Phaedrus (Gaius Julius Phaedrus) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
-
The goal of Dr. Martin Luther King is to give Negroes a chance to sit in a segregated restaurant beside the same white man who had brutalized them for 400 years.
-
Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.
-
I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father - and later trainers. My style became very technical. I sacrificed a lot of things. I was always hunting for the king, for the mate. I'd forget about my other pieces.
Garry Kasparov -
When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story.
-
The thing with Stephen King is that everyone dies, and everyone comes back to life. So you never know with his mind where things go. It's the same with Steven Spielberg, too.
-
We are a constitutional monarchy. I don't order laws, I propose them. Article 35 of our constitution states that the king can only refuse a law of parliament once, then he has to sign it - if the same law is then supported by a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament.
-
When I first started, I worked with my father, Alex 'Little Bill' Wallace; he was a guitarist like B.B. King. I was around 13 when I started, and I learned a lot by looking and listening. I learned how to be a bandleader from watching that band work.
-
I've been a fan of vampire fiction since way, way back - I loved Stephen King, Anne Rice, Peter Straub, Robert McCammon, Shirley Jackson, lots of great horror and paranormal fiction.
-
The whole European Federal plan is ridiculous. We are patriotic. The single currency is an outrage. We want the Queen's head - or the King's head, if we have a king - on our own coins.
-
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
-
I always thought if I had a band it would have the energy and feel of early Police, since that's where my roots are, and then the harmonies of the Eagles, and the technique of King Crimson or something like that. Fast, up-tempo, beat-the-hell-out-of-the-drums, because that's my style. Energy, but sophistication, rhythmically and melodically.
-
I forgot, being too interested myself, that he’s a king, and does not see things rationally, but as a king.
-
I want to see the king.Wonderful. I'm glad for you.Why are you so glad?Because it's good for every human being to have an unfulfilled wish. It makes all of life so poignant.
-
The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
-
King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.
-
LET us honour the King by cherishing respectful Sentiments concerning him; speaking of him with Affection, with Esteem and Reverence; and by promoting a like Spirit and Conduct in others.
-
Don't call me 'sir; 'King Jew' will do fine.
-
I was lucky, as many of my generation was, in having a man like Dr. King in our lives. He came at a time that we needed to take a long look at each other and see how similar we were.
-
The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly, and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly.
-
Man in the electronic age has no possible environment except the globe and no possible occupation except information-gathering.
-
There is no more an enthusiastic advocate of legal immigration in the U.S. Senate than I am, and that is a message that resonates powerfully in the Hispanic community.
-
I believe in the Constitution - and I believe in common sense.
-
I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.
