Ancient Quotes

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The Christian Bible is a symbolic book, not a literal one. The one Christians know as Jesus was actually a symbol for the sun. Ancient… — David Icke
Since ancient times, people from throughout Asia have brought to Japan their talents, knowledge and energy, helping to lay the basis for Japan's existence as… — Daisaku Ikeda
Ever since John Kennedy, Democrats have had a weakness for dashing younger men like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and, I suppose, Jimmy Carter. They… — Joe Klein
The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life. — Arthur Koestler
I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect. — Madeleine L'Engle
I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called Green Destiny. It is green because you keep twisting it,… — Ang Lee
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. — Vladimir Lenin
Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time. — H P Lovecraft
Transcendental meditation is an ancient mental technique that allows any human being to dive within, transcend and experience the source of everything. It's such a… — David Lynch
The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions. — Robert Wilson Lynd
The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Extremists often derive their inspiration from literal interpretations of texts that should rightly be read not as Associated Press reports from the ancient world, but… — Jon Meacham
I think the story is the most ancient form of human entertainment. — David Mitchell
I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste. — Guru Nanak
In my office in Jerusalem, there's an ancient seal. It's a signet ring of a Jewish official from the time of the Bible. The seal… — Benjamin Netanyahu
If we were living in ancient Rome or Greece, I would be considered sickly and unattractive. The times dictate that thin is better for some… — Gwyneth Paltrow
Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns. — William Penn
Astrology had an important role in the ancient world. You can't understand many things unless you know something about astrology - the plays of Shakespeare… — Steven Pinker
In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this. — Terry Pratchett
The ancient Greeks were the first ones to say an unexamined life is not worth living. They don't tell you of course what we found… — Colin Quinn
I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek. — Anne Rice
It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo. — Alan Rickman
Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S. — David Rockefeller
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate? — Will Rogers
This is going to make me sound ancient, but I remember Juhu Beach when there weren't any buildings on it. You'd go through countryside and… — Salman Rushdie

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