Modern Era

Famous quotes containing the words modern and/or era:

“The course of modern learning leads from humanism via nationalism to bestiality.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

“This, my first [bicycle] had an intrinsic beauty. And it opened for me an era of all but flying, which roads emptily crossing the airy, gold-gorsy Common enhanced. Nothing since has equalled that birdlike freedom.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)