Quotes of: Modern-world Keyword

Scientism is gnosticism wrapped in a post-modern package". ~R. Alan Woods [2009]

The Journey Is The Destination: A Photo Journal

War, money and greed that is the modern heinous Trinity, and they are inseparable these days.

The Seven Deadly Sins

Creating a regulatory system that reflects the modern-day realities of financial markets is not as difficult as it may appear.

Paul Singer

I wanted to make sure to always stay current, try to find new material and stay with the modern techniques.

Rick Baker

The Bradshaws suggests an extraordinary civilisation that existed long before modern man reached the British Isles.

Richard Flanagan

The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look.

Stephen Gardiner

I confess I take perverse delight as a theologian in the controversies surrounding postmodernism.

Stanley Hauerwas

You can't have modern states based on ideas which have been out of date for a thousand years.

Salman Rushdie

Because of the need to remove all modernism, we stayed in the middle of nowhere all day long, living out of tents. It was cold. It definitely set the scene.

Skeet Ulrich

A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely.

Tahar Ben Jelloun

In the modern desktop environment, with multitasking and alerts and constant activity, there are always more distractions. When you're at a computer, your hands are always on the controls.

Marco Arment

In many ways, Nixon started the modern notion of 'compassionate conservatism,' which as we all know is neither 'compassionate' nor 'conservative.'

Monica Crowley

I was at university and I was studying modern drama and studying English, and I just was like, 'I don't wanna be in this place. I wanna be acting.'

Melanie Lynskey

In general, we like to shoot Breaking Bad like a modern day Western, and Sergio Leone is one of my all-time favorite directors.

Michelle MacLaren

Industrial agriculture freed many people to pursue lives their parents and grandparents could never have. It made America modern.

Michael Specter

When the experts’ scientific knowledge is legitimated in terms of being rational, logical, efficient, educated, progressive, modern, and enlightened, what analogies can other segments of society . . . utilize to challenge them?

Martin Guevara Urbina

If the seams are showing, there is something wrong with the performance or the construction of the piece. This idea is completely at odds with our modern visual experience, because everything today is based on montage.

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Beside the brand-ambassador elements of the modern racing driver, the evolution of the athlete has mandated that as drivers, we are very committed to fitness.

Charlie Kimball

I'm obsessed with 'Game of Thrones.' I love comedies - I really like '30 Rock' and 'Modern Family.'

Kunal Nayyar

I think every time there's a show like 'Modern Family' or 'Will & Grace' that portray gay and lesbian characters and is successful, it just further opens the door.

Steven Levitan

The old adage that you shouldn't change a winning team doesn't apply in modern international football because managers have to study the opposition and pick players who exploit their weaknesses.

Glenn Hoddle