Caligula Roman Quotes

#1. Would that the Roman people had but one neck!

Caligula

#2. So much for the Emperor; the rest of this history must deal with the Monster.
- IV:22

Suetonius

#3. She'd love to go over him with a fine-toothed comb. Rummage around in him. Turn him upside down. Empty him out.

Margaret Atwood

#4. People will buy anything at jumble sales,' I said. 'At the Evacuated Children Charity Fair a woman bought a tree branch that had fallen on the table.

Connie Willis

#5. ...as young and as ancient as Spring....

J.R.R. Tolkien

#6. A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he is still creeping on all fours he should have a bouncing rubber ball.

Christy Mathewson

#7. Caligula wished that the Roman people had but one neck that he might cut it off, and as I read this letter I am afraid that for a moment I was capable of wishing the same thing concerning the laboring class of America.

Edward Bellamy

#8. And when you provide love and compassion to your brothers and sisters, you yourself, are manifesting God. When you come to understand that our bodies are nurtured by food and rest, but our spirits and souls are nurtured by experiencing love and compassion, then you come to understand and know God.

Nick Bunick

#9. Andy Brown is one of our most interesting and exciting younger poets. With its love of ideas and language, his work demonstrates that there need be no barriers in poetry; that the philosophical, the lyrical and the playful can be combined in work of assured and generous vision.

John Burnside