Quotes of: Ancient-times Keyword

And he recalled the ancient adage: Who must do the harsh things? He who can.

Shibumi

Be open to ideas and thoughts you disagree with. It will unleash a debate in your mind and soul.

Ancient Treasure

Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards.

Robert Burton

There is a very moving and ancient connection between cancer and depression.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Many ancient (and contemporary) societies considered the sexually awakened female as both auspicious and dangerous.

Srinivasan

I don't go in for ancient wisdom I don't believe just 'cos ideas are tenacious it means they're worthy

Tim Minchin

Trying to pump breath into a fairy tale is as arduous and tragic as ancient Greek theatre.

Terry A O'Neal

Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed.

Len Wein

In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible.

Marina Abramovic

Spanish rain, A maiden’s dress, Apothecary pills And ancient thrills; Melancholy kills A girl’s caress.

Roman Payne

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.

Samuel Butler

The Reform Bill has destroyed the ancient conduits and strainers, and brings Public Opinion to act upon the government with the rapid, turbulent, and uncertain violence of a flood!

Robert Peel

These ancient stories in religion speak to our desire. But they move us toward hope.

Elaine Pagels

The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not about how much you have, it's about what you do with it.

Karen Duffy

The Goddess of Old Europe and Ancient Crete represented the unity of life in nature, delight in the diversity of form, the powers of birth, death and regeneration.

Carol P. Christ

We usually say of ancient persons, that they have already one foot in the grave, and the rest of their life is nothing else but the bringing of these feet together.

John Pearson

Jews don't care about ancient rivalries. We worry about humidity in Miami.

Evan Sayet

Those of us with this ancient compulsion to tell stories sometimes start with a single kernel of something.

Edward P. Jones

The new physics provides a modern version of ancient spirituality. In a universe made out of energy, everything is entangled; everything is one.

Bruce Lipton

But that woman is an encyclopedia! Of all vices, ancient and modern, and terribly interesting to leaf through!

Jean Lorrain