Rome Quotes

If I'd lived in Roman times, I'd have lived in Rome. Where else? Today America is the Roman Empire and New York is Rome itself.

John Lennon The Beatles
As in Rome there is, apart from the Romans, a population of statues, so apart from this real world there is a world of illusion, almost more potent, in which most men live.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Illusion
- Population
- Rome

I like the Valentino store in Rome.Because in Rome when I'd be riding my bike, that store is right next to the Spanish Steps, and it gets so crowded there, so I could sometimes duck into the Valentino store and go up to the top floor and have a little espresso and just relax and take it easy.

Owen Wilson
- Relax
- Riding
- Espresso
“Once I journeyed far from home To the gate of holy Rome; There the Pope, for my offence, Bade me straight, in penance, thence Wandering onward, to attain The wondrous land that height Cokaigne.”

Wace
- Rome
- Attain
- Penance
It was like the Colosseum in Rome and we were the Christians.

Bobby Dodd
- Christian
- Rome
- Colosseum
Rome is burning, Jesus says. Drop your fiddle, change your life and come to Me. Let go of the good days that never were - a regimented church you never attended, traditional virtues you never practiced, legalistic obedience you never honored, and a sterile orthodoxy you never accepted. The old era is done. The decisive inbreak of God has happened.

Brennan Manning
- God
- Change
- Church
Rome used to have good public art in ancient times. There is nothing like West of Rome in Italy.

Emi Fontana
- Art
- Rome
I lived in Rome for about five or six months during Life Aquatic.

Owen Wilson
- Life
- Months
- Rome