“Growing up closes so many doors. The modern world doesn't allow for miracles, so we don't see them. It's a very precious gift, an open mind, but it's not passive. You've got to nurture it like a bed of roses; otherwise it will wither and die. Make sure you don't close off your mind to things you find strange. Sometimes they may be the only truth.” WorldMindMaySometimesDiesGrowing UpGrowingDoorsModernStrangeBedMiracleRosePassiveNurtureModern WorldOpen MindPrecious GiftsBed Of Roses Author:Tim Lebbon
“I was a big fan of Kurt Russell growing up and I always wanted to be the modern day Kurt Russell.” BigsWantedGrowing UpGrowingFansModernModern Day Author:Adam Sandler
“this is the spirit of the enchantment under which Venice lies, pearly and roseate, like the Sleeping Beauty, changeless throughout the centuries, arrested, while the concrete forest of the modern world grows up around her.” WorldSpiritLyingGrowsSleepGrowing UpModernCenturyForestsConcreteModern WorldArrestedVeniceEnchantmentSleeping Beauty Book:Venice observed Source: Venice observed
“I worry about kids today - because of the sexual revolution, they're going to grow up and never know what "dirty" means.” KnowsMeanKidsTodayGrowsWorryGrowing UpModernRevolutionDirtyModern LifeSexual Revolution Author:Lily Tomlin
“The modern version of Buridan's ass [a figurative description of a man of indecision] has a Ph.D., but no time to grow up as he is undecided between making a Leonardo da Vinci in the test tube or planting a Coca Cola sign on Mars.” MenGrowsGrowing UpModernTestsVersionsAssDescriptionMarsTubesIndecisionLeonardoCoca ColaUndecidedTime To Grow Up Author:Erwin Chargaff
“Unrestrained automobility, hedonism, individualism, and conspicuous consumption cannot be sustained because they take more than they give back. A spiritually impoverished world cannot be sustained because meaninglessness, anomie, and despair will corrode the desire to be sustained and the belief that humanity is worth sustaining. But these are the very things that distinguish the modern age from its predecessors, Genuine sustainability, in other words, will come not from superficial changes but from a deeper process akin to humankind growing up to a fuller stature.” WorldGivingAgeDesireHumanityBeliefProcessGrowing UpGrowingModernDespairEnvironmentalDeeperGenuineIndividualismSustainabilityHumankindConsumptionSuperficialGiving BackStatureSustainingPredecessorsMeaninglessnessHedonismModern AgeConspicuous ConsumptionAnomie Author:David W. Orr
“I grew up on a farm with only two TV channels. I didn't grow up around much culture. When I got excited about painting, I never really got further than what would have been in a modern art history textbook.” Has BeensArtTwoCultureGrowsGrowing UpModernPaintingTvsGrewGrew UpExcitedFarmsTextbooksArt HistoryModern ArtHistory Textbooks Author:Neil Farber
“In a way it was a modern story but it played to all those 1980 slasher movies. We did the same thing with this. Patrick wanted to do a 1970's road movie and if you'll see, this is a modern story but it's got so much 1970's in your face feel to it. So that was the point, to take that stuff that we loved growing up and sort of do it for today. I think we accomplished it. We'll see.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsStoriesTodayWantedFacesStuffGrowing UpGrowingModernAccomplishedYour FaceRoad Movie Author:Todd Farmer