Achilles Quotes

65 quotes by 48 authors

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't. — Joe Biden
Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know-and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it… — Isaac Asimov
The two things that can hurt you are if you need money or if you need fame. Those are the things that can be your… — Dana Carvey
Growth is the mantra of our society because the economy can't remain healthy without growth.Impregnable monopolies aside (and these are few), profits are both the… — Robert Heilbroner
It's all about how bad you want to come back. (The Achilles' is) not tight anymore. I'm like a wild dog about getting back on… — Takeo Spikes
We read about how Ajax and Achilles will die for each other, but very little about the friendship of women. — Toni Morrison
Achilles only had an Achilles heel.Â I have an entire Achilles body. — Woody Allen
Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will. — Homer
He ran his hand up and down his left achilles tendon. Very tender; better pay attention to it and back off if it gets any… — John L. Parker Jr.
I guess the solo from 'Achilles Last Stand' is in the same tradition as the solo from 'Stairway to Heaven'...it is on that level to… — Jimmy Page
If I were Achilles I would put my foot in a f**k off block of concrete! — Eddie Izzard
All interesting heroes have an Achilles heel. — Jo Nesbo
Nowadays people are born to find fault. When they look at Achilles, they see only his heel. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Alexander, of whom men tell many legends, lived by his own. Achilles must have Patroklos. He might love his Briseis; but Patroklos was the friend… — Mary Renault
I ruptured my plantaris muscle. It runs through the calf and goes down the side of your achilles and stretches right to the heel. — Lee Westwood
Achilles absent was Achilles still! — Homer
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the… — Judy Biggert
Achilles was like a rock star of his day so it made sense to have Brad Pitt playing him. — Wolfgang Petersen
Our workers comp debt is the Achilles heel of our state's economy, and I firmly believe that in order to create more good jobs in… — Joe Manchin

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