Pliny the Elder Quotes

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

Pliny the Elder

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• I was born in Jersey City and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey. It's a town that's next to Jersey City, and I'm still there!

  

  Tammy Blanchard
  • City
  • Born
  • New

• Civilisation, the orderly world in which we live, is frail. We are skating on thin ice. There is a fear of a collective disaster. Terrorism, genocide, flu, tsunamis.

  

  Zygmunt Bauman
  • World
  • Live
  • Fear

• We don't take anything when we pass away, and we need to do with the sense of responsibility.

  

  Carlos Slim
  • Responsibility
  • Need
  • Take

• I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.

  

  Laura Ramsey
  • Different
  • Me
  • New York

• The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.

  

  Bayard Taylor
  • Athlete
  • Race
  • Seen

• It's not just about achieving success; the journey is equally important for me.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Important
  • Success
  • Journey

• You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.

  

  Randy Pausch
  • People
  • Believe
  • Truth

• I think you try to improve every season and every game and be prepared about certain defensemen you're playing against, certain ways to find open ice.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Game
  • Try
  • Ice

• We don't believe the market can be dominated by one company in e-commerce in China - namely Alibaba. The Chinese market is very wide and deep, with a huge population.

  

  Zhang Jindong
  • Believe
  • Deep
  • Chinese

• I never got to make that transition from little girl to young woman... and that really screws you up.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Up
  • Girl
  • Woman

• The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Government
  • Responsibility

• Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

  

  Fiona Apple
  • People
  • Good
  • Choice

• There's no question there needs to be higher-paying opportunities for women. It's not that it hasn't existed in certain categories: Certain women have made a lot of money... Jennifer Lawrence... is being paid a lot of money, rightfully so, for the franchises she's in.

  

  Patrick Whitesell
  • Women
  • Money
  • She

• My big influences are Joni Mitchell, and a lot of classical and Indian music, as well as Nina Simone and the personal blues and jazz of Billie Holiday. Other influences for me include Bjork, Nick Drake, and Sufjan Stevens.

  

  Yael Naim
  • Music
  • Holiday
  • Jazz

• And so this visit, this hallowed ground, reminds us that we must never, ever take our progress for granted. We must commit perennially to peace, which binds us across oceans.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Peace
  • Progress

• We live for books.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Live

• We also call upon our Saudi neighbors to let us pursue a democratic path....In many cases, Yemeni tribal leaders and other prominent individuals have received far more generous aid payments from Riyadh than from the Yemeni government...Saudi interference in Yemen is also motivated by a fear that the Arab Spring...might soon reach Riyadh

  

  Tawakkol Karman
  • Fear
  • Path
  • Spring

• If you're really a mean person you're going to come back as a fly and eat poop.

  

  Kurt Cobain Nirvana
  • Fly

• Mi cuerpo me separa de todo ser y de toda cosa. Nada más que mi cuerpo.

  

  Antonio Porchia

• I'm proud to be among a bipartisan group of state attorneys general who consistently advocate against government infringement of Americans' Second Amendment rights.

  

  Pam Bondi
  • Government
  • Proud
  • Group

• When I was in charge of the Christian Coalition I was available to mobilize grass roots support for somebody.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • Support
  • Christian
  • Roots

• People seem to think that you should be willing to speak to them whether they're jerks or not.

  

  Martha Plimpton
  • People

• Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.

  

  John Selden
  • World

• An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

  

  Pliny the Elder