Ancient Quotes · Page 61

Everything on a boat has a different name than it would have if it weren't on a boat. Either this is ancient…

— P. J. O'Rourke

The conceptual artist Ai WeiWei illustrates the schizoid society that rapid change has produced - sometimes by reassembling Ming-style furniture into absurd…

— Arne Glimcher

I have walked this south stream when to believe in spring was an act of faith. It was spitting snow and blowing,…

— Ann Zwinger

Who do you suppose invented computers? Speaking in terms relevant to you, in terms of earth history, let alone other worldly history,…

— Frederick Lenz

“They drove up Third Avenue so that they might see the famous Stuyvesant pear tree on the corner of Thirteenth Street. Again…

— Anya Seton

Oh, river! darkling river! what a voice Is that thou utterest while all else is still-- The ancient voice that, centuries ago,…

— William C. Bryant

The emergence and blossoming of understanding, love, and intelligence has nothing to do with any tradition, no matter how ancient or impressive-it…

— Toni Packer

“If you follow the ancient maps written on the stars, no person will ever understand you. So if you could read these…

— C. JoyBell C

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

In the pit of her stomach she realized that everything she raged against on Saturday night-- the restrictions, rules, and guidelines-- was…

— Robin Jones Gunn

Nobody since Newton has been able to use geometrical methods to the same extent for the like purposes; and as we read…

— William Whewell

Various accounts of Empedocle's death are given in ancient sources. His enemies said that his desire to be thought a god led…

— Empedocles

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

— Baron Vaughn

When you set aside the mantle of control in the painting process, images arise from ancient layers of the psyche.

— Michele Cassou

If these laws [in the Bible] belonged to any other ancient culture we would approach them very differently. We need not bother…

— Marilynne Robinson

It's interesting to see what's going on with physics these days because they're starting to come out with stuff that sounds remarkably…

— Brad Warner

Chivalry - ...a romantic idealism closely related to Christianity, which makes honor the guiding principle of conduct. Connected with this is the…

— Richard M. Weaver

The young mouse's eyes snapped open, clear and bright. He swung the ancient sword high and struck at the giant adder. He…

— Brian Jacques

Two households, both alike in dignity In fair Verona, where we lay our scene From ancient grudge break to new mutiny Where…

— William Shakespeare

Those whom we call ancient were really new in all things, and properly constituted the infancy of mankind.

— Blaise Pascal

I did but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the known rules of ancient liberty, When straight a barbarous noise…

— John Milton

Ubuntu is not a biblical concept but an ancient African one. Nevertheless it falls back on one simple thing: that humans have…

— Allan Boesak

Meditation while walking has a long, noble history in ancient spiritual disciplines.

— Andrew Weil

Ancient astronauts didn't build the pyramids. Human beings built the pyramids, because they're clever and they work hard.

— Gene Roddenberry

Novelist time is reptile time; novelists tend to be ruminant and brooding, nursers of ancient grievances, second-guessers, Tuesday afternoon quarterbacks, retrospectators, endlessly,…

— Michael Chabon