Quotes tagged ‘historical’

“Marcus Aurelius: When I die, you’re going to be sole emperor of Rome. Commodus: I’m not ready. Marcus Aurelius: Well you’ll have to be, because even when you’ve taken the throne, they’ll come for you.”

— Stephen David, Zachary Herrmann, Tim W. Kelly, Claire Lawton, Richard Lopez, Jeremiah Murphy, Jordan Rosenblum, Peter Sherman, Marcus Aurelius, John Bach, imdb.com

“Ulysses S. Grant? Yes, queen. I know.”

— Jonathan Van Ness, imdb.com

“Make history or be a part of it.”

— Phil Knight, addicted2success.com

“Our breakup broke the record for the most mutual parting of ways in history. Here’s the text-message conversation: Me: Hey . . . should we break up? Canadian: Ya probably. Me: Ok. Canadian: Did you watch Hoarders last night? Me: Ya! I can’t believe that woman ate her dead dog thinking it was jerky.…”

— Shane Dawson, amazon.com

“The women, I conjecture, were called doves by the Dodonaeans, because they were barbarians, and they seemed to chatter like birds; but after a time, when the woman spoke intelligibly to them, they presently reported that the dove had spoken with a human voice; for as long as she used a barbarous lan…”

— Herodotus, amazon.com

“They made it plain to everyone, however, and above all to the king himself, that although he had plenty of troops, he did not have many men”

— Herodotus, amazon.com