Ancient Egypt Quotes

23 quotes by 18 authors

A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt. — Ray Bradbury
I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan is a fiction. The Christian… — Bertrand Russell
Cats, as a class, have never completely got over the snootiness caused by the fact that in ancient Egypt they were worshipped as gods. This… — P.G. Wodehouse
The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due… — Northrop Frye
Ancient Egypt was a Negro Civilization. The history of Black Africa will remain suspended in air and cannot be written correctly until African historians dare… — Cheikh Anta Diop
More immediately, I'm currently working on another Dracula in which there will be connections with ancient Egypt. That's about as far as I want to… — Fred Saberhagen
Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats. — George Takei
Sycamore trees were held to be sacred in ancient Egypt and are the first trees represented in ancient art. The sycamore, also, was sacred. Peasants… — Larry Gates
I bet if you were a mummy wrapper in ancient Egypt, on thing you would constantly find yourself telling people would be, "Be sure, before… — Jack Handey
SACRED, adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as... the Cow in India; the Crocodile, the Cat… — Ambrose Bierce
On the Continent stray cats are judged individually on their merit-some are loved, some are only respected; in England they are universally worshipped as in… — George Mikes
Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or does it necessarily… — Bertrand Russell
Anyone can like their job... To love your job is not enough, you must give your passion to your job. — Zahi Hawass
I am damn good. I am doing all this for Egypt and nothing else. I reject 70 per cent of media interviews while these people… — Zahi Hawass
One function of the income gap is that the people at the top of the heap have a hard time even seeing those at the… — Molly Ivins
All over the world major museums have bowed to the influence of Disney and become theme parks in their own right. The past, whether Renaissance… — J. G. Ballard
(in response to the question: what do you think of e-books and Amazonâ€™s Kindle?) Those arenâ€™t books. You canâ€™t hold a computer in your hand… — Ray Bradbury
I am a librarian. I discovered me in the library. I went to find me in the library. Before I fell in love with libraries,… — Ray Bradbury
Besides, I'd seen a really nice pair of shoes yesterday in the mall and I wanted them for my own. I can't describe the feeling… — Marian Keyes
I may be biased, but I think jackals are cute and cuddly, even if they were known for digging up graves in Ancient Egypt. — Rick Riordan

Who Wrote These Ancient Egypt Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 23 Ancient Egypt Quotes as follows: