Twentieth Century Motor

Famous quotes containing the words twentieth century, twentieth, century and/or motor:

    “Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the twentieth century.”
    —Salman Rushdie (b. 1947)

    “The phenomenon of nature is more splendid than the daily events of nature, certainly, so then the twentieth century is splendid.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

    “They are fools who do not know how much the half exceeds the whole.”
    —Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)

    “What shall we do with country quiet now?
    A motor drones insanely in the blue
    Like a bad bird in a dream.”
    —Babette Deutsch (1895–1982)