Quotes by Contemporary Society In contemporary society [the typical lady] is an archaism, and can't hardly understand herself unless she knows her own history. Emily James Smith Putnam contemporary-society typical contemporary If we wish to discuss knowledge in the most highly developed contemporary society, we must answer the preliminary question of what methodological representation to apply to that society Jean-Francois Lyotard contemporary-society answers wish The world shall perish not for lack of wonders, but for lack of wonder John B. S. Haldane contemporary-society wonder world It's really important that we not replicate what came before us, but we do something of our own, that's reflective of our own time, of contemporary society. Peter Clewes contemporary-society contemporary important