Ancient Quotes

The human eye has long fascinated lovers, artists and physicians. The ancient Greeks dissected eyes, but struggled to understand how they worked, unclear as to whether they received or emanated light. Tim Birkhead
Eyes Light Long Ancient Ancient Greeks Eye Struggled Physicians Unclear Understand How Greeks Human Artists Whether Lovers Human Eye Worked Fascinated Received Dissected
I wanted to get the most broad foundation for a lifelong education that I could find, and that was studying Latin and the classics. Meaning Roman and Greek history and philosophy and ancient civilizations. Tim Blake Nelson
Education History Broad Philosophy Latin Ancient Find Classics Civilizations Could Lifelong Studying Most Greek Get Roman Wanted Meaning Foundation
Once, my writing-avoidance behavior involved me mixing up a cleaning concoction and getting some ancient stains out of the carpet. My wife liked that one. Tim Pratt
Me Cleaning Behavior Wife Once Carpet Ancient Out Some Liked Involved Mixing Up Getting
Pollution is everywhere, in that ancient Greek sense of miasma: guilt experienced as abject body fluid, moral pollution defining what kinds of beings count in social space. Timothy Morton
Space Fluid Guilt Sense Everywhere Defining Ancient Moral Kinds Abject Count Greek Experienced Pollution Social Body Beings
Most patients enter a doctor's office or hospital as if it were a Mayan temple, representing an ancient and mysterious culture with no language in common with the visitor. Tom Brokaw
Culture Doctor Language Enter Ancient Visitor Temple Mysterious Hospital Most Were Office Common Representing Patients
The best teachers, one hopes, don't shout at their students - because they are skilled at wooing as well as demanding the best efforts of others. For the ancient Greeks and Romans, this wooing was a sufficiently fine art in itself to be the central focus of education. Tom Chatfield
Education Art Best Focus Demanding Others Ancient Ancient Greeks Hopes Fine Fine Art Students Well Because Itself Greeks Efforts Romans Wooing Central Skilled Shout Teachers Sufficiently
Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility. Tom Hiddleston
Heroes Humility Drama Fathers Danger Ancient Kings Martyred Had Primacy Sons Hubris Deaths Huge Expanding Gods Taught Stories Lovers Centuries Us Societies
The horses forced into the chuckwagon races die of heart attacks, broken necks, broken legs, and other injuries. It'd be easy to get off on western tradition without this bloody spectacle. Dude, it's the Old West, not ancient Rome! Tommy Lee
Broken Heart Old Other Ancient Ancient Rome Easy Horses Attacks Forced Without Dude Tradition West Off Western Bloody Get Die Legs Rome Races Injuries Spectacle Necks
It's a very ancient culture, British culture. You can't be seen to be too wealthy, and you certainly can't be seen to be giving away any of your wealth either because that's sort of vulgar, too. It's funny, that, because in New York, if you are wealthy, you have to be philanthropic to be successful. Trudie Styler
Funny You Culture Wealth Seen Giving Too Ancient Wealthy New Sort Vulgar Because Very York Any New York Either Successful Your Certainly Away British Philanthropic
Mongolia is a country of rich and ancient heritage, unique culture and astounding natural beauty. It is a land of free and brave, peace-loving and hard-working people. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Culture Natural People Free Country Beauty Natural Beauty Rich Heritage Astounding Ancient Brave Land Unique Hard-Working
The Victorian language of flowers began with the publication of 'Le Language des Fleurs,' written by Charlotte de Latour and printed in Paris in 1819. To create the book - which was a list of flowers and their meanings - de Latour gathered references to flower symbolism throughout poetry, ancient mythology, and even medicine. Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Book Language Flower Medicine Ancient Charlotte Paris Poetry Throughout Mythology Written Printed References Began List Which Victorian Create Meanings Even Publication Symbolism Flowers Gathered
The ancient Greek philosophers were blonde and blue-eyed and, even then, talked about how their race was mixed with others and how this affected their society negatively. When there were no more natural blondes and no more blue eyes in Greece, they incidentally stopped producing great philosophers. Varg Vikernes
Great Eyes Natural Society Others Negatively Philosophers Ancient About More Talked How Were Mixed Affected Blonde Blondes Greece Greek Blue Blue Eyes Blue-Eyed Stopped Race Then Producing Even
After that I won a prize, I was with a group of ancient music of Spain that they helped me a lot with a grant, you see, during three years. And so I made my debut in 1944 and I found myself helping my family, it was a very poor family. Victoria de los Angeles
Music Myself Family Me You Made Three Group Ancient See Years Lot Won Very Debut Prize After Spain Poor Grant Helped Helping Found
Not unless I do all these ancient and Italian or French or Baroque in the beginnning, I do German. Victoria de los Angeles
Unless Ancient French Italian German Baroque
The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil. Voltaire
Sacrifice Devil Ancient Recommended Sacrificed Graces Us Milton
The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in. Voltaire
Fight Architecture Wild Ancient Beasts Masterpieces Greatest Built Romans
Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient. Voltaire
Marriage Believe Ancient Some More Date Weeks Divorce However Same Nearly
I actually looked at an Apple ad from 1978. It was a print ad. That shows you how ancient it was. And it said, 'Thousands of people have discovered the Apple computer.' Thousands of people. Walt Mossberg
You People Ancient Thousands Thousands Of People Computer Looked Print Said How Discovered Shows Apple Actually Ad
No account of the Renaissance can be complete without some notice of the attempt made by certain Italian scholars of the fifteenth century to reconcile Christianity with the religion of ancient Greece. Walter Pater
Religion Made Christianity Complete Ancient Reconcile Some Attempt Scholars Renaissance Without Italian Account Greece Century Fifteenth Notice Certain
They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom. William Congreve
Tea Ancient Scandal Retired According End Custom Gallery
Visit USA.gov and you'll find thousands of directorates, agencies, boards, offices, and services replete with overlapping responsibilities, ancient priorities, and divided accountability. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
You Accountability Visit Ancient Responsibilities Find Thousands Divided Priorities Replete Offices Boards Agencies Services
Tamils all over the world have a sense of belonging to the world itself, but our ancient roots come from India. I would like to explore India. I will keep coming back. This is the closest I can get to home. M.I.A.
Home World Will Sense Back Our I Can Ancient Would India Over Come Like Coming Itself Get Closest Roots Explore Keep Belonging
My means of entry to 'Christianity was singing in a choir. As a boy chorister, I grew up with Ancient and Modern, the evening canticles, versicles and responses, and carols. Richard Coles
Singing Christianity Ancient Responses Entry Boy Up Modern Grew Choir Means Evening
India and Egypt have been strongly influencing each other's culture, arts and architecture since ancient times. Boney Kapoor
Culture Architecture Other Ancient Ancient Times India Strongly Since Been Times Egypt Arts Influencing Each
It's fun to sentimentalize the 20th-century lifestyle and the 20th-century brain, but it helps nobody, it makes you look ancient, there's no going back, and you'd be miserable if you did. Douglas Coupland
You Miserable Back Ancient Lifestyle Nobody Look Makes Brain Did Going Fun Helps
Look at every Zion society from ancient times to present, and you find at its center love for others. Joseph B. Wirthlin
Love You Every Society Others Ancient Ancient Times Find Look Times Center Present
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