“I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age” ChildrenAgeSufferingHumanityMillionsModernCommitteesNobelPlightI Am ThankfulModern Age Author:Kailash Satyarthi
“Did you know that the worldwide food shortage that threatens up to five hundred million children could be alleviated at the cost of only one day, only one day, of modern warfare.” KnowsChildrenPeaceJusticeMillionsFiveModernOne DayCostHundredWarfareShortageDid You KnowModern Warfare Author:Peter Ustinov
“Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only the ideas of an Edison or a Ford but the ideas of innumerable anonymous people who figure out the design of supermarkets, the location of gasoline stations, and the million mundane things on which our material well-being depends. Societies which have more people carrying out physical acts and fewer people supplying ideas do not have higher standards of living. Quite the contrary.” PeopleWellsIdeasMillionsModernFiguresDesignMaterialsProductsDependsHigherStandardsContraryWell BeingStationsFewerLocationMundaneSupermarketsStandards Of LivingGasolineHigher StandardsIncorporation Author:Thomas Sowell
“Although humans have existed on this planet for perhaps 2 million years, the rapid climb to modern civilization within the last 200 years was possible due to the fact that the growth of scientific knowledge is exponential; that is, its rate of expansion is proportional to how much is already known. The more we know, the faster we can know more. For example, we have amassed more knowledge since World War II than all the knowledge amassed in our 2-million-year evolution on this planet. In fact, the amount of knowledge that our scientists gain doubles approximately every 10 to 20 years.” KnowsWorldYearsHumansWarFactsLastsGrowthKnownMillionsModernExamplePlanetsEvolutionAmountCivilizationGainsScientistRateDuesFasterWar Of The WorldsClimbsWorld War IiWorld War IExpansionRapidsScientific KnowledgeMore KnowledgeModern Civilization Author:Michio Kaku
“On Thanksgiving, you realize you're living in a modern world. Millions of turkeys baste themselves in millions of ovens that clean themselves.” WorldRealizingMillionsModernFoodCookingCleanCulinaryTurkeysModern WorldOvens Book:Brain Droppings Source: Brain Droppings
“A $10 million windfall? At today's prices, I'd feel almost as rich as I did one day in 1936 when I found a dime on the sidewalk and blew the whole wad on 20 Mary Jane candy bars, a box of jujubes, and a double feature.” FeelsWholeTodayFoundMillionsRichModernOne DayBoxesBarsFeaturesMaryCandyJaneModern LifeDimesSidewalkCandy BarMary Jane Author:Russell Baker
“In April, 1915, the Ottoman Government began to put into execution throughout Turkey a systematic and carefully-prepared plan to exterminate the Armenian race. In six months nearly a million Armenians have been killed. The number of victims and the manner of their destruction are without parallel in Modern History.” Has BeensGovernmentNumbersRaceMillionsPlansModernMonthsSixDestructionVictimPreparedGenocideExecutionSix MonthsTurkeysParallelsAprilSystematicArmeniansModern HistoryArmenian GenocideOttomans Book:The Blackest Page of Modern History: Events in Armenia in 1915 : The Facts and the Responsibilities Source: The Blackest Page of Modern History: Events in Armenia in 1915 : The Facts and the Responsibilities
“I spend so much time on the Internet...I feel like I'm a million pages into the worst book ever, and I'm never going to stop reading.” FeelsBookProblemTimeReadingMillionsModernWorstInternetComputerPagesSpendingReading BooksActualityModernisation Author:Aziz Ansari
“The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people. Today, with how interconnected the world is, it would spread faster.” PeopleWorldTodayMillionsModernWorstSpreadFasterFluInterconnectedPandemicsModern History Author:Bill Gates
“There's a whole lot of America that looks at each other and says, 'Well, there's 340 million people living in America. Isn't there somebody other than a Bush or a Clinton who can be president in these modern times'?” PeopleWellsLooksWholeAmericaPresidentMillionsModernClintonModern Times Author:Jeb Bush