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Political literature3 quotes
The age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever. — Edmund Burke · 1790God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning. — Amiri Baraka · 1963Little do they know that they meet under an empty sky from which the gods have departed. — Hans Morgenthau · 1948Science fiction2 quotes
Science has stolen most of our miracles. — Danny Witwer · 2002Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? — Douglas Adams · 1979Action1 quote
Science has stolen most of our miracles. — Danny Witwer · 2002Action (film)1 quote
Science has stolen most of our miracles. — Danny Witwer · 2002Autobiography and memoir1 quote
All the steam in the world could not, like the Virgin, build Chartres. — Henry Adams · 1907Political speech1 quote
Those who say that we're in a time when there are not heroes, they just don't know where to look. — Ronald Reagan · 1981Science fiction (film)1 quote
Science has stolen most of our miracles. — Danny Witwer · 2002Travel writing1 quote
We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter. — Mark Twain · 1880