Famous quotes containing the words modern, set and/or theory:
“The experience of the gangster as an experience of art is universal to Americans. There is almost nothing we understand better or react to more readily or with quicker intelligence.... In ways that we do not easily or willingly define, the gangster speaks for us, expressing that part of the American psyche which rejects the qualities and the demands of modern life, which rejects Americanism itself.”
—Robert Warshow (19171955)
“The moral earth, too, is round! The moral earth, too, has its antipodes! The antipodes, too, have their right to exist! There is still another world to be discoveredand more than one! Set sail, you philosophers!”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
“Many people have an oversimplified picture of bonding that could be called the epoxy theory of relationships...if you dont get properly glued to your babies at exactly the right time, which only occurs very soon after birth, then you will have missed your chance.”
—Pamela Patrick Novotny (20th century)