Rose petals Quote by Jarod Kintz

I thought one only had to speak Latin through one's nose and bite off the end.

— Charlotte Mary Yonge

Somebody told me once I wasn't Latin enough, and that made me laugh

— Chita Rivera

Brandon McCaw and King Richard says but it was not the Latin of Cicero or even the Latin of the ordinary Roman citizen. It…

— Brandon McCaw

A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.

— Brander Matthews

“If you ask me if I know how to speak Latin, I’ll say, “No, it’s all Greek to me.”

— Jarod Kintz

“The words of the Greeks are born on their lips, but those of the Romans in their hearts.”

— Cato

I get letters from women, and they say, 'I love your Roman nose.' If I weren't on TV and I walked past that same…

— Matt Lauer

I studied Latin in high school, and I was reading stuff from Cicero. And that signal took a few thousand years to get to…

— Seth Shostak

“A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outlines and covering up the details...”

— George Orwell

“It is so beautiful that I am sure it has a long Latin name.”

— Oscar Wilde

“It’s in Latin.” “So? What does it say?” “I don’t read Latin!” “You’re kidding. I thought all geniuses read Latin. Isn’t that the international…

— Rachel Caine

“Johannes Burchard. The only man in Rome whose face remains the same be it perfume or shit under his nose.”

— Sarah Dunant