Papyrus Quotes

10 quotes by 8 authors

• The alphabet was one thing when applied to clay or stone, and quite another when set down on light papyrus. — Marshall McLuhan
• Things severed shall be united and shall acquire of themselves such virtue that they shall restore to men their lost memory: - That is the… — Leonardo da Vinci
• In the field of Egyptian mathematics Professor Karpinski of the University of Michigan has long insisted that surviving mathematical papyri clearly demonstrate the Egyptians' scientific… — James Henry Breasted
• Carter pulled out several lengths of brown twine, a small ebony cat statue, and a thick roll of paper. No, not paper. Papyrus. I remember… — Rick Riordan
• There’s nothing here,” Carter said. “What do you want?” I asked. “We’ve got wax, some toilet papyrus, an ugly statue. — Rick Riordan
• You wrote this right?” he said. “It tells how to defeat Set.” Thoth unfolded the papyrus pages. “Oh, dear. I hate reading my old work.… — Rick Riordan
• Esca tossed the slender papyrus roll onto the cot, and set his own hands over Marcus's. "I have not served the Centurion because I was… — Rosemary Sutcliff
• I emphasize the distinction between brackets and no brackets because it will affect your reading experience, if you will allow it. Brackets are exciting. Even… — Anne Carson
• As though she had entered a fable, as though she were no more than words crawling along a dry page, or as though she were… — Salman Rushdie
• If the worst comes true, and the paper book joins the papyrus scroll and parchment codex in extinction, we will miss, I predict, a number… — John Updike

Who Wrote These Papyrus Quotes

8 authors contributed a total of 10 Papyrus Quotes as follows:

• 3 Papyrus Quotes by Rick Riordan
• 1 Papyrus Quote by Marshall McLuhan
• 1 Papyrus Quote by Leonardo da Vinci
• 1 Papyrus Quote by James Henry Breasted
• 1 Papyrus Quote by Rosemary Sutcliff
• 1 Papyrus Quote by Anne Carson
• 1 Papyrus Quote by Salman Rushdie
• 1 Papyrus Quote by John Updike