“Since the last decades of the nineteenth century, revolt against the objectified world has determined the character of art and literature.” WorldArtCharacterLastsLiteratureCenturyTraditionDeterminedDecadesRevoltNineteenth Century Book:On art and architecture Source: On art and architecture
“As best as can be determined, the world is now warmer than it has been at any point in the last two millennia, and, if current trends continue, by the end of the century it will likely be hotter than at any point in the last two million years.” IfsWorldYearsHas BeensTwoEndsLastsMillionsCenturyCurrentsDeterminedGlobal WarmingTrendsHotter Book:Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Climate Change - Is Time Running Out? Source: Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Climate Change - Is Time Running Out?
“You are inhuman brutes determined to rob us of our spiritual consolations and sweep away the moral foundations of our civilization, and on the other: You are obscurantist ignoramuses who'd like to shut down progress and drag us all back to the 16th century, with kings and priests telling us what to think.” ThinkingSpiritualMoralProgressCenturyEvolutionKingsCivilizationFoundationDeterminedPriestsDragConsolationBrutesInhuman Author:John Derbyshire
“If we remain determined to shape a new and better world of separate, sovereign nations, this new century will be a happier one.” IfsWorldWarNationsCenturyShapesDeterminedSovereign Author:Alan Caruba
“What happened to our nation on a September day set in motion the first great struggle of a new century. The enemies who struck us are determined and they are resourceful. They will not be stopped by a sense of decency or a hint of conscience--but they will be stopped.” FirstsWarNationsEnemyStruggleHappenedCenturyConscienceDeterminedSeptemberDecencyHintsResourceful Author:George W. Bush
“Contemporary philosophers are facing problems that were unthinkable only one century ago, such as whether space and time are mutually Independent, whether there is objective chance or only uncertainty, whether physics can explain chemical change, whether our behavior is fully determined by our genomes, whether ideation can change the brain, or whether either the economy or ideas are the ultimate roots of the social.” IdeasProblemSocialChanceSpaceBrainEconomyCenturyBehaviorRootsUltimateIndependentPhilosopherDeterminedPhysicsObjectivesContemporaryUncertaintyChemicalsTime And SpaceUnthinkableGenomeIdeation Author:Mario Bunge
“We stand together as we did two centuries ago, One people under God determined that our future shall be worthy of our past.” PeopleTwoTogetherPastCenturyWorthyDeterminedOur FutureOur Past Author:Ronald Reagan
“I'm enthralled by the national yearning that the Russians had during the 50s and 60s. The whole century was pretty rough for them. They suffered genocide, war, poverty, and half the population was sent to labor camps. But they were determined to get into space first.” FirstsWarWholeSpaceHalfPovertyCenturyLaborPopulationDeterminedRoughCampsGenocideYearning Author:George Meyer