10 ft. It's also the place where an 8-ft. cactus, the century plant, produces a huge yellow flower every great once in a while, like a robot proffering a bouquet. After the plant flowers, it dies. Edmund White