Alexander Quotes

227 Alexander quotes by 157 unique authors

An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the… — Saint Augustine
If you are to use Alexander Graham Bell’s product, which is to say the blower, you should, in all courtesy, use it as he would… — Mark Forsyth
But Shakespeare never drank coffee. Nor did Julius Caesar, or Socrates. Alexander the Great conquered half the world without even a café latte to perk… — Mark Forsyth
Alexander the Great valued learning so highly, that he used to say he was more indebted to Aristotle for giving him knowledge than to his… — Samuel Smiles
A captured pirate was brought before Alexander the Great. “How dare you molest the sea?” asked Alexander. “How dare you molest the whole world?” the… — Noam Chomsky
Babylon violated diminishes Alexander; Rome enslaved diminishes Caesar; massacred Jerusalem diminishes Titus. Tyranny follows the tyrant. Woe to the man who leaves behind a shadow… — Victor Hugo
Alexander the great was ask how he conquered the world he said, "by not waivering". — Billy Graham
It was also wonderful to have the prospect of playing with Jack Nicholson. It was a terrific part, a terrific script, with Alexander Payne and… — Kathy Bates
The new king [Alexander the Great] should perform acts so important and glorious as would make the poets and musicians of future ages labour and… — Plutarch
Alexander the Great and his mule driver both died and the same thing happened to both. — Marcus Aurelius
The Alexander Technique has helped me to undo knots, unblock energy and deal with almost paralysing stage fright — William Hurt
Do you believe in the existence of Socrates? Alexander the Great? Julius Caesar? If historicity is established by written records in multiple copies that date… — Dinesh D'Souza
I would rather be a member of this [Afrikan] race than a Greek in the time of Alexander, a Roman in the Augustan period, or… — Edward Wilmot Blyden
People constantly make the mistake of comparing London with New York, Milan and Paris and that's not what it's about. London has its own fashion… — Anna Wintour
I love working with Alexander Skarsgard. He brings such gravity to a scene. — Nelsan Ellis
I was dubious about the effects of the Alexander Technique when I first went in to experience it, but I found out almost immediately that… — Joanne Woodward
From Alexander the Platonic, not frequently nor without necessity to say to any one, or to write in a letter, that I have no leisure;… — Marcus Aurelius
I hate the telephone. I think the lowest circle of hell is reserved for Alexander Graham Bell. — Rita Mae Brown
The streets of New York and some wards of its venerable institutions were packed with people who, despite being entirely forsaken, had episodes of glory… — Mark Helprin
No one writes better historical fiction than Steven Pressfield. The Afghan War that was waged by Alexander the Great 2000 years ago is eerily similar… — Vince Flynn
My favourite designers are Alexander McQueen, YSL, Eskandar, Donna Karan and Lanvin. — Anne Robinson
The Alexander Technique helped a long-standing back problem and to get a good night's sleep after many years of tossing and turning. — Paul Newman
Alexander's achievement was not the conquest of India, but the feat of actually getting there and his two years in India were more of a… — Karen Armstrong
I will not become a Napoleon nor an Alexander, and labour for my own ambition; but I will labour for freedom and for the moral… — Lajos Kossuth
I shall write a book some day about the appropriateness of names. Geoffrey Chaucer has a ribald ring, as is proper and correct, and Alexander… — James Joyce

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