11th Century Quotes

#1. 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

#2. Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?

Nancy Mitford

#3. 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

#4. 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

#5. Good to go back to school once in a while, makes you know how little you know

Srivyal Vuyyuri Sphoorti Foundation

#6. 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

#7. The child who believes there is life after a novel ends.

John Green

#8. 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

#9. Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.

Hans Kung

#10. The gods give to mortals not everything at the same time.

Homer

#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. 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

#13. 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

#14. True entrepreneurshi p comes only from risk-taking.

Dhirubhai Ambani

#15. It's ridiculous for a woman to say that she's not attracted to other women. That's completely false ...

Grace Jones

#16. Never lie down with a woman who's got more troubles than you.

Nelson Algren

#17. 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

#18. A mother is the most important blessing of your life.

Debasish Mridha