Venus Quotes

130 quotes by 104 authors

When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves. — John Barrymore
I don't think it is an easy thing to write and expect to be commercial, even if you are from Venus and a hermaphrodite. — A. S. Byatt
Every young sculptor seems to think that he must give the world some specimen of indecorous womanhood, and call it Eve, Venus, a Nymph, or… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
She resembles the Venus de Milo: she is very old, has no teeth, and has white spots on her yellow skin. — Heinrich Heine
I therefore concluded, and decided unhesitatingly, that there are three stars in the heavens moving about Jupiter, as Venus and Mercury about the Sun; which… — Galileo Galilei
The cosmos is a vast living body, of which we are still parts. The sun is a great heart whose tremors run through our smallest… — D. H. Lawrence
I did not want to write a story about the invasion of Earth, so I had to create a race capable of living nearby, which… — Sarah Zettel
The star [Tycho's supernova] was at first like Venus and Jupiter, giving pleasing effects; but as it then became like Mars, there will next come… — Tycho Brahe
I think it is a sad reflection on our civilization that while we can and do measure the temperature in the atmosphere of Venus we… — Nicholas Kurti
Wine, not too much, inspires and make the mind,to the soft joys of Venus strong inclined,which, buried in excess, unapt to love,stupidly lies and knows… — Ovid
The Princess Borghese, Bonaparte's sister, who was no saint, sat to Canova as a reclining Venus, and being asked if she did not feel a… — William Hazlitt
If it were only a few degrees, that would be serious, but we could adapt to it. But the danger is the warming process might… — Stephen Hawking
Rather would I have the love songs of romantic ages, rather Don Juan and Madame Venus, rather an elopement by ladder and rope on a… — Emma Goldman
The match the whole world, Jupiter, Saturn , Venus... Or anywhere else is waiting for. — Randy Savage
Quiet, moving, masterfully crafted. Such are the nine stories in Venus in the Afternoon. Tehila Lieberman writes with precision, restraint, with a compassionate heart. She… — Miroslav Penkov
Let others make war, you happy Austria marry, for kingdoms given to others by Mars, Venus will give to you. — Matthias Corvinus
Ambition is like a frog sitting on a Venus Flytrap. The flytrap can bite and bite, but it won't bother the frog because it only… — Jack Handey
Living through the 1929 Great Depression helped shape my social conscience. During this time, I realized the earth was still the same place, manufacturing plants… — Jacque Fresco
The Venus Project is not about new cities or new architecture. It's about a way of thinking — Jacque Fresco
The Venus Project is a concept that could happen today but it is not up to me, it depends on what others do to help… — Jacque Fresco

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