Quote by Stieg Larsson Download Open image ““It was the Greeks who coined the term “Amazon.” The word literally means “without breast.”” — Stieg Larsson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“I guess the Greeks weren't big fans of online shopping, because they had lots of wars with the Amazons.” — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“What freaking year were you born in? You can’t be much younger than me. They had all of those shows about Amazon chicks and… — Santino Hassell Copy Share Image
The story of the Amazon is a story that has been told by Europeans, you know, by Germans, by Canadians, by Americans. — Ciro Guerra Copy Share Image
“That was why archaeologists and anthropologists had come across the ruins of complex societies throughout Mesoamerica and the Andes, but saw only hunter-gatherers and… — Charles C. Mann Copy Share Image
“They were called Ontos, after the Greek word for "thing," in part because they were ugly.” — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
“Its other name was Satis, which is Greek, or Latin, or Hebrew, or all three -- or all one to me -- for enough…but… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“The great gain was that I very soon became able to understand a great deal without (even mentally) translating it; I was beginning to… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Alas, here is the bigger problem: maybe the reason we North Americans struggle to find makarios in our personal lives is because we don’t… — E. Randolph Richards Copy Share Image
“Slaves in the Caribbean had their breastfeeding time limited so that they could breed more slaves for their owners.” — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
Television: The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it. — C. P. Scott Copy Share Image
“ladies began boycotting our fruit stands because they were afraid our produce might be tainted with arsenic. Insurance companies canceled our insurance. Banks froze our bank accounts. Milkmen stopped delivering milk to our doors. “Company orders,” one tearful milkman explained. Children took one look at us and ran away like frightened deer. Little old ladies clutched their purses and froze… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“He's a moron," Blomkvist said. Vanger laughed, but he said: "That may be. But he's not the one who was sentenced by the court.” — Stieg Larsson Copy Share Image
“ What do you need me for? Salander's greatest fear, which was so huge and so black that it was of phobic proportions, was… — Stieg Larsson Copy Share Image
“Mikael had rarely managed to surprise Berger. This time she was silent for nearly ten seconds.” — Stieg Larsson Copy Share Image
“Men could be as big as a house and made of granite, but they all had balls in the same place.” — Stieg Larsson Copy Share Image
“That held for a few minutes, until the head of Budget pointed out that SA was not much better than SS.” — Stieg Larsson Copy Share Image
“La amistad se basa en dos cosas: el respeto y la confianza. Mikael Blomkvist” — Stieg Larsson Copy Share Image
“Don't get politics mixed up in this. It's all about money and it makes no difference if the Social Democrats or the moderates appoint… — Stieg Larsson Copy Share Image
“Every other basic right, such as the Formation of Government and the Right to Freedom of Organization, are simply practical extensions of the Right… — Stieg Larsson Copy Share Image
“This is how it goes. We are born. We live. We grow old. We die. He had played his part. All that remained was… — Stieg Larsson Copy Share Image