Top 18 11th Century Quotes
#1. Theology is endlessly interesting in that you can study it without believing in anything. I do believe, but you don't have to. I got very caught up in the 11th-century monasticism and the Cistercians. My dissertation was about Aelred of Rievaulx and one of his books.
Susan Hill
#2. Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
Hans Kung
#3. Casting me as King Arthur was quite bold of 'Spamalot's producers, although it has been historically proved Arthur was Asian, and that Sunday trading started with Asians in 11th-century Britain.
Sanjeev Bhaskar
#4. Physical immortality is seductive. The ancient Hindus sought it; the Greek physician Galen from the 2nd Century A.D. and the Arabic philosopher/physician Avicenna from the 11th Century A.D. believed in it.
S. Jay Olshansky
#5. It must be remembered that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed as epic tales and not as historical texts. To use Shakespeare's Macbeth as a source for 11th-century Scottish politics would rather miss the point of the play, and the same is true of the Homeric epics.
Nic Fields
#7. While observing some people with their dogs, it is often a question of who is training whom. It is not uncommon to see an owner with their arms extended, holding on for dear life, while their dog runs wild. Unfortunately, I was becoming one of those owners.
Elizabeth Parker
#8. Never lie down with a woman who's got more troubles than you.
Nelson Algren
#9. It's ridiculous for a woman to say that she's not attracted to other women. That's completely false ...
Grace Jones
#11. We are born under circumstances that would be favorable if we did not abandon them. It was nature's intention that there should be no need of great equipment for a good life: every individual can make himself happy.
Seneca.
#12. The gods give to mortals not everything at the same time.
Homer
#13. Since the tubes of paint used by the artist are manufactured and ready-made products, we must conclude that all the paintings in the world are 'ready-mades aided' and also works of assemblage.
Marcel Duchamp
#14. The child who believes there is life after a novel ends.
John Green
#15. When people don't do anything they don't think anything, and when people don't think anything there's nothing to think about them.- Harriet the Spy
Louise Fitzhugh
#17. One of the reasons I decided to apply for American citizenship after something like a quarter of century of living here on a British, European Union passport and a green card, was my identification with the United States in the post-September 11th period.
Christopher Hitchens
#18. Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?
Nancy Mitford
