“With all its excesses, the modern impressionistic movement has given us one discovery, the color violet. It is the only discovery of importance in the art world since Velazquez.” WorldArtGivenModernMovementColorDiscoveryImportanceExcessVioletArt World Author:Joaquin Sorolla
“For Jews, the Messiah has never come; for Christians, He has come but once; for modern man, He appears and disappears with increasing rapidity. The saviors of modern man, the "scientists" who promise salvation through the "discoveries" of ethology and sociology, psychology and psychiatry, and all the other bogus religions, issue forth periodically, as if selected by some Messiah-of-the-Month Club.” IfsMenChristianIssuesPsychologyModernMonthsPromiseDiscoveryScientistSalvationJewClubsDisappearSaviorSociologyPsychiatrySelectedMessiahModern Man Author:Thomas Szasz
“They were the first Westerners. The spirit of the West, the modern spirit, is a Greek discovery; and the place of the Greeks is in the modern world.” WorldFirstsSpiritModernDiscoveryWestGreekModern WorldWesterners Book:The Greek way ; The Roman way Source: The Greek way ; The Roman way
“If a government is to do great new things, it will need more support. If a government is to change the world, it will need mass support. This is one of the discoveries of modern government.” IfsWorldNeedsGovernmentSupportModernMassDiscoveryChanging The WorldNew Things Author:Bernard Crick
“I suppose the thing that really interests me is what mankind did with the big, big, big discoveries that have created our modern age.” BigsAgeInterestModernMankindDiscoveryModern Age Author:Stephen Fry
“The discoveries of modern science do not disagree with the oldest traditions which claim an incredible antiquity for our race.” RaceModernDiscoveryTraditionClaimsIncrediblesDisagreeAntiquityModern Science Book:Isis Unveiled: (Two Volumes in a Slipcase) Source: Isis Unveiled: (Two Volumes in a Slipcase)
“Perhaps the best known, and certainly the most vaunted, "discovery" of modern public opinion research is the indifference and ignorance of a majority of the electorate in western democracies.” KnownOpinionDemocracyModernIgnoranceResearchDiscoveryMajorityWesternIndifferencePublic OpinionElectorate Book:Democracy ancient and modern Source: Democracy ancient and modern
“For being able to use language was a critical skill that could carry one far. One could use it professionally, as a crafter of everything from political speeches to modern novels. One could use it personally, as a tool of discovery or a means of staying connected to others. One could use it as an outlet that would feed the artistic spirit of the creator, which existed in everyone.” MeanUseAblePoliticalSpiritLanguageNovelModernSkillsSpeechDiscoveryToolsCreatorConnectedCriticalArtisticStayingOutletsPolitical SpeechesModern NovelCrafters Author:Elizabeth George
“A great curse has fallen upon modern life with the discovery of the vastness of the word Education.” ModernDiscoveryCurseFallenModern LifeVastness Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“The more one observes, the more clearly does he see that it is in the soil of pure science that are found the origins of all our modern industry and commerce. In fact,our civilization is wholly built upon our scientific discoveries.” DoeFactsFoundModernIndustryCivilizationPureDiscoveryBuiltSoilCommerceScientific Discovery Author:Herbert Hoover
“His teaching became a turning point in chess history: it was from Steinitz that the era of modern chess began. The contribution of the first world champion to its development is comparable with the great scientific discoveries of the 19th century.” WorldFirstsTeachingModernCenturyDevelopmentDiscoveryChessErasChampionContribution19th CenturyTurning PointsScientific DiscoveryWorld Champions Author:Garry Kasparov
“So, we've gone from covered wagons to going to the moon in just under 100 years. For all the centuries and thousands of years before us, people walked or rode horses, cows, camels or whatever. This so-called modern era, from the late 19th century through now, has been the period of the most amazing development, discovery, innovation and acceleration of change that humans have ever experienced. And it hasn't slowed down yet.” PeopleYearsHumansHas BeensGoneModernCenturyDevelopmentPeriodsMoonLateDiscoveryHorseInnovationErasCoveredCows19th CenturyMost AmazingCamelsWagonsAccelerationModern Era Author:Edgar Mitchell
“The great intellectual tradition that comes down to us from the past was never interrupted or lost through such trifles as the sack of Rome, the triumph of Attila, or all the barbarian invasions of the Dark Ages. It was lost after the introduction of printing, the discovery of America, the founding of the Royal Society, and all the enlightenment of the Renaissance and the modern world. It was there, if anywhere, that there was lost or impatiently snapped the long thin delicate thread that had descended from distant antiquity; the thread of that unusual human hobby: the habit of thinking.” IfsThinkingWorldHumansLongAgeAmericaPastLostDarkModernHabitIntellectualEnlightenmentDiscoveryTraditionTriumphUnusualRomeDelicateThreadHobbiesRoyalFoundingModern WorldIntroductionInvasionDark AgesRenaissanceTriflesPrintingAntiquityBarbariansInterruptedDiscovery Of America Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“A great unification is now taking place between science and spirituality. The most advanced discoveries of modern science are rising to reaffirm the timeless wisdom of the great religious and spiritual traditions of every culture.” SpiritualCultureSpiritualityReligiousModernDiscoveryTraditionRisingTimelessModern ScienceUnificationGreat Religious Author:John Hagelin