Quotes
Authors
Homer
"Life is not to be bought with heaps of gold; Not all Apollo's Pythian treasures hold, Or Troy once held, in peace and pride of sway, Can bribe the poor possession of the day." --
Homer
#Life Quotes
#Pride Quotes
#Gold Quotes
“I told him, 'Son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.”
“Almost all the civil liberty now enjoyed in the world owes its origin to the principles of the christian religion.”
“The HARDEST PART about BREAKING UP is the next day, opening your notebook only you see I LOVE YOU scribbled all over.”
“This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.”
“It's a peculiarity of the Norwegian culture and of the English and American, too, that men are not supposed to cry. Stiff upper lip and all that. But the Vikings cried like women in public or privately. They soaked their beards with tears and were not one bit ashamed about it. Yet, they were as quick to draw their swords as they were to shed tears. So, what's all this crap about men having to hold in their sorrow and grief and disappointment?”
“I'm not a Christian because I need a crutch. Hey, I need a stretcher!”
“The destination of life is this eternal moment.”
“In our cultural history, all emotions have been more culturally acceptable to women.”
