Ancient Egypt Quotes
23 quotes by 18 authors
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.
— George Takei
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Anyone can like their job... To love your job is not enough, you must give your passion to your job.
— Zahi Hawass
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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
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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
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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
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(in response to the question: what do you think of e-books and Amazon’s Kindle?) Those aren’t books. You can’t hold a computer in your hand…
— Ray Bradbury
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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
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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
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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: