Tacitus Quotes
The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.Tacitus
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As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't seen anything, either in Florida or elsewhere, to dissuade me from it.
Carl Hiaasen -
Every relationship comes with a shelf life; that duration could be a minute or even a lifetime. If, for whatever reasons, a relationship cannot last a lifetime, contrary to what the two people imagined, then both the individuals have to be communicative and have to understand and accept the reality.
Kabir Bedi -
Sometimes, I'm an ogre. I can be short. I'll walk into the office some days and I've gotten up on the wrong side of the bed, and everybody knows it. I'm a perfectionist. I like to be organized, and I like to get everything done today.
Jack Nicklaus -
I'm not the kind of person that seeks out other people's opinions on my works.
Dane DeHaan -
There's very few dork movies made by dorks.
Zack Snyder -
The Confederations Cup is interesting. It served Spain very well to take part and then go on to win the 2010 World Cup. We knew the stadiums, the atmosphere, the conditions and also the difficulties of a tournament which simulated the World Cup format.
Vicente del Bosque
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'Esquire Magazine' just gave me 'Father of the Year'. I'll put it right up there with my gold medal. I survived; that's why they gave it to me.
Caitlyn Jenner -
I love action-adventure-type films - mythical adventures like 'Lord of the Rings' or superhero films like 'Batman.'
Zac Efron -
The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.'
Randy Pausch -
A man is honorable in proportion to the personal risks he takes for his opinion.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
Remember, FDA employees are serious about fear. We pay these people to panic about an iota of rodent hair in our chili, even when the recipe calls for it. FDA employees are first-class agonizers, world champions at losing sleep. When Meryl Streep got hysterical about Alar, they actually checked the apples instead of Meryl's head.
P. J. O'Rourke -
All men were alien one to another, at times, not only aliens.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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YOU LYING WHORE!!! You used me! You never loved me! I hope you slide under a gas truck and taste your own blood! DIE! DIE! DIE! I want my records back! I want my fucking records back!
Sam Kinison -
What thrust us into war were not Hitler's political teachings: the cause, this time, was his successful attempt to establish a new economy. The causes of the war were: envy, greed, and fear.
J. F. C. Fuller -
'Now it seems that Roger has once more taken up with Miss Roswyn. I can’t say that I approve, but he has not troubled to ask my advice.' She heaved a sigh. 'But I am sure that the world will never go precisely to my liking.''Does it for anyone?' asked Bernard Bickel with good-natured cynicism.'Probably not, and I must reconcile myself to the fact.'
Jack Vance -
A man without money is a bow without an arrow.
Jack McDevitt -
The fate of the architect is the strangest of all. How often he expends his whole soul, his whole heart and passion, to produce buildings into which he himself may never enter.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
And friend received with thumps upon the back.
Edward Young
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It seemed that if someone was lost in Copenhagen then the citizens regarded it as their duty to offer help.
Bernard Cornwell -
I always thought of him [Jack Kennedy] as a prince, with a charmed life. He was a guy who was sick and in horrendous pain all the time - who would say, "I wish I had a few good days."
Chris Matthews -
Extremely surprised and impressed by the 'naked cowboy's' mayoral run. That guy knows the issues... despite his outfit or lack thereof.
David Shuster -
Just try to give as much as you can through your daily life to yourself and the people around you.
B.J. Penn -
I do not regard the Negro as my equal, and positively deny that he is my brother, or any kin to me whatever.
Stephen Douglas -
The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
Tacitus