Today, we are all rightly repulsed by the sight of neo-Nazis and Klansmen openly marching in Charlottesville, VA, and we are horrified by houses of worship being shot up by right-wing terrorists. But on February 20, 1939, over 20,000 Nazis held a mass rally—not in Berlin, not in Rome, but in Madison…
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Quotes tagged ‘Rome’
Rusty Griswold: Who was it that said when in Rome do as the Romans do? Clark Griswold: That was Rome, not Paris. This is Paris and you're drunk.
I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man and therefore I am... a God.
Pack your bags, grab your camera, and purchase your metro pass to start the European architectural photography tour...
[gleefully] Rome wasn't burned in a night.
— George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck, Joe Young, Bo Hopkins, imdb.com
[The senators stand at the steps of the Senate, waiting, Lucius at their side, as the new Caesar and Lucilla enter on chariot surrounded by Praetorian] Gracchus: He enters Rome like a conquering hero. What has he conquered? Falco: Give him time. He’s young. I think he could do very well. Gracchus: F…
— David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson, Senator Gracchus:, Derek Jacobi, imdb.com
Marcus Aurelius: Are you ready to do your duty for Rome? Commodus: Yes, father. Marcus Aurelius: You will not be emperor. Commodus: Which wiser, older man is to take my place? Marcus Aurelius: My powers will pass to Maximus, to hold in trust until the Senate is ready to rule once more. Rome is to be…
— David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson, Marcus Aurelius, Richard Harris, imdb.com
Marcus Aurelius: There is one more duty that I ask of you before you go home. Maximus: What would you have me do Caesar? Marcus Aurelius: I want you to become the protector of Rome after I die. I will empower you to one end alone, to give power back to the people of Rome and end the corruption that…
— David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson, Maximus Decimus Meridius, Russell Crowe, imdb.com
[Maximus enters Marcus’s darkened tent] Marcus Aurelius: Tell me again, Maximus, why are we here? Maximus: For the glory of the Empire, sire. Five thousand of my men are out there in the freezing mud. Three thousand of them are bloodied and cleaved. Two thousand will never leave this place. I will n…
— David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson, Maximus Decimus Meridius, Russell Crowe, imdb.com
That scent you're wearing... I bought that for you, not Dickie. The thing about Dickie... so many things... That day when he was late coming back from Rome? I tried to tell you this. He was with another girl. I'm not talking about Meredith, either. Another girl who we met in a bar. He couldn't be fa…
Look, this is LA, and, in LA, we don't leave garbage on the curb like it's pre-Jesus Rome, and we don't have rats.
When I lived in Rome I started a Blink-182 cover band... We called it Blink-CLXXXII
I found Rome of clay; I leave it to you of marble... Have I played the part well? Then applaud me as I exit.