Ancient Quotes

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Mars has long exerted a pull on the human imagination. The erratically moving red star in the sky was seen as sinister or violent by… — John Updike
Confidentiality is an ancient and well-warranted social value. — Kay Redfield Jamison
From ancient times, the core idea of the soul is the soul is the capacity to integrate different functions into a single being or into… — John Ortberg
Jesus had a universal concern for those who suffered that transcended the rules of the ancient world. — John Ortberg
Dying, we tell ourselves, is like going to sleep. This figure of speech occurs very commonly in everyday thought and language, as well as in… — Raymond Moody
If our inconceivably ancient universe even had any beginning, the conditions determining that beginning must even now be engraved in the atomic weights. — Theodore William Richards
Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better. — Ridley Scott
I write about times and places I would visit in a time machine, like ancient Rome or the Wild West. — Caroline Lawrence
Those of us with this ancient compulsion to tell stories sometimes start with a single kernel of something. — Edward P. Jones
Physical immortality is seductive. The ancient Hindus sought it; the Greek physician Galen from the 2nd Century A.D. and the Arabic philosopher/physician Avicenna from the… — S. Jay Olshansky
Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical. Reading it uncritically, without understanding the cultural… — Adam Hamilton
I want to link together ancient forms of storytelling and the future. — Andy Serkis
We all belong to an ancient identity. Stories are the rivers that take us there. — Frank Delaney
Philosophy is best practised by people in general and not by philosophers alone. Philosophy is too often a luxury now, but in ancient Greece, carpenters,… — Michel Onfray
He has not yet become an elder statesman, though his foreign policy credentials are considerable, but he is certainly our ancient mariner, forever tugging at… — Ronald Steel
There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient and flourishing civilized societies which have somehow managed to… — Walter Lippmann
Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling… — Lucinda Franks
The ancient Greeks have a knack of wrapping truths in myths. — George Lloyd
Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme. — John Carpenter
All the aftermath that so frequently follows in the wake of war still confront the nation, and we now, as ever before, must hold fast… — Alexander Henry

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