Latin Quotes

563 Latin quotes by 376 unique authors

No," I replied testily. "I'm pretty sure 'digital' is Latin for 'fingeral,' so finger cancer equals digital cancer. This is all basic anatomy, Dr. Roland."… — Jenny Lawson
Barba non facit philosophum — Plutarch
No proper princess would come out looking for dragons," Woraug objected. "Well I'm not a proper princess then!" Cimorene snapped. "I make cherries jubillee and… — Patricia C. Wrede
Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books. — Joss Whedon
Courage is a heart word. The root of the word courage is cor - the Latin word for heart. In one of its earliest forms,… — BrenÃ© Brown
Taking the continent as a whole, this religious tension may be responsible for the revival of the commonest racial feeling. Africa is divided into Black… — Frantz Fanon
Sydney! Stop. Think of something else. Conjugate Latin verbs. Recite the periodic table. — Richelle Mead
See? You’re the crazy one, you redheaded freak. I’ve been attempting to translate the phrase into Latin. If I ever succeed, I shall make it… — Kirsten Miller
The word 'mundane' has come to mean 'boring' and 'dull', and it really shouldn't - it should mean the opposite. Because it comes from the… — Richard Dawkins
Sydney: I like Latin. It's fun. Eddie: I can't believe you think we're the strange ones. — Richelle Mead
Arbores loqui latine. The trees speak Latin. — Maggie Stiefvater
Please tell me your master isn't Aeolus." "That airhead?" Favonius snorted. "No, of course not." "He means Eros." Nico's voice turned edgy. "Cupid, in Latin."… — Rick Riordan
It's Latin, which is an excellent language for mischief-making, which is why governments are so fond of it. — Catherynne M. Valente
No," Frank said. "I'm only a centurion." Jason cursed in Latin. "He means he can't control a whole legion. He's not of high enough rank."… — Rick Riordan
Television: The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it. — C P Scott
Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is Latin names. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Liberal comes from the Latin liberalis, which means pertaining to a free man. In politics, to be liberal is to want to extend democracy through… — Gore Vidal
Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many and tics meaning bloodsucking creatures. — Robin Williams
Worship, from the Latin word meaning "worth-ship", is where we express God's worth to us in our lives. — T.D. Jakes
At Sequoia, we have opened offices in China and India, and we have made a handful of investments in Latin America/Brazil. — Roelof Botha
The only thing to be said for air travel is speed. It makes possible travel on a scale unimaginable before our present age. Between the… — Paul Johnson
People have been warning us that language was going to the dogs ever since Latin started turning into French. Yet the dogs in question never… — John McWhorter
When I was young, all the politicians looked like ancient Latin teachers or greengrocers. They were mumbly, stumbly men with their hair blowing in their… — Dylan Moran
I like the idea of a love story between men. There is a great affection between men, which exists much more in ethnic groups: Latin,… — Arne Glimcher
Curitiba is not a paradise. We have all the problems that most Latin American cities have. We have slums. We have the same difficulties, but… — Jaime Lerner

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