Quotes of: Modernism Keyword

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.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Father Roger Boscovich is often credited as the father of modern atomic theory.

Thomas E. Woods Jr.

I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.

Wally Lamb

The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on.

George Osborne

Is this the situation in the modern Conservative party? That women should be seen and not heard?

Harriet Harman

Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.

William Lyon Mackenzie King

In post-modern finance, everybody took a risk when lending or borrowing.

Culpa Innata

It wasn't long after the discovery of modern anesthesia that people began to die of it.

Breathing for Two

Certainly in the modern age where everything is glossed over, when somebody speaks their mind, the majority of the public go, I'd love to have said that.

Pete Waterman

In the modern world, the anxious temperament does offer certain benefits: caution, introspection, the capacity to work alone. These can be adaptive qualities.

Robin Marantz Henig

Chekhov was capable of casually tossing off deplorable comments in his letters, combined with a very modern anger against anti-Semitism.

Tom Stoppard

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture.

Tom Stoppard

It’s just another notch in the good ol’ fucked up, modern America belt.

Taint

The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of.

Orson Pratt

Whenever you're out of town, no matter modern communications, you feel a little bit out of touch.

Richard Armitage

Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the modern conscience.

Salvatore Quasimodo

Postmodernism is among other things a sick joke at the expense of revolutionary avant-gardism.

Terry Eagleton

We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology has demonstrated very clearly that this is not so.

Thor Heyerdahl

'Dead Witch Walking' is basically a modern-day witch living in Cincinnati.

Kim Harrison

I'm a modern girl, but you should put your husband first. I like to think divorce is not an option.

Khloe Kardashian

We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.

Larry Ellison