The Age of Revolution
For Marx, Hobsbawm emphasizes, capitalism was not just exploitation and oppression. What made capitalism unique was its dynamism. More


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"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More

"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More

"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More

"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More

"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More


"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein... More