A barbarian who could not write a sentence of grammar and hardly could spell his own name… One of our tribe of… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
“There is the familiar figure of Orosius, defending the barbarians with the argument that when the Roman empire was founded it was… — Eileen Power Copy Share Image
That strange blend of the commercial traveller, the missionary and the barbarian conqueror, which was the American abroad. — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
There's no god. He who created god was a fool; he who spreads his name is a scoundrel and he who worships… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Copy Share Image
I was a barbarian, tender and full of violence. I translated by instinct, without any method, not merely an artistic truth but… — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
Violence is the tool of the barbarian; aggression is the method of the primitive; bloodshed is the way of the savage; cruelty… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I ask myself, have nations ever declined from a loss of moral sense rather than from physical reasons or the pressure of… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
There is a great difference between feeding parties to wild beasts and stirring up their finer feelings in an inquisition. One is… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
So when I open the door on Halloween, I am confronted by three or four imaginary heroes, such as G.I. Joe, Conan… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Eratosthenes was the director of the great library of Alexandria, the Centre of science and learning in the ancient world. Aristotle had… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The barbarians of Germany had felt, and still dreaded, the arms of the young Caesar; his soldiers were the companions of his… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
When I'm out on a long run," she continued, "the only thing in life that matters is finishing the run. For once,… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
Andrew said you were the best person he ever knew." "He reached that conclusion before he saw me raise three barbarian children… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Wings in the Night”) that has regrettably achieved some popularity on neo-Nazi websites runs: “The ancient empires fall, the dark-skinned peoples fade… — Robert E. Howard Copy Share Image
The fundamental religion of most of mankind is the faith that God has revealed Himself to us and not to the barbarians.… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
It's a curious thing, this thing we call civilization...we think it is an affair of epochs, and nations. It's really an affair… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to… — Isaiah Berlin Copy Share Image
As we manipulate everyday words, we forget that they are fragments of ancient and eternal stories, that we are building our houses… — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
Every cradle asks us, Whence? and every coffin, Whither? The poor barbarian, weeping above his dead, can answer these questions as intelligently… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Barbarian --A Code of Conduct honored by all true barbarian warriors, requiring excellent coordination with weapons, closeness to nature, awkwardness with women,… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
Europe is secure from any future irruptions of Barbarians; since, before they can conquer, they must cease to be barbarous. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
We are the new "barbarians", forged in iron hardness in the fires of their hate and persecution. All over the world, we… — George Lincoln Rockwell Copy Share Image
The goal, I submit, is obvious: subjugating the world (which is barbarian, dangerous, envious and ungrateful) to US power for the sake… — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share Image
The waiter brought fresh-baked bread and cheese, a bottle of sparkling water for Annabeth, and a Coke with ice for me (because… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I ate him," said the homunculus, biting into his sausage. The kids couldn't hide their looks of horror. He smiled, sausage juice… — Pseudonymous Bosch Copy Share Image
The genetic stage of a gene pool can be identified by the personality characteristics of the local God. Jehovah of Genesis is… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
Many readers simply can't stomach fantasy. They immediately picture elves with broadswords or mighty-thewed barbarians with battle axes, seeking the bejeweled Coronet… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
If you look back in history, as the barbarians were invading the gates of Rome, people were consulting fortunetellers and worrying about… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
The Gauls were endowed with all the advantages of art and nature; but as they wanted courage to defend them, they were… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Before God, there is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his master, for… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
The threat of China is not military. The threat of China is they can't be intimidated. Europe you can intimidate. When the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
...while science gives us implements to use, science alone does not determine for what ends they will be employed. Radio is an… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
God has chosen little nations as the vessels by which He carries His choicest wines to the lips of humanity to rejoice… — David Lloyd George Copy Share Image
The Indian is one of Nature's gentlemen--he never says or does a rude or vulgar thing. The vicious, uneducated barbarians, who form… — Susanna Moodie Copy Share Image
The union of the Roman empire was dissolved; its genius was humbled in the dust; and armies of unknown barbarians, issuing from… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Proportion ... You can't help thinking about it in these London streets, where it doesn't exist ... It's like listening to a… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Despite our complicated civilization, so called, or perhaps on account of it, we are all of us a mere set of barbarians,… — Vernon Lee Copy Share Image
But in almost every province of the Roman world, an army of fanatics, without authority and without discipline, invaded the peaceful inhabitants;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Homosexuality is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful… — Plato Copy Share Image
I've got a good Barbarians squad including Australian backs who have played together. Gavin Henson would make a fool of himself if… — Nick Mallett Copy Share Image