Agrigento Quotes

#1. General Patton, upon seeing the Roman ruins at Agrigento, remarked to a local expert, "Seventh Army didn't cause that destruction, did it, sir?" The man replied, "No sir, that happened in the last war." "What war was that?" "The Second Punic War."5

Robert M. Edsel

#2. Once we considered education a public expense; we know now that it is a public investment.

Lyndon B. Johnson

#3. Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.

Saint Augustine

#4. Out of ignorance or expediency we give all snowflakes the same name.

Marty Rubin

#5. The Christian pities men because they are dying, and the Buddhist pities them because they are living. The Christian is sorry for what damages the life of a man; but the Buddhist is sorry for him because he is alive.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

#6. You are a half-blood," Zoe Nightshade said. Her accent was hard to place. It sounded old-fashioned, like she was reading from a really old book. "One of thy parents was mortal. The other was an Olympian."
"An Olympian athlete?"
"No," Zoe said. "One of the gods."
"Cool!" said Nico.

Rick Riordan

#7. What's all this whining about the environment? They're always talking about 'stop the clearcuts.' I mean do the math people. If we were out of trees then we wouldn't have any clearcuts to be complaining about now would we?

George W. Bush

#8. The costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.

Oscar Wilde

#9. nocturnal purple.

Neil Gaiman

#10. When my daughter wanted a toy and I had to check the price of it before buying it - that was one of the worst feelings.

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