Top 12 20th Century Quotes

Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.

Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.

Ragtime, Century, 20th Century

Gandhi: Ninny of the 20th Century.

Conservative, Century, 20th Century

G.K. Chesterton was the best writer of the 20th century. He said something about everything and he said it better than anybody else.

Dale Ahlquist

Century, Said, 20th Century

Dale Ahlquist (2003). “G.K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense”, p.12, Ignatius Press

Until the 20th century it was generally assumed that a writer had said what he had to say in his works.

John Updike

Century, Said, 20th Century

John Updike (2009). “More Matter: Essays and Criticism”, p.188, Random House

The sexual revolution produced cultural convulsions that were unparalleled in the 20th century.

Volkmar Sigusch

Revolution, Century, 20th Century

Any company designed for success in the 20th century is doomed to failure in the 21st.

David S. Rose

Century, Company, 20th Century

I don't seem to fit really into the 20th Century

Charlton Heston

Fit, Century, 20th Century

I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century.

Ricky Jay

Century, 20th Century, Absolutely Nothing

I don't think any other city actually has anyone who has actually documented the way they have lived or documented the city themselves. If you want to look at New York in the last half of the 20th century, into the 21st, you would look at Bill Cunningham's archives.

Richard Press

Thinking, 20th Century

Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Wrap up the 20th century; Fred Astaire is gone.

Jack Kroll

Gone, Century, 20th Century

There was engrained poetry and then when you look back at our history and in the 20th century, the last century, probably the greatest writers of the 20th century were Irish. It became our only weapon, was our poetry, our music.

Gavin Friday

20th Century

Source: bigthink.com