modern life Quotes

It's sad if people think that's (homemaking) a dull existance, [but] you can't just buy an apartment and furnish it and walk away. It's the flowers you choose, the music you play, the smile you have waiting. I want it... ...

The more there is, the less I want. The more man flies to the moon, the more I want to look at a tree.

There's life and death in every email.

The world is progressing and resources are becoming more abundant. I'd rather go into a grocery store today than a king's banquet a hundred years ago.

Now everyone takes it for granted that you can look up movie reviews, track locations, and order stuff online. I wish there was a way we could take it away from people for a day so they could remember what... ...

Today, we're very dependent on cheap energy. We just take it for granted - all the things you have in the house, the way industry works.

While we're all very dependent on technology, it doesn't always work.

Being flooded with information doesn't mean we have the right information or that we're in touch with the right people.

Our modern lifestyle is not a political creation. Before 1700, everybody was poor as hell. Life was short and brutish. It wasn't because we didn't have good politicians; we had some really good politicians. But then we started inventing -... ...

It's energy intensification, where we essentially have, through our light bulbs and cars, the manpower of [hundreds of] people working on our behalf, helping our food being created, helping our materials like steel and plastic and wood and paper be... ...