Contemporary Quotes

While contemporary non-Evangelicals have virtually reduced faith to 'courageous ignorance,' Evangelicals have hardly been faithful in defending God's objective communication of truth.

I think that The Great Gatsby has had some influence on contemporary dressing. I'm seeing more boyish haircuts and drop-waist sheath dresses.

My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.

Like contemporary poetry, philosophy is one of those things, especially at the beginning stages, most people would rather do than study - which is why most of what gets done is so impoverished.

The first thing that struck me about contemporary music in general had been thatthere was not much interest in rhythm.

There are some short essays that are very grave, and most contemporary novels are lighter than air.

There is a lack of context in contemporary education. And contemporary consideration - because we live in those interiorities so much. Especially young kids who live by surfing the Web.

Imagine my delight and awe when I discovered such a thing was a real genre - contemporary fantasy or urban fantasy. It was like having my birthday twice in one week and cookie dough for breakfast.

I feel that what I do is always contemporary with the society I'm living in... If I wanted to explain myself, that's how I'd explain myself: that I'm a diarist.

The most striking feature of contemporary culture is the unslaked craving for transcendence.

The Prince of Calcutta. Two of his special qualities are his intelligence and articulation, both of which have helped him immensely in the world of contemporary cricket.

The history of Christianity, therefore, must be of concern to all who are interested in the record of man and particularly to all who seek to understand the contemporary human scene.

I wanted to make a kids' film that would strengthen contemporary mythology.

I read very little contemporary anything.

What I wanted to try and figure out was, okay, in contemporary 21st century life the alienation between the self and the land around you or the self and even the urban landscape. You name it.

Novels, except as aids to masturbation, play no part in contemporary life.

Most of the really good literature I've read in my life was political, meaning it was important - about something going on in the history of the world - or contemporary.

There is nothing more trite than a period room imposed on a contemporary setting.

The greatest need of the contemporary international system is an agreed concept of order.

Contemporary art photography, or, more specifically, what I would term mainstream art photography, represents for the most part the mining of an exhausted lode.

If you're around someone who makes you feel good, you have to go for it. Don't hold back.

Chemistry's a tricky thing, and if I'm not feeling it, I'm not gonna pretend.

Everybody's crooked. The trick is to find out how they're bent.

Blaire, even if all we do is kiss or just lay there and talk, I'm okay with that. I just wanted you up here. Close to me.

Please. Forgive me. One more chance, Blaire. I want this. I want you.

Dempseys are never in trouble. We just have stretches of life that are more interesting than others.

This is New York, babe. Be ready to expect anything.

I had fallen too far. I was in love with Rush Finlay.

I always fantasized about having a girl stand on my bar like in that movie Coyote Ugly, but I never thought it would happen.

While you’re alive there’s no time for minor amazements.

If you have just one person believe in you, you'll always find your way

I've also been known to cry during MasterCard commercials.

Let me just unsubscribe to my own mind already, because I don't get any of it.

I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read.

The denial of contemporary genius is the rule rather than the exception. No one counts the eagles in the nest, till there is a rush of wings; and lo! they are flown.

'Beatrice Cenci' was an amazing film. If it were released today it'd win Best Picture. It's so well done, it's so contemporary, and the filmmaking is so smart.

Sometimes you get lit students that know a lot about the canon but virtually nothing about contemporary poetry and vice versa. I like to mix things up.

As a major contemporary composer, Madonna should not let the eye dictate to the ear.

I think doing period piece is easier, because after a certain distance, everybody is equal, I think. The relative contemporary is harder. I think that's the way it is.

Most contemporary fiction sucks. It's intellectually dishonest, often morally dishonest. It's cheap and easy. It pretends to be deep but is really quite shallow.

I would love to say there was some contemporary artist who's work really got me thinking, but lately I have just been trying to sort out 20 years of garbage TV culture that is filling my brain.

I feel very fortunate to have been a part of many successful contemporary horror franchises.

I like all sorts of things, not necessarily just Victorian. Even though I tend to read a lot of Victorian novels, I like a lot of contemporary stuff.

A contemporary poet has characterized this sense of the personality of art and of the impersonality of science in these words,-'Art is myself; science is ourselves. '

Weber's writing is as strong as any in the Contemporary Folk community. ' Goodbye to Dad' is one of the best original tunes that I have heard in a long time.

I feel like contemporary art is everywhere now and with the rise of the internet, it's so much easier to see what artists are doing and to follow their careers.

FKA Twigs is stunning. She has beautiful contemporary and unique sound with an almost psychedelic vibe. Her music is great for the runway.

Perhaps there is no greater issue facing contemporary women than the choices they must make about balancing home and work.

The U.S. corporate media, otherwise known as the "free press," is that hollow pillar on which contemporary American democracy rests.

You cannot even begin to understand contemporary African politics if you have not read this fascinating book