In 1491 the Inka ruled the greatest empire on earth. Bigger than Ming Dynasty China, bigger than Ivan the Great’s expanding Russia,… — Charles C. Mann Copy Share Image
In Náhuatl, the language of the Aztec world, one key word for poet was 'tlamatine,' meaning 'the one who knows,' or 'he… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
If the European discovery had been delayed for a century or two, it is possible that the Aztec in Mexico or the… — Samuel Eliot Morison Copy Share Image
“Where is the graveyard of dead gods? What lingering mourner waters their mounds? There was a time when Jupiter was the king… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
My home has a split personality. Some of the rooms are very French antique. Think Aubusson rugs, turquoise ceramic jugs, sandbag pillows,… — Poppy Delevingne Copy Share Image
Cold morning on Aztec Peak Fire Lookout. First, build fire in old stove. Second, start coffee. Then, heat up last night's pork… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
America may not realize it yet, but Latin prototypes are being created right now, and not just by me. They are these… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish. — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
The decorator of Las Colimas must have been a great admirer of both early Aztec and late Taco Bell architectural styles. — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
If you want a television, you go out and work for it and you buy it. If you want to learn about… — Andrew Harvey Copy Share Image
The Sun Stone, the famous Aztec calendar, is unquestionably a perfect summary of science, philosophy, art and religion. — Samael Aun Weor Copy Share Image
The Spaniards are perfectly right to govern these barbarians of the New World and adjacent islands; they are in prudence, ingenuity, virtue,… — Juan Gines de Sepulveda Copy Share Image
Life is but a mask worn on the face of death. And is death, then, but another mask? 'How many can say,'… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Aztec has played a big part in delivering the solutions that our Dallas office has spent timeless hours and energy searching for. — Blake Lewis Copy Share Image
A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride...When people see it they know… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
“In time of rain I come: I can sing among the flowers: I utter my song: my heart is glad. Water of… — Jane Bierhorst Copy Share Image
The Aztec gods and goddesses are, as far as we have known anything about them, an unlovely and unlovable lot. In their… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Just the other day, I was in my neighborhood Starbucks, waiting for the post office to open. I was enjoying a chocolatey… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
To put it in a nutshell, the Central and South American high cultures of antiquity were entirely worthy of comparison with what… — Joseph Needham Copy Share Image
In essence, the Mexica remained little more than a band of pirates, sallying forth from their great city to loot and plunder… — Eric Wolf Copy Share Image
See it was like this when we waltz into this place. A couple of papish cats is doing an Aztec two-step And… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti Copy Share Image
