Pompeii Quotes

13 quotes by 12 authors

The features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit made permanent. Nature, like the destruction of Pompeii, like the metamorphosis… — Marcel Proust
We are not good at recognizing distant threats even if their probability is 100%. Society ignoring [peak oil] is like the people of Pompeii ignoring… — James R. Schlesinger
Put a compass to paper and trace a circle. Then tell me which other country has such a concentration of places like Amalfi, Naples, Ischia,… — Diego Della Valle
On the whole, the modern palette is the same as the one used by the artists of Pompeii... I mean it has not been enriched.… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Look at the walls of Pompeii. That's what got the internet started. — Robin Williams
That a thing made by hand, the work and thought of a single craftsman, can endure much longer than its maker, through centuries in fact,… — Susan Vreeland
People will perish, but books are immortal. (Pompeii) — Robert Harris
A bronze plaque read: GAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS Dan made a face. "Get a load of the guy with the funny name." "I think that's… — Gordon Korman
We are born into this time and must bravely follow the path to the destined end. There is no other way. Our duty is to… — Oswald Spengler
Unless companies change these rules, any superficial re-organizations they perform will be no more effective than dusting the furniture in Pompeii. — Michael Martin Hammer
We've lost our city. I fear it's potentially like Pompeii. — Marc Morial
But I'm history to you. You saved me. 2008. You saved us all. Why is that different? The Doctor: Some things are fixed, some things… — Donna Noble
I'm a human being. Maybe not the stuff of legend but every bit as important as Time Lords, thank you. Way back, when we were… — Donna Noble

Who Wrote These Pompeii Quotes

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