#modern

True as this is, it is also true that for one who won through there were many who gained nothing, and it was, and is, the sheer weight of numbers of those who failed of this that has made their influence on the modern life as pervasive and controlling as it is. ↗

— Ralph A. Cram

#controlling #failed #gained #influence #life

I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world is a standardized worker with interchangeable parts. That would solve the entire problem of management. ↗

— Jean Giraudoux

#entire #i #interchangeable #management #modern

When I was 14 years old, I was a huge fan of the Velvets, the Stooges and the Modern Lovers. They are my three favourite bands. I never get sick of 'em. ↗

— Evan Dando

#fan #favourite #get #huge #huge fan

We didn't reinvent the circus. We repackaged it in a much more modern way. ↗

— Guy Laliberte

#modern #more #much #reinvent #way

It's not about retro or modern, it's about this note or that note, which sounds better? ↗

— Dan Hicks

#better #modern #note #retro #sounds

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

#apply #because #change #exploit #football

Mystery Science Theater is really a postmodern show, it's really derived of many influences. ↗

— Joel Hodgson

#influences #many #mystery #postmodern #really

Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we're trying to be artists in a democratic society. This is because in a democracy, the ideal is compromise. In art, it isn't. ↗

— Brad Holland

#artists #because #come #compromise #contradictions

Style is the most valuable asset of the modern artist. That's probably why so many styles are reported lost or stolen each year. ↗

— Brad Holland

#asset #each #lost #many #modern

The truth is, we haven't really figured out yet how artists are going to thrive in modern mass societies. We're all experiments. ↗

— Brad Holland

#experiments #figured #going #haven #how