"The Romans did not see [the tale of Romulus, Remus and the she-wolf] as a charming story; they meant to show that they had imbibed wolfish appetites and ferocity with their mother's milk."

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Source : "Terry Jones' Barbarians: An Alternative Roman History". Book by Terry Jones, 2007.

Terry Jones

#Mother Quotes #Milk Quotes #Stories Quotes

“I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.”
“Jack didnâ€™t fully get Jesus. Audrey tried to explain it, and he could repeat it back to her, word for word, but he still didnâ€™t comprehend most of it. The best he could gather was that Jesus lived long ago, told people to be nice, and they killed him for it. At the end, he asked who was Jesusâ€™ necromancer and if he was in the Bible, then Kaldar couldnâ€™t stop laughing and had to sit down.”
“Those that regularly come into contact with people having diverse interests and viewpoints are more likely to come up with innovative ideas.”
“Never we sleep, a thug doesn't rest, Cause a wise man said: it was a cousin of death.”

Source : Song: Who Is a Thug
“You were joking about the whole please and thank you thing, right?" "Meant every word." A little light danced in his eyes and he very deliberately said, "Baby." No. He laughed. "You should see your face right now." "Don't call me that." "Would you prefer 'darling'? Or maybe 'cupcake'?" He winked.”
“I always start writing with a clean piece of paper and a dirty mind.”
“I'd been on a road trip right out of college, with a buddy of mine. It was uneventful. We didn't get laid. Although one time it was about 800 degrees and we were in Texas. We had shorts on and nothing else and somehow a motorcycle cop pulls up beside me and says, 'Come on, get on it, get on, go, go, go!' So I speeded up and it turns out we're in a huge state funeral. There are about 40 black Cadillacs in a row and then a green van called Mr Greenjeans, with two guys with no clothes in it.”
“Among all the tragic consequences of depression and war, this suppression of personal self-expression through one's life work is among the most poignant.”

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