“They ... represent the probable immediate ancestors of anatomically modern humans. Their anatomy and antiquity constitute strong evidence of modern-human emergence in Africa,”
Tim White
“Perpetual modernness is the measure of merit in every work of art.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old-fashioned quite suddenly”
Oscar Wilde
“I have never seen a human being who more perfectly represented the modern conception of a robot.”
Winston Churchill
“All the modern inconveniences”
Mark Twain
“The gift represents one of the finest collections of musical manuscripts to be amassed in modern times.”
Joseph Polisi
“By putting a girl in there you immediately get a much more modern sensibility so you avoid making it a Victorian melodrama.”
Stephen Frears
