Plutarch Quotes
But being overborne with numbers, and nobody daring to face about, stretching out his hands to heaven, [Romulus] prayed to Jupiter to stop the army, and not to neglect but maintain the Roman cause, now in extreme danger. The prayer was no sooner made, than shame and respect for their king checked many; the fears of the fugitives changed suddenly into confidence.Plutarch
Quotes to Explore
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
Nas -
And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue.
Zach Wamp -
There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.
Parker Posey -
I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
Gail Carson Levine -
Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
J. G. Ballard -
Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
Lara Logan
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I'm committed to the goal of Senate Bill 324, and that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Kate Brown -
Women are put in a position of feeling embarrassed about their bodies. It's so ridiculous, but also astounding - we have to always be apologetic about having created the human race.
Yoko Ono -
War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
What I love about L.A. and Washington, D.C. is that they're almost the opposite of each other. L.A. is a very creative space while D.C. is a very cerebral space. So, they're the ying and the yang in my world. I like them both for their own reasons.
Kal Penn -
I'm not in demand. I'm all washed up.
Sam Shepard -
I don't recognize my former self. Like I'm on the outside looking in at my life. Who is that guy?
Victor Cruz
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I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.
Washed Out -
When you're CEO, you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long as both are reunited, you continue to do the job.
Carlos Ghosn -
There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
H. Rap Brown -
I had made up my mind to find a woman to share my life: one who would leave London altogether and go with me into the green country and be satisfied.
W. H. Davies -
And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing, I despatch these present bearers fully informed in all things, to whom it may please you to give faith and credence in what they shall say unto you by word of mouth.
Owen Glendower -
I think that both parties should declare the debt limit as a political weapon of mass destruction which can't be used. I mean, it is silly to have a country that has 237 years building up its reputation and then have people threaten to tear it down because they're not getting some other matter.
Warren Buffett
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I, Joan Crawford, I believe in the dollar. Everything I earn, I spend.
Joan Crawford -
I respect women like Gloria Steinem who paved the way. But when you say 'feminist' now, there is a message that if you are sexy and you acknowledge that part of your personality publicly, then it's somehow an affront to women. And I reject that.
Megyn Kelly -
People want a grounded government. They want a government that's going to be responsible to them.
Carl Paladino -
If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it's really important, the newspaper needs to be willing to take the risk associated with using unidentified sources.
Bob Woodward -
We're trying to change the whole way our merch is viewed, in terms of just not a bunch of skulls interlaced; you know, every album can look the same, so they're going to be stylized and different.
M. Shadows -
But being overborne with numbers, and nobody daring to face about, stretching out his hands to heaven, [Romulus] prayed to Jupiter to stop the army, and not to neglect but maintain the Roman cause, now in extreme danger. The prayer was no sooner made, than shame and respect for their king checked many; the fears of the fugitives changed suddenly into confidence.
Plutarch