Ancient Quotes · Page 20

“The ancient Greeks believed that when you read aloud, it was actually the dead, borrowing your tongue, in order to speak again.”

— Ruth Ozeki

Ye lover of the picturesque, if ye wish to drown your grief, take my advice and visit the ancient town of Crieff.

— William Topaz McGonagall

Some ruins of ancient times are much more beautiful than the best buildings of modern eras!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.

— Voltaire

Let ancient times delight other folk, I rejoice that I was not born till now.

— Ovid

I want you to go to the Ancient Languages Department at Trinity College tomorrow morning, Ms.Lane.

— Karen Marie Moning

Darwinism is a pagan religion whose roots go back to the Sumerians and Ancient Egypt.

— Harun Yahya

I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be; and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.

— Plutarch

It is not “just beer,” it is a noble and ancient beverage which, like wine, food and television advertising, can be extraordinarily…

— Stephen Beaumont

Set screamed something in Ancient Egyptian. I was fairly sure it wasn’t a compliment. “I will rend your limbs from their sockets!”…

— Rick Riordan

Feminism has tried to dismiss the femme fatale as a misogynist libel, a hoary cliche. But the femme fatale expresses woman's ancient…

— Camille Paglia

When immortality becomes for us no longer a matter of academic discussion, but the most vital of all questions; we shall find…

— Henry Norris Russell

It's a perfect moment to quietly meditate on the cosmic Great Mother who can inspire us all; the divine, feminine Spirit of…

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

The air brightened, the running shadow patches were now the obverse, and it seemed to him that the fact that the day…

— William Faulkner

“Whoso meditates on the Omniscient, the Ancient, more minute than the atom, yet the Ruler and Upholder of all, Unimaginable, Brilliant like…

— Shri Purohit Swami

The Germanic invasions destroyed neither the Mediterranean unity of the ancient world, nor what may be regarded as the truly essential features…

— Henri Pirenne

Palaeontology is the Aladdin's lamp of the most deserted and lifeless regions of the earth; it touches the rocks and there spring…

— Roy Chapman Andrews

I came to the conclusion a while ago that there is nothing romantic or supernatural about loving someone: Love is the privilege…

— John Green

Psychedelics are not a substitute for faith. They are a door to authentic faith, born of encountering directly the sacred dimension of…

— Rick Doblin

She had sacrificed her childhood to save her brothers; she loved her family above all else, and her spirits yearned to return…

— Juliet Marillier

I'm going to come back to West Virginia when this is over. There's something ancient and deeply-rooted in my soul. I like…

— Breece D'J Pancake

We do have to learn poetry at school. Poetry is interesting to me, particularly Chinese poetry. It's like an ancient form of…

— Jenova Chen

My name is Eva, which means 'life,' according to a book of names my mother consulted. I was born in the back…

— Isabel Allende

“…though he hated to admit it, they were all Anglophiles. They were a family of Anglophiles. Pointed in the wrong direction, trapped…

— Arundhati Roy

Sports is to war as pornography is to sex. We get to exercise some ancient, ancient drives.

— Jonathan Haidt

There are many kinds of conceit, but the chief one is to let people know what a very ancient and gifted family…

— Benvenuto Cellini

“The trouble with ancient history is that, as far as I can tell, the vast majority of it took place a hell…

— John Powell

...we are custodians of deep and ancient thresholds. In the human face you see that potential and the miracle of undying possibility.

— John O'Donohue

Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the…

— William Penn

I think we have a lot to learn from ancient cultures and different tribes.

— Baron Vaughn

Blossom time has come and many ancient seekers are today getting their Self Realization.

— Nirmala Srivastava

With respect to the doctrine of a future life, a North American Indian knows just as much as any ancient or modern…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.

— William Congreve

“These are all combinations of ancient design wisdom and the latest technology.”

— Nick Rosen

My hands resemble some ancient tree: the roots that bind up the earth, the rock and the ceaselessly nibbling wordms.

— Mark Z. Danielewski

There's a bit of ancient wisdom that appeals to us: it's a saying that a fight starts only with the second blow.

— Hugh Allen

“Forget not the Sacred Sands... The grains that pass through Time’s ancient hands!”

— Nishi Singh

I think about the Internet and cell phones and jets and spaceships, and I wonder, 'What's going to make that look ancient?'

— Peter Diamandis

Oh, God, puppy dog eyes. From a six-foot-five ancient Viking vampire.

— Charlaine Harris

We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]

— Tacitus