Commentators Quote by Archie Macpherson

“The word "Yankee" itself, I was informed, came from that simplest of Dutch names - Jan.”

— Joseph O'Neill

“He is called Excelsior. In Latin the name means "ever higher". This impossible man does not know this. To be fair, there are a…

— Patrick E. McLean

Sir, you shall taste my Anno Domini.

— George Farquhar

“was called Robinson Kreutznaer; but, by the usual corruption of words in England, we are now called - nay we call ourselves and write…

— Daniel Defoe

“In manus tuas, Domine!”

— Bram Stoker

But oh! the Latin!-Madame, you can really have no idea of what a mess it is. The Romans would never have found time to…

— Heinrich Heine

I think [Albert Camus] wanted to write something to explain who he was, and how he was different from the age that had been…

— Catherine Camus

“To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life, Is worth an age without a name.”

— Sir Walter Scott

I laugh when I think that all of Rome made it a point not to pronounce Drusilla's name.Because Rome was mistaken for all those…

— Albert Camus

I definitely think I've come a long way in terms of people are now saying 'Trinity Rodman' before 'Dennis Rodman's daughter.' That in itself…

— Trinity Rodman

“Time slipped and slid around him, unanchored by any fact that could be verified. Perhaps it did not matter. 'Where does our story take…

— Ann Wroe

“It is said to be the age of the first person singular”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson