r/21stCenturyQuotes is a subreddit with 7k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and money talk, and the community frequently discusses life, quotes, change, politics, and people.
A subreddit for sharing your own words for others to quote today or in the centuries to come, or for sharing someone else’s words that were spoken or written during this century (2000-present).
Popular Themes in r/21stCenturyQuotes
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Pretty much everyone thinks we're completely fucked, we're all just arguing over why. (Reddit user NowThatIsFresh, 2019)"
14 posts
#2
Money Talk
: "When hedge fund billionaires move markets, they get huge bonuses. When ordinary Americans move market, they get shut down by Wall Street. The system is rigged. (Robert Reich, 2021)"
3 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet. (Alyssa Milano, 2017)."
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism. (Malala Yousafzai, 2013)"
2 posts
#5
News
: "The Holocene has ended. What we do now, and in the next few years, will profoundly effect the next few thousand years. (David Attenborough, 2019)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/21stCenturyQuotes
#1
Life
: "Life is like a dick. Sometimes it's up...Sometimes it's down...But it won't be hard forever. (u/PsychoticAlterEgo, 2020)"
16 posts
#2
Quotes
14 posts
#3
Change
: "This idea of always being politically correct and 'woke'... You should get over that quickly. The world is messy. The way of me making Change is to be as judgmental as possible about other people and that’s enough. That’s not activism. That’s not bringing about Change. (Barack Obama, 2019)"
6 posts
#4
Politics
: "The last thing we need right now are more New York billionaire assholes playing Politics."
5 posts
#5
People
: "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our People, and neither do we. (George W. Bush, 2004)"
5 posts
#6
Dreams
: "We are our ancestors' wildest Dreams. (Tulane University School of Medicine students Russell Ledet and Sydney Labat, 2019)."
4 posts
#7
Truth
4 posts
#8
Identity
4 posts
#9
Education
: "With guns you can kill terrorists, with Education you can kill terrorism. (Malala Yousafzai, 2013)"
3 posts
#10
Knowledge
: "The actual crisis is how entire generations are sunk w/inhumane levels of student debt, low incomes, high rent, no guarantee of healthcare & little action on climate change; feeling stable enough to have a kid can feel more like a luxury than a norm.(Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 2021)"
3 posts
Flair Used in r/21stCenturyQuotes
#1
Shared
: "Pretty much everyone thinks we're completely fucked, we're all just arguing over why. (Reddit user NowThatIsFresh, 2019)"
139 posts
#2
Original
: "Politics is brutal for well-meaning people because it engages the most fundamental human impulses for affection, honor, power, and fame. If this doesn’t corrupt them, they still have to work with the majority of politicians it has already corrupted and/or attracted. (2019)"
17 posts
#3
:BSoftheMonth: Shared Quote of the Month
: "Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say. (Edward Snowden, 2015)"
9 posts
#4
:BOoftheMonth: Original Quote of the Month
: "I'm chasing my best self, but that fucker is hard to catch."
8 posts
#5
Share
: "This idea of always being politically correct and 'woke'... You should get over that quickly. The world is messy. The way of me making change is to be as judgmental as possible about other people and that’s enough. That’s not activism. That’s not bringing about change. (Barack Obama, 2019)"
1 post
Member Growth in r/21stCenturyQuotes
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Last updated: June 9, 2026