“Fortune's fool! How we humans lie upon beauty like lizards upon a sun-baked rock.” — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people. — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
When you have the chance to work with Wes Anderson, with Stephen Frears and Chris Weitz and Roman Polanski and Terrance Malick… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
In 'Julius Caesar,' we are witnesses to the final death throes of the Roman republic. — Robert Beltran Copy Share Image
In contrast to the Roman Empire, the Egyptians only used the military to preserve what they had, not threaten it. — Zahi Hawass Copy Share Image
With its brutal empire and legalised slavery, the Roman Republic was hardly a towering beacon of progressive values. — Clive Lewis Copy Share Image
God is the ruler of history. His times are well chosen The Roman Empire was an instrument in his hand. And so… — John Gresham Machen Copy Share Image
I think if Roman Polanski had asked me to do the phone book, I would have said, 'Yes.' — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
You have the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterians, the Wesleyans, represented in each school, and they are each… — Charles Tupper Copy Share Image
“Favoring 'resolution' the way we do, it is hard for us men to write great love stories. Why?, because we want to… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“The tragedy of Dionysus: Wear a black robe at night, and white you’ll wear by morning; but wear a purple robe to… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
There is an obvious connection, on the declining Roman empire's bread and circuses model, between political enthusiasm for public spectacles and the… — Iain Sinclair Copy Share Image
If you look at great human civilizations, from the Roman Empire to the Soviet Union, you will see that most do not… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
“What is deemed as “his-story” is often determined by those who survived to write it. In other words, history is written by… — Thomas Jerome Baker Copy Share Image
After I had written seventeen full-length mysteries, two volumes of mini-mysteries, a travel guide and some quiz books, not to mention a… — Caroline Lawrence Copy Share Image
The right-to-life movement and the Roman Catholic Church are saying that it is better to destroy these embryos, or preferably have them… — Mort Kondracke Copy Share Image
Manchester United and Liverpool have been bought with huge leverage, and we've got Roman Abramovich at Chelsea who can turn his loans… — Gordon Taylor Copy Share Image
“I wanted to confront her, to make her see the folly of her religion, to change her diet, to help her spend… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“About five meters ahead, Nico was swinging his black sword with one hand, holding the scepter of Diocletian aloft with the other.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The northern nations who burst the barriers of the Roman Empire and spread themselves over the most flourishing countries of Europe soon… — Benjamin Robbins Curtis Copy Share Image
The Romans have provided a lot of writers with a model for various interstellar empires, of course, and no wonder. The Roman… — Ann Leckie Copy Share Image
“The season was waning fast Our nights were growing cold at last I took her to bed with silk and song, 'Lay… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“The Greeks think they justly honor players, because they worship the gods who demand plays; the Romans, on the other hand, do… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“If the interest of a scientific expositor ought to be measured by the importance of the subject, I shall be applauded for… — Etienne-Jules Marey Copy Share Image
“His beard was nonexistent, except for a carefully trimmed goatee that met his mustache on both sides of his mouth. The overall… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
No Roman ever was able to say, 'I dined last night with the Borgias'. — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
Really, Tanahashi belongs in the WWE. He can be the next Roman Reigns. — Kenny Omega Copy Share Image