Quotes about Modern Life

A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men. Votes: 4

Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. Votes: 4

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. Votes: 4

As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life. Votes: 4

IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated. Votes: 4

In a funny way, poems are suited to modern life. They're short, they're intense. Nobody has time to read a 700-page book. People read magazines, and a poem takes less time than an article. Votes: 4

The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life. Votes: 4

Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what makes life worth living, and to be told your efforts are not needed because you are the wrong age is a crime. Votes: 4

I look at modern life and I see people not taking responsibility for their lives. The temptation to blame, to find external causes to one's own issues is something that is particularly modern. I know that personally I find that sense of responsibility interesting. Votes: 4

Even with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just one big natural disaster to wipe all that away and remind us that, here on Earth, we're still at the mercy of nature. Votes: 4

I grew up on Nickelodeon.On All That and Are You Afraid of the Dark, and Salute Your Shorts and Rocco's Modern Life and all that. That was my generation. Votes: 3

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch. Votes: 2

Committee - a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours. Votes: 2

This strange disease of modern life, With its sick hurry, its divided aims. Votes: 2

The fact is that modern life has deprived us of life's one great luxury: time. Votes: 2

The three horrors of modern life - talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction. Votes: 2

Unlimited choice is paralyzing. The Internet has made this form of paralysis due to option overload a standard feature of comfortable modern life. Votes: 2

Modern life is organised so that you benefit at the expense of the other, and the most extreme example of that is a camp. Votes: 2

The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility! Votes: 2

Wilderness to the people of America is a spiritual necessity, an antidote to the high pressure of modern life, a means of regaining serenity and equilibrium. Votes: 2

That's part of the requirement for me to be an artist is that you're trying to share your personal existence with others and trying to illuminate modern life, trying to understand life. Votes: 2

Modern life has gotten so strange, we all get 150 emails and text messages a day, and it's hard when things are moving that quickly to keep that sense of wonder about being alive. Votes: 2

A woman's quest in life should be to find the perfect apartment. And I have found the perfect apartment. The perfect apartment is the first floor of the Metropolitan Museum. With a sofa. Votes: 2

The modern woman has a modern life, and most of us work. There's no time to change before we go out in the evening, so a dress should always look appropriate for day and night. Votes: 2

The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love. all these are extra-rational, but love is not anti-rational, that is to say, a reasonable man may reasonably rejoice in its existence Votes: 2

Things like the financial markets - a proper grounding in mathematics could help the common man. I believe that if people are more familiar with mathematical concepts... it can help deal with modern life, which is increasingly complex. Votes: 2

It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety nets modern life provides for us, and realize that in those days, people were living very much on the edge - life was incredibly hard! Votes: 2

Chris Ofili's suave, stippled, visually tricked-out paintings of the nineties, with their allover fields of shimmering dots and clumps of dung, are like cave paintings of modern life. They crackle with optical cockiness, love, and massive amounts of painterly mojo. Votes: 2

I live by fallacy. 'If I get enough nice Ikea furniture, I'll be a grown-up.' Then I catch myself. Or, 'If I get off by myself, away from the stress of modern life, I'll be OK.' Then I catch myself. Votes: 2

Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life, there exists a strong body of opinion that is actively hostile to Christianity and that regards the destruction of positive religion as absolutely necessary to the advance of modern culture. Votes: 2

Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life, there exists a strong body of opinion that is actively hostile to Christianity and that regards the destruction of positive religion as absolutely necessary to the advance of modern culture Votes: 2

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time. Votes: 2

Billions of photos are shot every year, and about the toughest thing a photographer can do is invent an original, deeply personal, instantly recognizable visual style. In the early nineties, Wolfgang Tillmans did just that, transforming himself into a new kind of artist-photographer of modern life. Votes: 2

The secret to modern life is finding the measure in time management. I have two kids, career and I travel, and I don't think my life is any different than most couples. The most valuable commodity now for many people is time and how to parcel that out. Votes: 2

I wouldn't say that processed food, ready meals and even takeaways aren't relevant to modern life, it's just that over the past 40 years there are three generations of people who have come out of school and gone through their home life without ever being shown how to cook properly. Votes: 2

In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are not faults! Now we are taught from infancy that we must rise or fall upon our own merits; that vigilance wins success, and incapacity means ruin Votes: 2

Human bodies are designed for regular physical activity. The sedentary nature of much of modern life probably plays a significant role in the epidemic incidence of depression today. Many studies show that depressed patients who stick to a regimen of aerobic exercise improve as much as those treated with medication. Votes: 2

In a liquid modern life there are no permanent bonds, and any that we take up for a time must be tied loosely so that they can be untied again, as quickly and as effortlessly as possible, when circumstances change - as they surely will in our liquid modern society, over and over again. Votes: 2

The longer I live, the more I feel that the individual is not so much to blame - not even the worst individuals, not even the 'best' citizens - as the system of corruption which has grown up about us, and which rewards an honest man with a mere living and a crook with all the magnificence of our magnificent modern life. Votes: 2

