Sophocles Quotes

No more shall ye behold such sights of woe, deeds I have suffered and myself have wrought; henceforward quenched in darkness shall ye see those ye should ne'er have seen; now blind to those whom, when I saw, I vainly yearned to know.

Sophocles

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• I always wanted to go to the Chavez school but I could never afford it when I was growing up so a lot of my learning came from magic books and watching other magicians. I was also very lucky that I had a couple of really good magic teachers.

  

  Lance Burton
  • Up
  • Good
  • School

• I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • People
  • Real
  • Think

• I think there's a time to work, and everyone has to kind of adjust. And then there's a time to relax, and be the mom or take the kids on vacation when you need to wind down. So it's a matter of planning, and being able to map out your year or your week or let's start with the day. It is just being multi-tasking and being available.

  

  Vanessa Williams
  • Time
  • Work
  • Kids

• Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Think

• You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.

  

  Rand Paul
  • People
  • Up
  • Party

• I try not to eat too many raw vegetables. I only have one raw meal a day. At night I eat warm, cooked foods. I like to drink lots of tea, but no coffee. Not drinking coffee has changed my game for the better.

  

  Taylor Schilling
  • Game
  • Night
  • Day

• Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.

  

  Irvin S. Cobb
  • Humor
  • Head
  • Tragedy

• The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

  

  Jackie Collins
  • People
  • Never
  • Critics

• You have injuries that bother you when you're not playing. When that horn blows, you don't feel it.

  

  Karl Malone
  • You
  • Feel
  • Injuries

• So many of us have friends or family who have battled cancer, and we know how important it is to find a cure.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • Important
  • Family
  • Friends

• He plants trees to benefit another generation.

  

  Caecilius Statius
  • Trees
  • Plants
  • Gardening

• I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R&B - is the heart and soul of all popular music; and that we cannot afford to let this legacy slip into obscurity, I'm telling you.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • World
  • Music
  • Heart

• The Myth of Male Power dealt much more with the political issues, the legal issues, sexual harassment, date rape, women who kill, and those issues were very much more interfaced with the agendas of feminism.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Women
  • Power
  • Political

• I think she's so cool, but I personally don't think I sound like Rihanna! But when I first released my music, I did get that comparison a lot. I never really thought about that, but it's a good thing. She's awesome.

  

  Zara Larsson
  • Good
  • Music
  • She

• My mother had me when she was 15. My father died before I was born. So my mother was a teenage widow, and she used herself as her greatest example so I wouldn't end up in her position.

  

  Gabriel Luna
  • Up
  • She
  • Mother

• I'd love to do another 'Indiana Jones.' A character that has a history and a potential, kind of a rollicking good movie ride for the audience, Steven Spielberg as a director - what's not to like?

  

  Harrison Ford
  • Good
  • Character
  • History

• I don't watch it, but I know enough to comment on it.

  

  Dan Quayle
  • Know
  • Enough
  • Watch

• Well, I've been to Iraq twice now. I was in Baghdad in June and then north of Baghdad in November.

  

  Gary Sinise
  • Now
  • November
  • June

• I think the greatest weakness in the church today is that almost no one believes that God invests His power in the Bible. Everyone is looking for power in a program, in a methodology, in a technique, in anything and everything but that in which God has placed it—His Word. He alone has the power to change lives for eternity, and that power is focused on the Scriptures.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • God
  • Power
  • Today

• No totalitarians, no wars, no fears, famines or perils of any kind can really break a man's spirit until he breaks it himself by surrendering. Tyranny has many dread powers, but not the power to rule the spirit.

  

  Edgar S. Brightman
  • Man
  • Spirit
  • Break

• The enemy is a spiritual enemy. He's called the principality of darkness. The enemy is a guy called Satan.

  

  William G. Boykin
  • Guy
  • Spiritual
  • Enemy

• I'm just drawing it now. It's totally revolting. I'm sure you'll love it.

  

  Eddie Campbell
  • Drawing
  • Now
  • Sure

• No more shall ye behold such sights of woe, deeds I have suffered and myself have wrought; henceforward quenched in darkness shall ye see those ye should ne'er have seen; now blind to those whom, when I saw, I vainly yearned to know.

  

  Sophocles
  • Darkness
  • Blind
  • Suffered