Quotes by 19th Century Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century. Gavin Bryars 19th-century century writing I'm a hopeless 19th-century romantic. John Banville 19th-century hopeless century I'm a Red Tory. To get a fix on this category, you have to go back to the 19th century. The Tories were the ones who believed that those in power had a responsibility to the community, that money should not be the measure of all things. Margaret Atwood 19th-century community responsibility I would say I'm a 19th-century liberal, possibly even an 18th-century one. Niall Ferguson 19th-century 18th-century century Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric. Olivier Theyskens 19th-century historical complicated The 19th century was the century of empires, the 20th was the century of nation states, and the 21st is the century of cities and mayors. Sadiq Khan nation 19th-century empires states