Mononymous Person/mononyms in Modern Times

Famous quotes containing the words person, modern and/or times:

    Beyond the sky there is more sky; beyond one person there are others as well.
    Chinese proverb.

    So all that is said of the wise man by Stoic or Oriental or modern essayist, describes to each reader his own idea, describes his unattained but attainable self.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    Watt’s need of semantic succour was at times so great that he would set to trying names on things, and on himself, almost as a woman hats.
    Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)