Empires Quotes

610 Empires quotes by 468 unique authors

We are at a point in our work when we can no longer ignore empires and the imperial context in our studies. (p. 5) — Edward Said
Your pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history's fingers, down it goes. — Alan Moore
As the Roman Empire came to its close, all the old gods of the pagan world were seen as demons by the Christians who rose.… — Anne Rice
I’ve been listening to how the Roman Empire fell and all I can say is, it didn’t fall nearly fast enough!”-Iggy — James Patterson
How important can it be that I suffer and think? My presence in this world will disturb a few tranquil lives and will unsettle the… — Emile M. Cioran
Someone once said that nothing costs more and yields less benefit than revenge,” Aomame said. “Winston Churchill. As I recall it, though, he was making… — Haruki Murakami
There... Poor little things. You see them? Standing with their numbers on their blank, indifferent faces, Nuremberg in miniature, the ranks of painted wooden men...… — Alan Moore
Kelsier smiled. 'It means that you, Vin, are a very special person. You have a power that most high noblemen envy. It is a power… — Brandon Sanderson
Okay. Look, why don't you take care of the half a million things you've been letting dangle in Roarke's Empire of Everything?" "Catchy title. I… — Nora Roberts
I’m not complaining about Romance Being Dead - I’ve just described a happy marriage as based on talking about plants and a canceled Ray Romano… — Mindy Kaling
While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must each produce his… — Robert Burns
What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself, what's the weirdest… — Gail Carriger
I knew nothing about the technique of story writing, and now, after eighteen years of writing, I still know nothing about the technique, although with… — Edgar Rice Burroughs
Adolf Hitler is probably the last of the great adventurer-conquerors in the tradition of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and the Third Reich the last of… — William L. Shirer
I can not give you the reference of Ram Chandar or Krishna, because they were not historical figures. I can not help it but to… — Mahatma Gandhi
This is what Jesus had in mind: folks coming together, forming close-knit communities and meeting each other's needs-- no kings, no major welfare systems, no… — Shane Claiborne
For me, Modern Warfare 3 's plot makes its signature turn around the bend when Russia invades Europe. As in, all of it. Simultaneously. Now,… — Yahtzee Croshaw
Tea? Good God, no. It's mud. How the British ever built an empire drinking the filthy stuff is beyond me. And if we carry on… — Charlie Higson
He had a heart that could have held the entire empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a… — Gaston Leroux
All empires fall eventually. It is the way of things. — Erin Morgenstern
... nothing lasts long. We all come to life and gather allies and build empires and die, all in a single moment - maybe a… — Robin Sloan
Listen, are we helpless? Are we doomed to do it again and again and again? Have we no choice but to play the Phoenix in… — Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The history of empires is the history of human misery. — Edward Gibbon
Today you can buy the Dialogues of Plato for less than you would spend on a fifth of whiskey, or Gibbon's Decline and Fall of… — Louis L'Amour
Our duty is very simple and plain. We want to serve the community, and in our own humble way to serve the Empire. We believe… — Mahatma Gandhi

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