We have witnessed the terrible increases in the incidence of alcoholism, the advent of drug dependency, the protests, marches, strikes and human alienation.

- Alex Campbell

The salvation of the elect was as certain before His advent, though accomplished by it, as afterwards.

- John Nelson Darby

I read recently of the advent of a completely wireless house. Having just moved house and being drowned in billions of cords and cables, that sounds like a great thing to have.

- Julian Ovenden

I bristle at the implication that only with the help of a Big Six editor does a novel lose its self-indulgent aspects. Before the advent of self-publishing, there were plenty of self-indulgent novels on the shelves.

- Jennifer Armintrout

For years, particularly with the advent of the Internet, people have been griping about lessening attention spans.

- Kevin Spacey

Certainly the advent of technology and electronic commerce has had an immense impact on the real estate industry.

- Michael Oxley

Over the years, TV has gotten so much better, especially with the advent of cable. The bar has been raised. I think HBO really set the standard with 'The Sopranos,' and then on mainstream TV, shows like 'Lost' broke amazing ground.

- Nestor Carbonell

The advent of digitally enhancing images - and the fact that actresses weren't protesting against that - created an environment where big corporations felt like they had total ownership over the bodies of actresses.

- Romola Garai

After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could.

- Theodore Bikel

The advent of self-government for the Iraqi people is a watershed moment in their history.

- Todd Akin