Mononymous Person/mononyms in Modern Times

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

    When a leopard dies, it leaves its skin; when a person dies, he leaves his reputation.
    Chinese proverb.

    Not “Seeing is Believing” you ninny, but “Believing is Seeing.” For modern art has become completely literary: the paintings and other works exist only to illustrate the text.
    Tom Wolfe (b. 1931)

    I cannot tell how many times we had to walk on account of falls or rapids. We were expecting all the while that the river would take a final leap and get to smooth water, but there was no improvement this forenoon.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)