21 Century Quotes

Monotonous talk of the end of American hegemony, the universal cliché of the period, is mostly a way of avoiding mounting a serious opposition to it.

Their courtship unfolded in two settings, a Russian reality overlaid with New York memories

Florence imagined the Hammer and Sickle metallurgical plant to be an enormous brick factory like the ones in New York. But as she approached she saw it was in fact a small city of its own

A Red Riding Hood out of her depths in the woods of socialism

She was arriving at a revelation that the secret to living was simply forgetting

Welcome to the 21st century cosmopolitan world where biased thoughts preside over unbiased deeds, simple gestures become overrated gossip materials and injustice is a part of long term justice.

I am not convinced within myself that to its core and as a whole, humanity has, as some like to assume, progressed a great deal over the millennia. Human technology? Of course. Human beings? Hardly.

Fathers are ironic, they want democracy in their country but dictatorship in their home.

If your expenditure brings you poverty, then you may call yourself a poor but the world will call you a fool.

After the barter system money was introduced to the world and it had a limited value, but as the time passed it's value increased and now in 21st century money is given the value of GOD.

Soon, nobody was leaving their cubicles to talk anymore, and we were either e-mailing each other random thoughts or scheduling meetings, or speaking over an instant message chat.

In modern times, beauty is more trusted than goodness.

They would be shocked if they could see the other women in London: automechanics with grease in their hair, fisherwomen in from te coast with tatooed arms.

Washington was no politician as we understand the word, " replied Ratcliffe abruptly. "He stood outside of politics. The thing couldn't be done today. The people don't like that sort of royal airs.

... common sense is the one thing that will certainly be wrong.

Let us make sure that future generation writes our biography.

She could have happily lived inside any nineteenth century novel.

To jump over centuries In one step is impossible. Jump too high or far, You’ll be way too late.

After Homer and Dante, is a whole century of creating worth one Shakespeare?

In an age of bombsguzzling blood, skylarks merge peacewith thought and action.

Wherever you go in the next catastrophéBe it sickroom, or prison, or cemet’ryDo not fear that your stay will besolit’ryCountless souls share your fate, you’ll have company!

Give as much as importance to your goal as you give it to your first girlfriend, with that much importance your girlfriend might still leave you but your goal will definitely come to you.

I chase goals, not girls.

I am made of a thousand ghosts. Only you can shoot me down.

Perhaps death is just a big lie.

eyes running over me like the work of a hundred biting ants

The Devil always takes back his own.

If miracles represent prophecy, we must have more prophets in twenty first century than the entire human history.

I love humanity, surprisingly, as I observe 21st century with hawk eyed vision, I realize the more I love humanity the less I love Human as an individual.

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.

Century was an occasional thing in cricket, Sachin made it frequent.

Certainty. Life's last and kindest gift.

On the first day of a college you will worry about how will you do inside the college? and at the last day of a college you will wonder what will you do outside the college?

The only reason I'd lift my skirt is to pull a pistol and plug you in the head.

I want to be a good man, a good writer.""Be one or the other, Ernest, not both.

No man should be asked to live with so much sadness, and with so little promise of relief.

Ernest chose to go, she finally thinks, watching the fire turn the papers black. He loved her but he could not live anymore.

I have found that those who try to shield us from the truth, regardless of the reason, end up doing the greatest harm. Truth alone sets you free, not lies and omissions.

One can't step into the river twice

We must act now to prevent further spread of EBOLA VIRUS. If we do not act collectively, EBOLA VIRUS will wipe all whole populations and generations into their grave. The call to action is now.

Search engines finds the information, not necessarily the truth.

You know it’s the 21st Century when someone TEXTS you from the washroom to ask you to bring them a roll of toilet paper.

Really, it is unfair to say that English spelling is not an accurate rendering of speech. It is – it's only that it renders the speech of the 16th century.

The oldest book I have is a treatise on architecture from the 17th century.

I think that in the 21st century, medical biology will advance at a more rapid pace than before.

I think the environmental problem will be the number one item on the agenda of the 21st century... This is a problem that cannot be postponed.