Revolution in the modern
Revolution in the modern case is no longer an uncouth business. Garet Garrett
Modern
You do realise modern
You do realise modern social mores exist for a reason? I was hungry, allowances should be made. Gail Carriger
We owe to democracy,
We owe to democracy, at least in part, the regime of discussion with which we live; we owe it to the principal modern liberties: those of thought, press and association. And the regime of free discussion is the only one which permits the ruling class to renew itself… which eliminates that class quasi-automatically when it … Read more
In my life I’ve
In my life I’ve easily lost 500 pounds but for some reason they keep finding me. Gael Greene
Many in the American
Many in the American military have learned the fundamental dilemma of modern warfare: More money and better weapons don’t mean that you win. Gabriel Kolko
Modern man was not
Modern man was not meant to do his best work before forty but is by nature, and is becoming more so, an afternoon and evening worker. G. Stanley Hall
Before modern times there
Before modern times there was Walking, but not the perfection of Walking, because there was no tea. G. M. Trevelyan
In these days of
In these days of conflict between ancient and modern studies, there must surely be something to be said for a study which did not begin with Pythagoras, and will not end with Einstein, but is the oldest and the youngest of all. G. H. Hardy
I count Maxwell and
I count Maxwell and Einstein, Eddington and Dirac, among real mathematicians. The great modern achievements of applied mathematics have been in relativity and quantum mechanics, and these subjects are at present at any rate, almost as useless as the theory of numbers. G. H. Hardy
Greek mathematics is the
Greek mathematics is the real thing. The Greeks first spoke a language which modern mathematicians can understand… So Greek mathematics is ‘permanent’, more permanent even than Greek literature. G. H. Hardy