Quotes of: Modern-poetry Keyword

Unfortunately, it has come to my attention that the modern world is sorely lacking in imagination. And grown-ups are the biggest culprits of all.

The Mapmaker and the Ghost

Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.

The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life

Man is not a beast of burden, and the Sabbath is not for the purpose of enhancing the efficiency of his work.

The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man

A modern culture built on the back of dying gods immerses me.

Pagan Standard Times: Essays on the Craft

The notion of freedom proclaimed by the modern world is anti-discipline. But true freedom cannot be separated from discipline.

Rediscover Catholicism

Children arrive animists. They learn about life, themselves, and empathy by imagining the liveliness of everything they come into contact with.

Teen Spirit Guide to Modern Shamanism

Healing stories are magickal tales born from personal tribulation and victory, which are then shared.

Teen Spirit Guide to Modern Shamanism

That's what I like about the modern world: choice. We all choose what we have to live with.

The Woman He Loved Before

Yes? No? It doesn't matter. In America, "Qualification" is simply an attitude. I've adopted it. So, yes. I am qualified.

The Will to Whatevs: A Guide to Modern Life

Sports bars are also a great place for guys to meet other guys--either for sex or for wrestling, whichever feels more right.

The Will to Whatevs: A Guide to Modern Life

News invented the modern world as much as the modern world invented news. Finding out what was going on elsewhere in the world change people's minds about what was possible or tolerable.

Lawrence Kleep

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

The Writing of Fiction

I look at modern life and I see people not taking responsibility for their lives. The temptation to blame, to find external causes to one's own issues is something that is particularly modern. I know that personally I find that sense of responsibilit...

Edward Zwick

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

A. N. Wilson

I am grieved for my children—and boy’s in particular—that this modern age is emasculating men under the guise of “the best interest of the children”.

H. Kirk Rainer

In 2009, at the Vancouver Peace Summit, I met a supporter of Free the Slaves, an NGO dedicated to eradicating modern-day slavery; weeks later, I flew down to Los Angeles and met with the director of Free the Slaves; thus began my journey into explori...

Lisa Kristine

The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression which is logically defensible at every point and which tends to correspond to the rigorous spirit of modern science.

Edward Sapir

Our first challenge is to ensure safety of pilgrims, and we will use modern technology for that. We will strengthen our telecom network and will provide special mobile apps to the pilgrims at the time of registration.

Harish Rawat

But I don't think there has ever been anything written on the nature of violent man as deep and as thorough as Shakespeare's Titus. I think it puts all modern movies and modern exploitations of violence to shame.

Julie Taymor

Desire is the first thing a modern dancer should have. Skill can be developed. But if you don't have desire as a modern dancer, forget it.

Twyla Tharp

Take a good long look at . It’s all ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’. There is no ‘me’, ‘I’ or ‘mine’ anywhere.

God's Poetry: The Identity and Destiny Encoded In Your Name