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Century Quotes - Page 3

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.59, Delphi Classics

Minds are the real estate of the 21st century.

Twitter post from Mar 13, 2016

My revenge is just begun! I spread it over centuries, and time is on my side.

Bram Stoker (2016). “Dracula”, p.262, Zillmann Publishing

Anybody looking for a quiet life has picked the wrong century to born in.

Whittaker Chambers (1989). “Ghosts on the Roof: Selected Journalism of Whittaker Chambers, 1931-1959”, Gateway Books

In Charleston, more than elsewhere, you get the feeling that the twentieth century is a vast, unconscionable mistake.

Pat Conroy (2016). “The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, and The Prince of Tides: Three Classic Novels in One Collection”, p.370, Open Road Media

A century from now it will no more occur to a normal person to mate with a person eugenically unfit than to marry a habitual criminal.

"Machine to End War by Nikola Tesla as told to George Sylvester Viereck". "Liberty", www.pbs.org. February 1937.