The rude beginnings of every art acquire a greater celebrity than the art in perfection; he who first played the fiddle was… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I am sorry they began their deliberations by so abominable a precedent as that of tying up the tongues of their members.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Fairy tales are not real. However, myths are the historical notes of those who were much wiser than ourselves. We therefore have… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
He issued orders to us: demigods who come to us for aid are no longer to be tolerated. We are to crush… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
It is true I do not like fire. But Leo Valdez's flames are not strong enough to trouble me." Somewhere behind Hazel,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
He slung off his backpack. He'd managed to grab a lot of supplies at the Napa Bargain Mart: a portable GPS, duct… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The dignity of this end of endowment of man's life with new commodity appeareth by the estimation that antiquity made of such… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The great would not think themselves demigods if the little did not worship them. — Pierre-Claude-Victor Boiste Copy Share Image
Am I right in saying that the locust of this problem is simply that judges in America are half political animals and… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
In the hands of the discoverer, medicine becomes a heroic art . . wherever life is dear he is a demigod. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
At the Feast of Fortune, she'll awaken, and the demigods will be cut down like-- like---" "Like our low prices at Bargain… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Other demigods could understand Latin and Greek. Leo could speak Creak and Squeak.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whoa, boy, he told himself. Golden Rule for Demigods: Thou shalt not Hokey Pokey with psychos. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Princeton is a wonderful little spot. A quaint and ceremonious village of puny demigods on stilts. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
When your elders are millennia-old demigods, you’d best take the injunction to respect your elders seriously. — Nalo Hopkinson Copy Share Image
All religions, with their gods, their demigods, and their prophets, their messiahs and their saints, were created by the credulous fancy of… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
One down," Beckendorf said. "About five thousand to go." He tossed me a jar of thick green liquid—Greek fire, one of the… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“I don't recall meeting Greek demigods in any of those places. Still, when one has dealt with magical baboons, goddess cats and… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Godling? Demigod?" Lysis nearly howled. "You'd be beaten black and blue in Thebes, and staked out overnight for claims like that. In… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
Percy looked at Coach Hedge and Frank. “A trap?” “Probably,” Frank said. “She’s not mortal,” Hedge said, sniffing the air. “Probably some… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I could hear hopefulness in her voice, but also doubt. She was waiting for me to admit the obvious: I'd forgotten. I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If you can read this, then surprise! You're probably a demigod too. That's because only demigods - and a few special mortals,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I tried to imagine how things could get much worse. The gods were in the Midwest fighting a huge monster that had… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Respect gods before demigods, heroes before men, and first among men your parents; but respect yourself most of all. — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
My girlfriend: sophomore honors student, demigod, and—oh, yeah—head architect for redesigning the palace of the gods on Mount Olympus in her spare… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