... modern life is no longer thinkable without photography. Votes: 0

Modern life is confusing no "Ms take" about it. Votes: 0

Much of modern life is preventable chronic stress injury. Votes: 0

The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism. Votes: 0

Sin is the only real colour element left in modern life. Votes: 0

The key to finding a happy balance in modern life is simplicity. Votes: 0

Modern life is moving faster than the speed of thought, or thoughtfulness. Votes: 0

Only the camera seems to be really capable of describing modern life. Votes: 0

Modern consumer life is a form of extreme passive violence against all people. Votes: 0

Modern society - everyone thinks getting cancer is a normal aspect of life. Votes: 0

This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims Votes: 0

Modern life requires us to be more and more flexible in our attire. Votes: 0

However, we might oppose it, abortion is a sad feature of modern life. Votes: 0

Modern life ... is often a mechanical oppression and liquor is the only mechanical relief. Votes: 0

Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems. Votes: 0

The modern moralists extol ... the cult of practical activity in defiance of the disinterested life. Votes: 0

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt. Votes: 0

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yoghurt. Votes: 0

Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time. Votes: 0

Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life. Votes: 0

Like nature itself, modern economic life is driven by relentless competition and unbridled selfishness. Or is it? Votes: 0

The subject [of Los Angeles] became a general metaphor for anxiety and the speed of modern life. Votes: 0

Modern science cannot explain why the laws of physics are exactly balanced for animal life to exist. Votes: 0

Depression: the healthy suspicion that modern life has no meaning and that modern society is absurd and alienating. Votes: 0

I think the messiness and embodied nature of modern life just produces an enhanced signal for our attention. Votes: 0

Modern life would not be possible if it were not for chemicals, nor would modern natural gas production. Votes: 0

The challenge of work-life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man. Votes: 0

Everything you use in a modern life style has to be made using a tool of some sort. Votes: 0

A great curse has fallen upon modern life with the discovery of the vastness of the word Education. Votes: 0

Along with planes, running water, electricity, and motorized transportation, the internet is now a fundamental fact of modern life. Votes: 0

the modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don't fill up my life? Votes: 0

To elope is cowardly; it is running away from danger; and danger has become so rare in modern life. Votes: 0

A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend-"just as good as the real. Votes: 0

Most modern reproducers of life, even including the camera, really repudiate it. We gulp down evil, choke at good. Votes: 0

Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city. Votes: 0

The worst type of freedom we are suffering from in modern times is the freedom to lead an immoral life. Votes: 0

I am somewhere in the middle of a village with all the modern amenities. There's something missing. Life? I reckon.... Votes: 0

Abstract art is uniquely modern. It is a fundamentally romantic response to modern life - rebellious, individualistic, unconventional, sensitive, irritable. Votes: 0

New York is the cubist, the futurist city. It expresses in its architecture, its life, its spirit, the modern thought. Votes: 0

In the conditions of modern life the rule is absolute, the race which does not value trained intelligence is doomed. Votes: 0

We live in a society where mutual respect and appreciation should be considered one of the pillars of modern life. Votes: 0

Like most modern Americans, I assume individuality is not only a fundamental value, but a goal in life, an art form. Votes: 0

Whatever, in fact, is modern in our life we owe to the Greeks. Whatever is an anachronism is due to mediaevalism. Votes: 0

My personal ambition remains the same - to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life. Votes: 0

It's a sad fact of modern life that if you drive long enough, sooner or later you must leave London behind. Votes: 0

In order to be successful, Teenagers need to be practical as challenges they are faceing in modern life are numerous and complex. Votes: 0

In modern times, if the sole measure of what's out there flows from your five senses then a precarious life awaits you. Votes: 0

I have learned some things. Modern life is warfare without end: take no prisoners, leave no wounded, eat the dead--that's environmentally sound. Votes: 0

Modern religious teaching have little or nothing to say about the place of prudence in life or in the hierarchy of virtues. Votes: 0

This is a modern fairytale. No happy endings. No wind in our sails. But I can't imagine a life without. Breathless moments. Votes: 0

The click [of a light switch] is the modern triumphal clarion proceeding us through life, announcing our entry into every lightless room. Votes: 0

Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the leading passion of my life has been and is hatred of modern civilization. Votes: 0

Modern capitalism, organising the reduction of all social life to a spectacle, cannot offer any spectacle other than that of our own alienation. Votes: 0

In modern parlance we speak of the interconnectedness of all life, suggesting that one cannot really be healthy when the environment is sick. Votes: 0

To a modern mind, it is difficult to feel enthusiastic about a virtuous life if nothing is going to be achieved by it. Votes: 0

With respect to the doctrine of a future life, a North American Indian knows just as much as any ancient or modern philosopher. Votes: 0

As thy days, so shall thy strength be which, in modern language, may be translated as thy thoughts so shall thy life be. Votes: 0

