The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of. – Orson Pratt
We have to accept that we are just machines. That’s certainly what modern molecular biology says about us. – Rodney Brooks
What Darwinian theory shows us is that all human races are extremely close to each other. None of them is in any sense ancestral to any other; none of them is more primitive than any other. We are all modern races of exactly equal status, evolutionarily speaking. – Richard Dawkins
Many anti-energy groups display little appreciation of the extent to which modern economies depend pervasively on the use of fossil fuels and petrochemical products. – Robert Higgs
Until 2005, France had the only senior Catholic prelate in modern times who was born Jewish and still considered himself culturally Jewish: Cardinal Lustiger. – Tom Reiss
Industry is extremely slow in readjusting itself to the manufacture of modern consumer goods. – Yuri Andropov
I’ve always had a massive fascination with the modern day cowboys. Modern day outlaws or going against the system, and that’s always been very intriguing to me. – Theo Rossi
I wrote ‘The Painted Word,’ about modern art, and was denounced as reactionary. In fact, it is just a history, although a rather loaded one. – Tom Wolfe
Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics. – Stephen Hawking
The U.S. has intervened more often in more countries farther from its own shores than has any power in modern history. – Stephen Kinzer
We must also recognize the new realities of modern warfare and the modern landscape of a battlefield. – Susan Davis
Throughout its history, Islam has borrowed and adapted from other civilizations, both ancient and modern. – Shereen El Feki
To regard all things and principles of things as inconstant modes or fashions has more and more become the tendency of modern thought. – Walter Pater
I wanted to be Laurence Olivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things. – Stacy Keach
The default mode of modern writing about art is to despise any notion of singularity as so much overheated genius-fetishism. – Simon Schama
If you look at that 2008 Democratic primary, there was no more formidable, unstoppable candidate – other than an incumbent President – in modern times than Hillary Clinton. – Ted Cruz
Few writers can rival Helen Fielding when it comes to fully capturing the modern woman. – Sonny Mehta
I have two bikes: a classic 1978 Yamaha SR500 and a more modern Suzuki SV650. I’ve been into cars and bikes since I was tiny. – Thomas Sangster
Viereck became a historian, specializing in modern Russia, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. – Tom Reiss
The whole philosophy of modern times is to dissolve distinctions between individuals and deal with them as large collections of people. It’s essentially self-interested on the part of authority. – Tom Stoppard
People can defame anyone they like, people can write anything they like. But non-accountability is a part of modern Indian culture. – Salman Khurshid
Chekhov was capable of casually tossing off deplorable comments in his letters, combined with a very modern anger against anti-Semitism. – Tom Stoppard