184 Quotes About Modern-life

True as this is, it is also true that for one who won through there were many who gained nothing, and it was, and is, the sheer weight of numbers of those who failed of this that has made their influence on the modern life as pervasive and controlling as it is.

We're living in a state where no one can trust his telephone conversations, nor even his personal conversations in a room, in a bar or anywhere else.

Young normal tigers do not eat people. If eaten by a tiger you may rest assured he was abnormal.

Ecology is boring for the same reason that destruction is fun.

Have you ever known anyone who bought a fruitcake for himself? Of course not. They are purchased as Christmas gifts, mostly for people you don't particularly like.

Most of what we strive for in our modern life uses the apparatus of goal seeking that was originally set up to seek goals in the state of nature.

Modern life is confusing no "Ms take" about it.

What about the poor salesman who is calling into the office from the corner saloon instead of the home sickbed he claims he is in?

A Tax Loophole: A deduction that the other guy gets.