“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
“Nine tenths of modern science is in this respect the same: it is the produce of men whom their contemporaries thought dreamers - who were laughed at for caring for what did not concern them - who, as the proverb went, 'walked into a well from looking at the stars' - who were believed to be useless, if anyone could be such.” IfsMenLifeWellsStarsModernProduceConcernCaringNineUselessLaughedDreamerModern Science Book:Physics and Politics: Or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of Source: Physics and Politics: Or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of
“The capacity for loving strangers, whether one thinks of them as fictional beings or stars one will never meet, is a profound reflection on the new consciousness whereby every individual leads his or life while aware of all the billions of other people on Earth. Perhaps it is a fantasy or a fallacy that we can feel for so many strangers. Perhaps it is a mask for selfishness. But no matter the modern stress on special effects, there isn't a sight in movies as momentous as shots of a face as its mind is being changed. And only movies have allowed that.” PeopleThinkingFeelsMindMatterEarthFilmFacesIndividualStarsConsciousnessFantasyModernSpecialEffectsChangedReflectionShotsCapacityHollywoodSightStressProfoundStrangerBillionsSelfishnessMaskFallacySpecial Effects Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“America has always been greatest when we dared to be great. We can reach for greatness again. We can follow our dreams to distant stars, living and working in space for peaceful, economic, and scientific gain. Tonight, I am directing NASA to develop a permanently manned space station, and to do it within a decade.” DreamAmericaStarsSpaceEconomicModernGreatnessGainsDecadesPeacefulTonightStationsOur DreamsModern LifeNasa Book:Ronald Reagan Source: Ronald Reagan
“Perhaps these ancient observatories like Stonehenge perennially impress modern people because modern people have no idea how the Sun, Moon, or stars move. We are too busy watching evening television to care what's going on in the sky.” PeopleIdeasCareMovingCultureStarsSunSkyModernTelevisionMoonBusyAncientEveningNo IdeaImpressToo BusySun MoonStonehenge Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.” MenStarsSawsBloodModernHeroMen And WomenAncientFleshEpicConstellationsFlesh And BloodModern Times Author:Richard M. Nixon
“There will be a competition among critics for the best Paris Hilton insult. Here's my first: Her attention span is so short that she can't even maintain her concentration while running away from a psycho... Maybe the ultimate insult is that she makes her co-star Elisha Cuthbert seem, by comparison, the sexiest and most interesting actress in modern cinema.” FirstsSeemsRunningStarsInterestingAttentionModernUltimateCompetitionCriticsActressesCinemaParisInsultComparisonConcentrationRunning AwayMost InterestingPsychoAttention SpanSexiest Author:David Edelstein
“I want to shout out the stars on the walk of fame because they said something about they're not going to put my girl on the Walk of Fame because she's a reality star. It's like, people are so so dated and not modern. There's no way that Kim Kardashian should not have a star on the Walk of Fame. It's ridiculous concepts. I'm just going to give y'all the truth and you're just going to love it.” PeopleWayWantGivingShouldSaidRealityGirlStarsWalksModernFameConceptsRidiculousThey SaidKimMy GirlShout Out Author:Kanye West