The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility. Votes: 0

If you want to write something of length, however modern and radical, you must live the life of an elderly gentleman of the 1950s. Votes: 0

The conjunction of effort, concentration and balance in asana forces us to live intensely in the present moment, a rare experience in modern life. Votes: 0

I don't see boundaries between styles, such as modern or contemporary. I've collected each piece from a different experience or period of my life. Votes: 0

I never define depression, clinical or otherwise. It's the basis of most life, it seems to me, in the modern world. We're all depressed. Votes: 0

The ablest men in all walks of modern life are men of faith. Most of them have much more faith than they themselves realize. Votes: 0

the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life. Votes: 0

The costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life." Votes: 0

There's guilt about our treatment of native peoples in modern intellectual life, and an unwillingness to acknowledge there could be anything good about Western culture. Votes: 0

Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life. Votes: 0

To be honest, I tend to romanticize the past, and though I appreciate all the conveniences of modern life, sometimes I yearn for simpler times. Votes: 0

I don't think people ever were free of fear of death, but clinging to life and being so unprepared for it is a modern experience. Votes: 0

Modern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I look forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over. Votes: 0

In the end, the real wisdom of menopause may be in questioning how fun or even sane this chore wheel called modern life actually is. Votes: 0

What we do in life is determined by how we communicate to ourselves. In the modern world, the quality of life is the quality of communication. Votes: 0

To be, in a word, unborable.... It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish Votes: 0

Modern life cannot be constructed on . . . physically strenuous principles. A great deal of work is sedentary, and most manual work exercises only a few specialized muscles. Votes: 0

Nothing is more important for young people than enhancing their life chances, liberating their potential and encouraging their contribution to a globally competitive and modern economy. Votes: 0

There was altogether too much candor in married life; it was an indelicate modern idea, and frequently led to upsets in a household, if not divorce Votes: 0

There was altogether too much candor in married life; it was an indelicate modern idea, and frequently led to upsets in a household, if not divorce ... Votes: 0

Key in life is to be able to answer the question "How much is enough?" Modern society has a desire to accumulate stuff & do nothing with it Votes: 0

So much for modern science and its wonderful discoveries that just about everything can kill you. Life is only a bedtime story before a long, long sleep. Votes: 0

I don't think my looks are modern. I always imagined I'd end up doing Chekhov, Ibsen and Shakespeare all my life and never play a contemporary character. Votes: 0

So much for modern science and its wonderful discoveries that just about everything can kill you. Life is only a bedtime story before a long, long sleep." Votes: 0

Our civilization is first and foremost a civilization of means; in the reality of modern life, the means, it would seem, are more important than the ends. Votes: 0

I've always tried to insert consciousness and spirituality in my records, interpreting the writings of all cultures and religions and how they apply to life in modern times. Votes: 0

As worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. Holy obedience saves worship from becoming an opiate, an escape from the pressing needs of modern life. Votes: 0

Rome is the one great spiritual organization which is able to resist and must, as a matter of life and death, the progress of science and modern civilization Votes: 0

Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life." Votes: 0

Rome is the one great spiritual organisation which is able to resist and must, as a matter of life and death, the progress of science and modern civilization Votes: 0

The evolution of the capitalist style of life could be easily - and perhaps most tellingly - described in terms of the genesis of the modern Lounge Suit. Votes: 0

The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less. Votes: 0

The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it? Votes: 0

Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life. Votes: 0

Most of what we strive for in our modern life uses the apparatus of goal seeking that was originally set up to seek goals in the state of nature. Votes: 0

I am going to hold a pistol to the head of the Modern Man. But I shall not use it to kill him"“only to bring him to life. Votes: 0

The most disturbing and wasteful emotions in modern life, next to fright, are those which are associated with the idea of blame, directed against the self or against others. Votes: 0

We are discovering today that several of the premises which are deeply ingrained in our way of life are simply untrue and become pathogenic when implemented with modern technology. Votes: 0

I am equally excited about the possibilities that music making holds for all people and it's ability to heal what seems to me a chronic imbalance in modern life. Votes: 0

There's a glee in building a world that is constructed on corporate synergy and all the luxuries of our modern life, and then just tearing it apart. I enjoy that! Votes: 0

Even though modern life in many ways is nothing short of exhausting, we need to take responsibility for what is necessary to combat the stress and exhaustion of modern life. Votes: 0

Kenney knows two essential truths about melodrama: First that it is most powerful when combined with irony and understatement; and second that it is a salient feature of modern life. Votes: 0

Our cultural dilemma has nothing to do with children who don't read very well. It lies instead in the difficulty of finding a way to restore meaning and purpose to modern life. Votes: 0

I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it. Votes: 0

I'm easily persuaded that a really good novelist who gets inside somebody else's head could be serving a valuable purpose. I enjoy satirical novels that take a wry, humorous, ironic look at modern life. Votes: 0

The child learns more of the virtues needed in modern life-of fairness, of justice, of comradeship, of collective interest and action-in a common school than can be taught in the most perfect family circle Votes: 0