“At least I’m the one leaving. It’s so much easier to leave than to be left.” — Stefan Emunds Copy Share Image
Opinion is the companion of probability within the medieval epistemology. — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
“Milord, Knight in Shining Armor, methinks thou hast a present in thy chamber.” — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Goering was known to wear togas, fur coats and faux-medieval hunting outfits. — Richard Overy Copy Share Image
If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times. — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
“I am not yet come of age, my lord. How can I be queen?” asked Constance fearfully.” — Laurel A. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
Nothing but mountains filled with barbarous ethnics with views as medieval as their muskets, and unspeakably cruel too — Alexander Cockburn Copy Share Image
“I am a knight riding from tower to tower seeking a princess to rescue but all the dragons are slain, the towers… — Pieter Niemand Copy Share Image
I tell my students that being a writer is like being a member of a medieval guild and that what we are… — Jayne Anne Phillips Copy Share Image
“Most of the tools from medieval times were extensions of the physical self. Tools are now extensions of the mental self.” — Lotoya Peterson Copy Share Image
You have people chopping off heads of Christians and others. Not since medieval times has anyone seen anything like this. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
We've got paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technologies. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
If all were equalized by death, as the medieval idea constantly emphasized, was it not possible that inequalities on earth were contrary… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
... we cannot rule out the possibility that the changes of recent decades are part of a natural rebound from the 'Little… — Steven F. Hayward Copy Share Image
Remember this, take this to heart, live by it, die for it if necessary: that our patriotism is medieval, outworn, obsolete; that… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The trouble with ecological invocations of Nature is that they're like calling for a medieval tool, perhaps a portcullis or an arrow… — Timothy Morton Copy Share Image
“A sudden yearning to hold Artagan close overtakes me, to smell the scent of his skin and run my hands through his… — Mark Noce Copy Share Image
We now think it hilarious that medieval streets were used as open sewers. Equally, our descendants will say: 'You won't believe this,… — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“Modern writers usually don't know what it was like to live in the past, but Rushworth-Brown has done this with great skill… — Paul Rushworth-Brown Copy Share Image
I get fixated when I'm bleeding -- I can see why they went in for blood-letting in the medieval times because it… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
It is not surprising that only one medieval state, Venice, long possessed anything clearly identifiavble as a navy in this sense. We… — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
“Do I perceive a softening in your heart for me, damoiselle?" He laughed at her scowl. "Beware maid. I will tell you… — Kathleen E. Woodiwiss Copy Share Image
Ah. Medieval-style ransom.” Toot looked confused. “He did run some, but I stopped him, my lord. Like, just now. In front of… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
The processes of secularization that followed in the wake of the Reformation continue to work themselves out in complicated ways, not only… — Brad Stephan Gregory Copy Share Image
“In the end, I listen to my fear. It keeps me awake, resounding through the frantic beating in my breast. It is… — Ned Hayes Copy Share Image
I don't know of a single instance of these Arab freedom fighters holding up pictures of bin Laden. I know many instances… — Paul Wolfowitz Copy Share Image
If you think about Don Quixote, Don Quixote is this guy who wants to live as if he was in a medieval… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
Infuriatingly stupid analysts - especially people who called themselves Arabists, yet who seemed to know next to nothing about the reality of… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
The next time somebody announces that he plans to get Medieval on your ass, tell him you're going to get Renaissance on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
The track record of economists in predicting events is monstrously bad. It is beyond simplification; it is like medieval medicine. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
The medieval hall house was very primitive when it became the characteristic form of dwelling of the landowner of the Middle Ages. — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
“They were ancient history. They were so ancient they made ancient history look modern. Well, okay . . . maybe medieval.” — Roberta Pearce Copy Share Image
“I remember the fire, it burns bright, always around me. I close my eyes, and tears stream out. The tides of the… — Ned Hayes Copy Share Image
A fantasy novel set in something other than medieval Europe, featuring an almost entirely black cast, is considered risky. — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image