Quotes of: Modern-war Keyword

Contemporary' was in those days [1953] synonymous with 'modern' as it had not been before and is not now [1977].

The Virgin in the Garden

A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway.

Joseph Conrad

We betray our modern arrogance and forget the place of mystery in God's dealing with us.

Os Guinness

The accusation that we've lost our soul resonates with a very modern concern about authenticity.

Patricia Hewitt

I'm a fan of books that are almost languorous in their storytelling. That is a little bit lost sometimes in the modern media that we have.

Patrick Rothfuss

It was my Uncle George who discovered alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought.

P.G. Wodehouse

People-trafficking is modern day slavery. There are more slaves today than there were at the height of the slave trade.

Ross Kemp

That was the beginning of modern acting for me. You don't have to tell a camera everything. It gets bored if you do and wants to look elsewhere.

Stephen Rea

We decided to do some of Merle's things with modern instrumentation. We used a flute, a bass clarinet, a trumpet, a clarinet, drums, a guitar, vibes and a piano.

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Becoming a walking, dancing, fire-breathing lifestyle dragon is not something you can pursue overnight! It takes years of studying, living, and understanding the modern culture!

Theophilus London

I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.

Kiran Desai

I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones.

Kevin McCloud

The way Japan had tried to build up a modern state modelled on the West was cataclysmic.

Kenzaburo Oe

When I was 20 I was immensely proud of the rows of grey-spined Penguin Modern Classics in my bookcase.

Linda Grant

The independent girl is truly of quite modern origin, and usually is a most bewitching little piece of humanity.

Lou Henry Hoover

Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.

Maeve Binchy

When I was a child, I went to stage school three times a week in the evenings - singing, ballet, tap, modern and acting, and I loved it.

Michelle Dockery

Clever modern man is so witless that he thinks moral silence and empty conscience are an advantage.

Michael Leunig

The modern Little Red Riding Hood, reared on singing commercials, has no objection to being eaten by the wolf.

Marshall McLuhan

In modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan.

Rebecca MacKinnon

To talk of a modern work of art enduring is sillier than talking of the eternal values of Standard Oil.

Raoul Vaneigem