“In our brave new world, blushing is a form of nostalgia.”
John Leonard (1939–2008) American critic, writer, and commentator
"On Being Embarrassed" (p. 139)
Private Lives in the Imperial City (1979)
“In our brave new world, blushing is a form of nostalgia.”
John Leonard (1939–2008) American critic, writer, and commentator
"On Being Embarrassed" (p. 139)
Private Lives in the Imperial City (1979)
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931) General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
During a tour of the United States, as quoted in The New York Times (5 June 1990) http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE3DD1F30F936A35755C0A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all <br class="br">1990s
Haidakhan Babaji teacher in northern India
The Teachings of Babaji. (1983, 1984, 1988). Haidakhan, U.P.: Haidakhandi Samaj.
Source: The Teachings of Babaji, 17 August 1982.
Irfaan Ali (1980) President of Guyana
Source: Irfaan Ali (2022) cited in: " President pledges more oil and gas scholarships https://www.stabroeknews.com/2022/01/01/news/guyana/president-pledges-more-oil-and-gas-scholarships/" in Stabroek News, 1 January 2022.
Carl Sagan book Cosmos
Source: Cosmos (1980), p. 4
Context: The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home. In a cosmic perspective, most human concerns seem insignificant, even petty. And yet our species is young and curious and brave and shows much promise. In the last few millennia we have made the most astonishing and unexpected discoveries about the Cosmos and our place within it, explorations that are exhilarating to consider. They remind us that humans have evolved to wonder, that understanding is a joy, that knowledge is prerequisite to survival. I believe our future depends powerfully on how well we understand this Cosmos in which we float like a mote of dust in the morning sky.
John Campbell Shairp (1819–1885) British writer
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 563.
Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) American politician, 30th president of the United States (in office from 1923 to 1929)
1920s, The Press Under a Free Government (1925)
“O brave new world that has such people in it.”
Aldous Huxley book Brave New World
Source: Brave New World
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931) General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Nobel Address (1991)