Quotes by Modern Life It's like the little rat in the Skinner box who says, "I've got this psychologist under my control. Every time I press the bar, he gives me a food pellet." Jess Lair bars modern-life giving A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men. Jessica Savitch modern-life men facts This is my prediction for the future: Whatever hasn't happened will happen, and no one will be safe from it. John B. S. Haldane predictions modern-life safe Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. John Buchan modern-life quiet civilization Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone. John Ciardi rich modern-life gone Fish and guests in three days are stale. John Lyly modern-life three guests Our cultural dilemma has nothing to do with children who don't read very well. It lies instead in the difficulty of finding a way to restore meaning and purpose to modern life. John Taylor Gatto modern-life lying children What's all this fuss about plutonium? How can something named after a Disney character be dangerous? Johnny Carson plutonium modern-life character Every patient reacts a little differently, both biologically and psychologically. The only constant in cancer is inconstancy; the only certainty is a future of uncertainty, a truism for all of modern life but one made vivid by life-threatening illness. Jonathan Alter cancer modern-life littles I don't care if my lettuce has DDT on it, just as long as it's crisp. Jorma Kaukonen ddt modern-life long There is no better way to return the matter of taxation to full public discusssion than to repeal the withholding taxes on wages and salaries. Only when the American people are confronted with the enormous excesses of government in a personal and direct way - by an annual bill for services rendered - will they be able to make an informed judgment about which services they want and which ones they can do without. Karl Hess modern-life government people When you are too old to play golf, you had better die. King Edward VIII modern-life play golf There's another advantage to being poor - a doctor will cure you faster. Kin Hubbard doctors modern-life poor Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time. Kurt Vonnegut modern-life character water The jumbo jet is the airborne equivalent of the interstate highway...One might as well be stuffed into a cartridge and shot through a pneumatic tube, like interoffice mail. Lance Morrow modern-life mail might It is a sobering thought that Gomer Pyle and the Beverly Hillbillies may be among our chief interstellar emissaries. Kurt Vonnegut chiefs modern-life may The blues is also existential and offers a sense of mature reflection that enabled it to be the leitmotif of modern life. Lewis Gordon modern-life mature reflection As soon as man applies his intelligence to any object at all, he unfailingly destroys the object. Leo Tolstoy modern modern-life men It is in the interests of society to put the Pill into slot machines and to place cigarettes on prescription. Malcolm Potts pills machines modern-life A Tax Loophole: A deduction that the other guy gets. Malcolm Forbes taxes modern-life guy «1234567»
