There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense. – John Buchanan Robinson
When I was 20 I was immensely proud of the rows of grey-spined Penguin Modern Classics in my bookcase. – Linda Grant
Science fiction writers missed the most salient feature of our modern era: the Internet. – Jack McDevitt
After closely examining my conscience, I venture to state that in my historical novels I intended the content to be just as modern and up-to-date as in the contemporary ones. – Lion Feuchtwanger
If your kid doesn’t have broadband access, that’s a real disadvantage for participating in modern education. – Julius Genachowski
In terms of publicity and interviews, well, it’s really hard in this modern world to keep a sense of mystery. – Jason Clarke
It appears a bold thing to say so when one sees how much many a modern author who knows how to make a skilful use of the Book of Chronicles has to tell about the tabernacle. – Julius Wellhausen
Cablegate is 3,000 volumes of material. It is the greatest intellectual treasure to have entered into the public record in modern times. – Julian Assange
Anyone who lives like a modern aristocracy, the last thing they exhibit is a sense of gratitude. Me, I’m very fortunate. – James Ransone
Attention-deficit disorders seem to abound in modern society, and we don’t know the cause. – Marilyn vos Savant
This is a much more fitting interpretation of the book than its modern interpretation. – Robert Vaughan
All the modern christian churches have no more authority to preach, baptize, or administer any other ordinance of the gospel than the idolatrous Hindoos have. – Orson Pratt
Our aggression is a deep instinct which survives in all kinds of manifestations in modern man. – Robert Winston
The critical method which denies literary modernity would appear – and even, in certain respects, would be – the most modern of critical movements. – Paul de Man
You can’t have modern states based on ideas which have been out of date for a thousand years. – Salman Rushdie
I got into trad jazz, then modern jazz, then avant-garde jazz, between the ages of 16 to 18. – Roy Harper
Our federal Constitution embodies the idea of modern India: it defines not only India but also modernity. – Pranab Mukherjee
We are similar to a museum. My function is to present old masterpieces in modern frames. – Rudolf Bing
Anticommunism in its modern form was invented by liberals like Harry Truman, the architect of the national security state. The proportion of the voting population that was not anticommunist in 1961 was miniscule. – Rick Perlstein