Athletic Quote by Edgar Rice Burroughs

“There is no doubt that to the ancients of circa 100 A.S., games implied bloodshed; but gladiators' hand-to-hand combats to the death featured in…

— Norman F. Cantor

“But, to return to my design, what power was it that drew those stony, oaken, and wild people into cities but flattery? For nothing…

— Erasmus

“Merridew might not have been the slenderest of men or the tallest. But he had grip, he had cunning and like many fat men…

— John le Carré

“Congratulations, ladies.” His smile faded, and his next words were like a dagger of ice down my spine. “You are now the property of…

— Lesley Livingston

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, we have always felt that there was a close relationship between a strong, vital mind and physical…

— John F. Kennedy

“He had the gaunt and haunted athletic look of those who stare daily down the bony gullet of the great god Aerobics.”

— Tom Wolfe

“To the Greeks [the Macedonians] were uncouth, semi-civilized barbarians. The Macedonians for their part despised the Greeks as effete, wishy-washy Greeklings. Both regarded the…

— Nicholas Sekunda

After they had accustomed themselves at Rome to the spectacles of the slaughter of animals, they proceeded to those of the slaughter of men,…

— Michel de Montaigne

“The Greeks shape bronze statues so real they seem to breathe, And carve cold marble until it almost comes to life. The Greeks compose…

— Virgil

“Posthumous: It sounds like the name of a Roman gladiator, an unconquered gladiator. At least that’s what poor Posthumous would like to believe. It…

— Roberto Bolaño

“I gripped the hem of his shirt and pulled it upward and over his head,taking a long moment to enjoy the view:smooth,eternally golden skin…

— Chloe Neill

“The mightiest kings have had their minions; Great Alexander loved Hephaestion, The conquering Hercules for Hylas wept; And for Patroclus, stern Achilles drooped. And…

— Christopher Marlowe