Empires Quotes

610 Empires quotes by 468 unique authors

If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and… — Nancy Gibbs
My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion. — Joseph Barbera
The world has fundamentally changed. It fundamentally changed when the Berlin Wall came down and the 'evil empire' ceased to exist. We are engaged around… — Robert Foster Bennett
The interests of the Soviet Union are in controlling highly developed countries and having the benefit of their economies so that they can run their… — Barbara Amiel
Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite. The only true cinema verite would be what Andy Warhol did with… — Crispin Glover
One substitute for the disappearing Evil Empire (The Soviet Union) has been the threat of drug traffickers from Latin America. In early September 1989, a… — Noam Chomsky
Elusive dreams and vague desires fanned to fiery needs by deadly deeds of falling empires. — Joni Mitchell
We're led by denial like lambs to slaughter, serving empires of style and carbonated sugar water. — Ani DiFranco
The poor Constitution itself is hardly paid any attention to. It's necessary to ignore it because most of what government does these days is clearly… — Charley Reese
America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused - preferring greatness to… — George W. Bush
The Jewish nation is indeed, the heart of the world and there is no reason for the existence of empires, kings, rulers, masses or systems… — Meir Kahane
The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation—until at last there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux Klan, a veritable… — Woodrow Wilson
This is not the colonial empire that somehow he has in his hand. I’ve never felt that from him. I felt that from [George] W… — Rudy Giuliani
If we can redefine marriage as between two men or two women or any other way based on social pressures as opposed to between a… — Benjamin Carson
The Electroshock Novelist: The Alluring Bad Boy of Literary England Has Always Been Fascinated by Britain's Dustbin Empire. Now Martin Amis Takes On American Excess, — Sam Tanenhaus
The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is - and I mean this seriously - the greatest… — Fidel Castro
Empires rise and fall like the abdomen of God. It's just the universe breathing. — Wes Nisker
After 'The Empire Strikes Back,' I got to make big films that I didn't care about, 'Never Say Never Again' and 'RoboCop 2,' and then… — Irvin Kershner
There's no longer a monolithic evil empire somewhere, spreading a different philosophy of life. That doesn't exist. — Seth Gordon
Marmite - like that other little black-jar job, Bovril - is so much a Mark 1 staple-of-Empire brand, so much part of the Edwardian world… — Peter York
Information is the mortar that both builds and destroys empires. — Tobsha Learner
America cannot have an empire abroad and a Republic at home. — Mark Twain
Putin wants to reestablish Russian greatness, not as the Cold War, but in 19th century empire terms. — William J. Clinton
I would say that nobody is going to work harder for your career than yourself - the one with the vision. No matter how many… — Skylar Grey
The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it. — Baron de Montesquieu

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