Agricola Quotes

#1. Sapiens adjuvabit opus astrorum quemadmodum agricola terrae naturam": A wise man assisteth the work of the stars as the husbandman helpeth the nature of the soil.

Henry David Thoreau

#2. The mortality of those who dig minerals is very great, and women who marry men of this sort marry again and again. According to Agricola, at the mines in the Carpathian mountains, women have been known to marry seven times.

Bernardino Ramazzini

#3. Without patience, we will learn less in life. We will see less. We will feel less. We will hear less. Ironically, rush and more usually mean less.

Mother Teresa

#4. When it came to the strong-willed women in my life, I found it was sometimes easiest to nod and agree with whatever they dictated was best.

Richelle Mead

#5. What's compelling about the story and what's very honest about the story is that it's very real and it's happening. There are 200,000 women in active duty, and over 40% of them are moms. This experience is shared by thousands of women, and no one is right or wrong.

Michelle Monaghan

#6. he didn't think the explanation explained.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#7. Sometimes love makes you selfish. Sometimes it makes you stupid. Sometimes it reminds you why you love your gun.

Laurell K. Hamilton

#8. Albertus [Magnus] ... debased the doctrine of Aristotle with the itch of the chemists flowing with the bloody flux of quicksilver and the stench of sulphur.

Georgius Agricola

#9. Doctrines are meant to serve man, not the other way around.

Amin Maalouf

#10. I had two roles for which I compromised.

Sidney Poitier

#11. One writes to teach, to move or to delight.

Rodolphus Agricola

#12. The most amusing thing about a pantomime horse is the necessity of having to shoot it twice.

Steve Aylett