Ancient Quote by Mary Beard

Women [in ancient Rome] were condemned to the perpetual tutelage of parents, husbands, or guardians; a sex created to please and obey was never…

— Edward Gibbon

And here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse - the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization that allowed…

— Barry Goldwater

It was stone carvers in ancient Rome, scribes in the Middle Ages, all the way through Gutenberg to the present day. That's a pretty…

— Michael Bierut

I was born in England and went to school there. That's when I discovered my undying passion for history - not just for the…

— Virginia Henley

I write about times and places I would visit in a time machine, like ancient Rome or the Wild West.

— Caroline Lawrence

If we were living in ancient Rome or Greece, I would be considered sickly and unattractive. The times dictate that thin is better for…

— Gwyneth Paltrow

“The hermit, without access to the news of the day, owes it to himself to be up to date on the doings of ancient…

— Sylvain Tesson

From food trucks to hot dog stands to county fair favorites, 'street food' has enjoyed a rich and storied history in American cuisine. However,…

— Homaro Cantu

If you spend any time in Washington you'll find nerds. What happens is most of them sublimate their fixations with comics, or baseball cards,…

— Jonah Goldberg

It was with the utmost difficulty that ancient Rome could support the institution of six vestals; but the primitive church was filled with a…

— Edward Gibbon

Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are…

— Arthur Erickson

I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all.

— Winston Churchill