Famous quotes containing the words modern and/or mounting:
“A modern author would have died in infancy in a ruder age.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Prosecutors insist they are mounting a “thorough investigation,” which sometimes means thorough and sometimes, historically, has meant long enough to let the fire burn down in an incendiary case. A thorough investigation is fine; an interminable one is disgraceful.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)