Achilleus 2 Quotes

#1. I don't really need to appeal to some stockbroker, and I always sort of root for the underdog. I probably consider all that when I'm writing, but it's not in the forefront of my brain.

Eric Bachmann

#2. Poverty is relative, and the lack of food and of the necessities of life is not necessarily a hardship. Spiritual and social ostracism, the invasion of your privacy, are what constitute the pain of poverty.

Alice Foote MacDougall

#3. Why did the warrior cross the road? [Koldo]
That's easy. To kill the guy on the other side. [Nicola]
A bud of amusement had her smiling.
Knock, knock. [Koldo]
Who's there? [Nicola]
Donut.
Donut who?
Donut run from me, puny girl.

Gena Showalter

#4. Achilleus started awake, staring, and drove his hands together, and spoke, and his words were sorrowful: Oh, wonder! Even in the house of Hades there is left something, a soul and an image, but there is no real heart of life in it.

Homer

#5. Crackling Rosie make me smile. God, if it lasts for an hour that's alright, to set the world right. Find us a dream that don't ask no questions.

Neil Diamond

#6. It's important to me to be in a relationship when I'm in one, but I'm not someone who needs to be in a relationship.

Rufus Sewell

#7. But it may be seriously questioned whether the advent of modern communications media has much enhanced our understanding of the world

Mortimer J. Adler

#8. I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film criticism by giving people an opportunity to self publish or to find sites that are friendly.

Roger Ebert

#9. You're gonna really scare them grown-ups, Paddy,' said Achilleus. 'They'll be filling their nappies in fright.

Charlie Higson

#10. It can and will be a more powerful sound but the orchestra has far more potential for expressive power. When I hear a great rock band it can make me feel alive, but when I hear a great orchestra it can make me feel human.

Glenn Branca

#11. After Arran died we could've fallen apart. But we didn't. Because you held it together. "Arran Lives" - you remember that?"
"I remember."
"He lived in you, Max. You done well. I like you. You're cool.

Charlie Higson

#12. The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the game.

Kevin Keegan

#13. Life never ceases. Life is an overflowing source, and death is only an obscure effect of illusions.

Andre Luiz Moreira

#14. In all the twelve years I was at school no one ever succeeded in making me write a Latin verse or learn any Greek except the alphabet.

Winston Churchill

#15. He's also a dick,' said Achilleus to a scattering of laughter. Maxie saw that even Nicola was trying to hide a smile.

Charlie Higson

#16. Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.

H.G.Wells

#17. For me, the difference between an 'ordinary' and an 'extraordinary' person is not the title that person might have, but what they do to make the world a better place for us all.

Jody Williams