Sophocles Quotes
The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it's not.
Quotes to Explore
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Art should be an oasis: a place or refuge from the hardness of life.
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It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
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I haven't got a waist. I've just got a sort of place, a bit like an unmarked level crossing.
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Fanaticism and terrorism have no place in Islam.
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Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place.
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The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry.
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Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.
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When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.
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I had popcorn all over the place, so I decided I might as well be in the Processing Business.
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If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it.
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I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.
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A desert is a place without expectation.
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I cannot imagine a more enjoyable place to work than in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology where I work.
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In fiction, it's a big challenge to keep the reader in one place for so long.
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I won't tell anyone where my favourite place in Scotland is... but it might be somewhere on Skye.
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Mixing in some rusty oranges is a warm way to update your place for fall.
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And TV is not the easiest place to be dangerous or on the edge. Especially on a Saturday night.
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The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
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If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me.
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There's something about the weekend, even for non-religious people, that feels sacred, so a violation of that sanctified time is almost a betrayal, something blasphemous. The sabbath is the edict to break from work. It was God's call-out to the slave to protect an identity beyond labourer - no production and consumption, just one day a week.
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I can't keep my head above water one minute to the next: it's not just the parties and the goo-gooing with what's-her-name, I've got the decide how long the Five Hundredth Anniversary Parade is going to be and where does it start and when does it start and which nobleman gets to march in front of which other nobleman so that everyone's still speaking to me at the end of it, plus I've got a wife to murder and a country to frame for it, plus I've got to get the war going once that's all happened, and all this is stuff I've got to do myself. Here's what it all comes down to: I'm just swamped, Ty.
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The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it's not.
