Patterned after an Italian Renaissance palace, it is 88 times as large and one millionth as valuable to the continuation of man.… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
I thought of the words of the Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne. "If you press me to say why I loved him,… — Josh Lanyon Copy Share Image
One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
Had there been no Renaissance and no Italian influence to bring in the stories of other lands English history would, it may… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
We have made a great effort to maintain all levels of Buddhist education; it has helped us have a kind of renaissance,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The British philosopher Bertrand Russell said that philosophy went downhill after Democritus and did not recover until the Renaissance. — Leon M. Lederman Copy Share Image
I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance. — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
Just as Renaissance artists provided narratives for the era they lived in, so do I. I'm always looking beyond the surface. I've… — David LaChapelle Copy Share Image
English has been this vacuum cleaner of a language, because of its history meeting up with the Romans and then the Danes,… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
I don't use the word 'renaissance'. It's flawed because in Latin, it's tied to the rebirth of Christ... It's a word that's… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
All over the world major museums have bowed to the influence of Disney and become theme parks in their own right. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I would certainly never consider myself a Renaissance Man; I'm not fit to look at the dust from the chariot wheels of… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Pathology, probably more than any other branch of science, suffers from heroes and hero-worship. Rudolf Virchow has been its archangel and William… — Harry S.N. Greene Copy Share Image
Christopher Lynch has made the best and the first careful translation of Machiavelli's Art of War. With useful notes, an excellent introduction,… — Harvey Mansfield Copy Share Image
I am here before you tonight to dedicate this administration to bringing a new renaissance of neighborhood life and community spirit, a… — Jane Byrne Copy Share Image
The rise of the dramas in the thirteenth century, and the rise of the great novels in a later period, together with… — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
I do feel we live through what I like to call The 2nd Renaissance, but although I foresee a widespread return to… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
All my life I’ve pursued the perfect red. I can never get painters to mix it for me. It’s exactly as if… — Diana Vreeland Copy Share Image
The classic theology of my tradition comes from the French Renaissance. [William] Shakespeare was born in 1564, the year [John] Calvin died,… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“Man is mortal. This is his fate. Man pretends not to be mortal. That is his sin. Man is a creature of… — Sylvan Barnet Copy Share Image
As we mourn President Mandela’s passing we must ask ourselves the fundamental question - what shall we do to respond to the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
“To a very strange lizard, found by the gardener of the Belvedere, he [Leonardo] fastened some wings with a mixture of quicksilver… — Girogio Vasari Copy Share Image
For me, anything can be music! I can get huge enjoyment and be moved totally by the purity and perfection of some… — Steven Price Copy Share Image
