Quotes about century
century designed holding mentality policies resource tries
There is still this 'Lords of Yesteryear' mentality that tries to keep holding on to resource policies that were designed a century ago. Mark Udall
century exciting twentieth
The most exciting thing in the twentieth century is science. John Charles Polanyi
century close-relationship twentieth-century
I've had very close relationships with some twentieth-century writers. Penelope Wilton
century 18th-century our-time
The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time. Michael Tippett
century christians plausible study
I read a study a while ago that made the argument, and it is a plausible argument, that there has been more persecution of Christians in the 20th century than in any of the preceding 19 centuries,
century exact outdoor run
If I were to use outdoor for Coke, I would do the exact opposite. I would run 19th century billboards. That would be startling.
century challenges cities cold defend forms nearly
The challenges of the new century aren't nearly as predictable as they were during the Cold War, ... Our challenge is to defend cities and infrastructure from new forms of attacks. Donald Rumsfeld
century club good gotten heads money raise work
The Century Club has done a lot of good work to raise money for charity. But on this one they've gotten their heads in the air.
century decade defining hispanic midst moment population
The first decade of the 21st century is a defining moment for the Hispanic population and for the nation. We are in the midst of a Hispanic moment.
century solidarity best-things
Solidarity was the best thing which happened in the 20th century. Mikhail Saakashvili
century challenges common delivering element energy essential eu european require secure
The energy challenges of the 21st century require a common EU response. The EU is an essential element in delivering sustainable, competitive and secure energy for European citizens. Jose Barroso
century challenges common energy eu require
The energy challenges of the 21st century require a common EU response.
century mass seen west
The epic story of the West is the development in the 19th century of a mass prosperity the world had never seen and its near-disappearance in one nation after another in the 20th.
century challenges comedians cowboys love modern opens period putting resist taking telling tender time western
The idea of taking this very modern 21st century story of tender love between two cowboys and putting it into the time period of an old Western opens up the floodgates for telling jokes. Comedians can't resist because we all know what a cowboy movie is and this challenges it. Robert Thompson
century church minds people survive twist
The church is not going to survive if they are going to tell people that they have to twist their minds into 1st century pretzels. John Shelby Spong
century future striking
The future is of our own making - and the most striking characteristic of the century is just that development Joseph Conrad
century forget
The idea is to put (the club) into the 21st century but not forget our past. We still want it to have a sense of architectural history.
century dominance french german literary prestige uphold writers
German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature. Pankaj Mishra
century ironic student type
The ironic thing about this is that this is the type of student who the 21st Century scholarship is for. She is someone who's really making it as an American citizen.
century community define desire duty enter expressed generation identity meaning members noble solidarity themselves
This is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century -- solidarity with the weak, the persecuted, the lonely, the sick, and those in despair. It is expressed by the desire to give a noble and humanizing meaning to a community in which all members will define themselves not by their own identity but by that of others. Elie Wiesel
century 20th-century knows
I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century. Ricky Jay
century passages prize
The passages of Shakespeare that we most prize were never quoted until within this century. Ralph Waldo Emerson
century wit
Nor sequent centuries could hitOrbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.
century turns
I reckon that women looked their best at the turn of the century. Laura Ashley
century nineteenth-century wells
Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly. Robert Louis Stevenson
century mankind
The Bible tells us there will be a time for peace. But, so far in this century, mankind has failed to find it. Ronald Reagan