“Exposed! shines a harsh light on the myriad horrors of modern society and reports back from the fearful frontlines with wicked wit and paranoid power. From the murky waters of New Orleans to the scarred psyches of our own image-obsessed existence, Exposed! is the last headline we get to read before reality comes tumbling down.” RealityLightLastsWaterExistenceModernHorrorShiningWitObsessedWickedReportsExposedFearfulHarshNew OrleansHeadlinesParanoidModern SocietyPsychTumblingFrontlineTumbling DownMurky Water Author:Jeremy Robert Johnson
“I often ask myself, 'Who would Jesus vote for?' Then I start to think that he wouldn't vote at all; however, it would not be out of apathy or disinterest, but out of perfection and light. As a miracle worker, I think he would, by the power of God's teachings, the perseverance and the truth, influence in a modern sense whoever is put into office how to best serve his fellow men. One, like his skeptics, may find that impractical. But there is a message in that no man in power can slow the momentum of the will of God, and the miracles of his teachings will be forever victorious.” ThinkingMenMayLightAsksJesusForeverInfluenceTeachingModernOfficeMessagesPerfectionVoteMiracleFellowsWorkersPerseveranceGods WillApathyFellow ManMomentumSkepticPower Of GodDisinterestMiracle Worker Author:Criss Jami
“For those who have only to obey, law is what the sovereign commands. For the sovereign, in the throes of deciding what he ought to command, this view of law is singularly empty of light and leading. In the dispersed sovereignty of modern states, and especially in times of rapid social change, law must look to the future as well as to history and precedent, and to what is possible and right as well as to what is actual.” WellsLooksStatesLightLawSocialViewsModernOughtEmptyCommandSovereignSovereigntySocial ChangeRapidsPrecedentLooking To The Future Author:William Ernest Hocking
“We cannot use electric lights and radios and, in the event of illness, avail ourselves of modern medical and clinical means and at the same time believe in the spirit and wonder world of the New Testament.” WorldBelieveMeanUseLightSpiritWonderModernEventsIllnessRadioMedicalElectricTestamentNew TestamentClinicalsElectric Light Author:Rudolf Bultmann
“I have never been able to soothe myself with the sugary delusions of religion; for these things stand convicted of the utmost absurdity in light of modern scientific knowledge.” LightAbleModernDelusionAbsurdityScientific Knowledge Author:H. P. Lovecraft
“That was how divorced from the human scale modern warfare had become. You could smash and destroy from unthinkable distances, obliterate planets from beyond their own system and provoke stars into novae from light-years off... and still have no good idea why you were really fighting.” YearsHumansStillsIdeasLightFightingStarsModernPlanetsDistanceScalesGood IdeasWarfareProvokingDivorcedUnthinkableModern WarfareLight Years Author:Iain Banks
“Your eyes, accustomed to semi-darkness, will soon open to more radiant visions of light. The shadows which we shall paint shall be more luminous than the high-lights of our predecessors, and our pictures, next to those of the museums, will shine like blinding daylight, compared with deepest night. We conclude that painting cannot exist today without divisionism... ...Divisionism, for the modern painter, must be an innate complementariness which we declare to be essential and necessary.” LightEyeTodayNightNextVisionDarknessModernPaintingEssentialsShadowShiningPaintPainterMuseumsAccustomedInnateDaylightLuminousRadiantPredecessors Author:Umberto Boccioni
“The modern city hardly knows a pure darkness or true silence anymore, nor does it know the effect of a single small light or that of a lonely distant shout.” KnowsDoeLightCitiesSilenceDarknessModernEffectsPureLonely Author:Johan Huizinga
“It becomes evident that when the Life-power awakens its mysterious activity at the beginning of a cycle of manifestation those vibrations which we recognise as sound come into existence before the more rapid pulsations of electricity and light. Thus modern science confirms the ancient occult teaching that sound is the root of physical existence. 'It is out of Sound that every form comes, and it is in Sound that every form lives.” LightFormSoundExistenceTeachingModernActivityRootsAncientMysteriousManifestationCyclesElectricityEvidentRapidsVibrationsRecogniseOccultModern Science Author:Paul Foster Case
“Rigorously investigated and fearlessly reported, A Crime So Monstrous is a passionate and thorough examination of the appalling reality of human bondage in today's world. In his devastating narrative, Ben Skinner boldly casts light on the unthinkable, yet thriving, modern-day practice of slavery, exposing a global trade in human lives. The abuses detailed in these pages are repugnant, but there is hope to be found: by giving voice to the victims, Skinner helps restore their dignity and makes crucial strides toward closing this shameful chapter in history.” WorldGivingHumansHelpingRealityLightTodayFoundVoicePracticeModernCrimePagesDignityAbuseVictimSlaveryTradeCastsPassionateNarrativeHuman LifeCrucialChaptersBondageClosingExaminationMonstrousShamefulThoroughStrideUnthinkableExposingModern DayThere Is HopeToday's WorldHuman BondageSkinnerGiving Voice Author:William J. Clinton
“Modern Americans travel light, with little philosophic baggage other than a fervent belief in their right to the pursuit of happiness.” LittlesLightBeliefModernPursuitPursuit Of HappinessBaggageFerventPhilosophicTravel Light Book:The pursuit of happiness, and other sobering thoughts Source: The pursuit of happiness, and other sobering thoughts
“Some authors regard morality in the same light as we regard modern architecture. Convenience is the first thing to be looked for.” FirstsLightModernMoralityRegardArchitectureConvenienceModern Architecture Author:Luc de Clapiers
“Child! Turn your face to the light, to the science, to the reason, to the truth, to the peace! Child! Be modern, be compassionate, be individual, and be independent! Child! Don't be the man of anyone or any system, don't believe in any religious stories, and don't ever be silent against any oppressor! Child, turn your face to the light and walk towards the light!” MenBelieveChildrenReasonStoriesLightFacesScienceTurnsIndividualPeaceReligiousWalksModernHe ManIndependentSilentDon't BelieveYour FaceCompassionateOppressors Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“I believe modern SF needs to at least be aware of the singularity, if only so that it can dismiss it intelligently (or work around it). But I suspect the singularity is like faster-than-light travel for the IT generation. We may hope for it, and the rules don't forbid it, but we don't know how to do it yet (and it may not be possible).” IfsKnowsNeedsBelieveMayLightI BelieveKnow HowGenerationsModernFasterSuspectsSingularity Author:Charles Stross
“I hope for an America where the power of faith will always burn brightly, but where no modern inquisition of any kind will ever light the fires of fear, coercion, or angry division.” KindLightAmericaFireModernAngryDivisionCoercionInquisition Author:Edward Kennedy
“The drug of choice in the modern age is levity. We want everything to be light and bubbly. We just want to feel good.” WantFeelsLightAgeChoicesModernDrugFeel GoodLevityModern Age Author:Matt Chandler
“The Constitution has to be interpreted loosely, otherwise it becomes a straitjacket. You can't interpret it literally. You can pretend to, and go digging around in 18th Century dictionaries to figure out what 'cruel and unusual punishment' meant or what the 'right to bear arms' meant, but that is all fake really. The Constitution has to be interpreted in light of modern needs, and that's what they (the strict interpreters) end up doing in spite of all their investigations.” NeedsEndsLightModernCenturyFiguresArmsBearsConstitutionPunishmentFakeSpiteUnusualInvestigationStrictDictionaryDiggingRight To Bear ArmsInterpreter18th CenturyCruel And Unusual Punishment Author:Richard Posner