My book is traditional. It runs counter to the post-modern spirit.
My musical tastes go from Zeppelin to Bob Dylan to Kanye West and Lil' Wayne. Anything modern and progressive.
I really have a generation gap about modern clothes.
It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.
My personal ambition remains the same - to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.
Maybe this is just me, but as time goes by, I'm more bewildered by modernity. It gets more unfathomable with every passing year.
Silver Machine still sounds really modern with all the white noise. It's a bit punky in a way. They were ahead of their time.
Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.
[passing a Stonehenge-like structure] Manfred: Modern architecture. It'll never last.
I don't understand the notion that modern farming is anything do to with nature. It's a pretty gross interference with nature.
Modern science is predicated on 'truths' verified through accurate observation and measurements of physical world phenomena.
The part of modern pop music I don't know much about is hip hop.
I did not want to be somebody who lived off his reputation. I wanted to continue to be part of the modern music scene.
Music is a gut thing. You're working in a medium which is more in touch with the primal than the modern. A gig is a ritual. There's a congregation.
I have a few friends that have inspired me since I was a young kid. When I watch old films or modern movies - particularly 'Gladiator,' 'New Jack City' and 'The Skin I Live In' - I'll also get ideas.
Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.
Financial crises are an unfortunate but necessary consequence of modern capitalism.
But I think it's quite clear in my work that my orientation isn't political or doesn't come out of modern politics.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
Father Roger Boscovich is often credited as the father of modern atomic theory.
I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.
