Twentieth Century Dinosaurs

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

    In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state.... It’s become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment.
    —E.L. (Edgar Lawrence)

    Predatory capitalism created a complex industrial system and an advanced technology; it permitted a considerable extension of democratic practice and fostered certain liberal values, but within limits that are now being pressed and must be overcome. It is not a fit system for the mid- twentieth century.
    Noam Chomsky (b. 1928)

    He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.
    Lao-Tzu (6th century B.C.)