#modern world

To be awarded a prize which takes its name from an illustrious Dutchman who at the same time was a great citizen of Europe and through his writings did so much to open up our modern world of sensibility and thought is indeed a most signal honour. ↗

— John G. D. Clark

#citizen #did #europe #great #his

We lack rituals in this modern world. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#modern #modern world #rituals #world

When the new wave of terrorism came on the modern world, which is the late 1960s, early 1970s, I think we spent about a decade, the United States and our allies, trying to figure out how to deal with it. ↗

— Paul Bremer

#allies #came #deal #decade #early

As we consider the fast pace of scientific and technological progress in our modern world, we must not lose our moral compass and give way to 'free market eugenics'. ↗

— Sam Brownback

#consider #fast #free #free market #give

People on death row, the treatment of animals, women's right to choose. So much in America is based on religious fundamentalist Christianity. Grow up! This is the modern world! ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#based #choose #christianity #death #fundamentalist

There seems to be such a laziness in - and I hate to use this phrase - the modern world. Everything is pumped out so quickly so that you can read it while passing by, like billboards or those flashcards before movie shows. ↗

— Chris Ware

#billboards #everything #hate #i #laziness

The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible. ↗

— Alan Watts

#difficulty #god #idea #implausible #incredible

I much prefer the modern world. ↗

— Keith Henson

#modern #modern world #much #prefer #world

The key to the survival of liberty in the modern world is the embrace of multiple identities. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#identities #key #liberty #modern #modern world

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich. ↗