Barry S. Strauss Quotes

One of Caesar’s most successful and long-lasting alliances was with various Jewish communities.

Barry S. Strauss

• Communities
• Jewish
• Alliances

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.

  

  Zola Jesus
  • Different
  • Me
  • Influence

• I went into science, ending up with a Ph.D. in cell biology, but along the way I found out that experimental science involves many hours and days and nights of laboratory work, which is a lot like washing dishes, only a little more challenging. I was too impatient, and maybe a little too sloppy, for it.

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Up
  • Work
  • Science

• Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.

  

  Nathaniel Branden
  • People
  • Live
  • Respect

• Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse.

  

  Abu Bakr
  • Bad
  • Man
  • Pride

• Because Republicans believe that the federal government is limited in its function-some have concluded that Republicans are somehow inherently insensitive to minority rights. Nothing could be further from the truth.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Believe
  • Truth
  • Government

• To be an American is to be part of the world because America, all the people of the world come to America.

  

  John Roy Anderson Yes
  • People
  • World
  • American

• Once you achieve one goal, you should be looking forward to trying to build onto the next thing, and not just getting comfortable with what you're doing.

  

  LL Cool J
  • Trying
  • Goal
  • Achieve

• Even when peaceful cooperation is the obvious thing, the only thing that will keep any of us alive- There are still people who won't make that choice.

  

  Patrick Ness
  • People
  • Choice
  • Alive

• A mitzvah that costs money is worth more than one that costs nothing.

  

  Nachman of Breslov
  • Money

• Jesus continues to offer light, joy, and peace to today's generation.

  

  David Jeremiah
  • Today
  • Light
  • Peace

• A soul that makes virtue its companion is like an over-flowing well, for it is clean and pellucid, sweet and wholesome, open to all, rich, blameless and indestructible.

  

  Epictetus
  • Soul
  • Companion
  • Pellucid

• We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Humanity
  • Human
  • Despair

• If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Time
  • Future
  • Knowledge

• The theory that the man who raises corn does a more important piece of work than the woman who makes it into bread is absurd. The inference is that the men alone render useful service. But neither man nor woman eats these things until the woman has prepared it.

  

  Ida Tarbell
  • Man
  • Theory
  • Raises

• I have always loved Las Vegas. It's a traditional place for lounge comics to perform, and I love that.

  

  Norm MacDonald
  • I Love
  • Comics
  • Las Vegas

• My screenplays are very detailed. The reason they're detailed... you have to think on your feet. You have to be ready to change because there are no such things as ideal conditions.

  

  Deepa Mehta
  • Change
  • Feet
  • Conditions

• I love period drama as much as the next person, but there's a tendency to let all of the costume get in the way of the people.

  

  Alex Lawther
  • People
  • Drama
  • Costume

• When defeated ask yourself what mistakes invited the attack. This kind of positive thinking any fighter must possess.

  

  Wong Shun Leung
  • Positive
  • Mistake
  • Defeated

• The Jewish idea of the word as applied to Heathen deities may be seen in the Septuagint version of the ninety-sixth Psalm, where it is rendered by Baif.i6via. Hence the fifth verse is made to mean, “For all the gods of the nations are demons; but the Lord made the heavens.

  

  G. H. Pember
  • Idea
  • Word
  • Jewish

• Spiritually, trees play a unique role in the Jewish and Christian scriptures, from the Garden of Eden to the Cross of Christ. Biologically, in great forest communities, they help sustain life on our planet, giving off oxygen, anchoring soil, keeping stream and rivers clear, and providing habitation for thousands of species. How can religious persons not care about the widespread destruction of these creatures of God? We need to love them as our very selves, as neighbors in earth's community of life.

  

  Elizabeth A. Johnson
  • God
  • Creatures
  • Communities

• One of Caesar’s most successful and long-lasting alliances was with various Jewish communities.

  

  Barry S. Strauss
  • Communities
  • Jewish
  • Alliances