Classical Texts Quotes

#1. I cannot understate the ability to handle classical texts such as Shakespeare.

Louise Jameson

#2. Unlike modern military codes, ancient texts are almost never purposely misleading, purposely scrambled ... indeed, literacy was so uncommon until classical times that the very writing of a message sufficed to keep it from almost everybody.

E. J. W. Barber

#3. It is always perilous to suppose that the past is over and done with or that it can ever safely be disconnected from the pressing concerns of the present.

Christopher Kelly

#4. Faith does not ignore the facts, it ignores the power of the facts.

Benny Hinn

#5. With any video you see online, like with YouTube, you gotta watch an ad, and that's gotta stop. And I think it'll stop by ... the shitty network shows they put out will just have the ads in the shows. The characters will be eating Cheetos or whatever.

Derek Waters

#6. There are certain things in war of which the commander alone comprehends the importance. Nothing but his superior firmness and ability can subdue and surmount all difficulties.

Napoleon Bonaparte

#7. Imagine the wisdom to be passed down from the classical Buddhist texts.

Russell Brand

#8. With such warm feelings and lively spirits it must be difficult to do justice to her affection for Mrs. Crawford, without throwing a shade on the Admiral.

Jane Austen

#9. I didn't know what architecture was except that I lived in a house. I don't even think that I knew the word for a long time. My dad funneled me into engineering because it was his background.

Antoine Predock

#10. The blues records of each decade explain something about the philosophical basis of our lives as black people ... Blues is a basis of historical continuity for black people. It is a ritualized way of talking about ourselves and passing it on.

Sherley Anne Williams

#11. Ah, merciless Love, is there any length to which you cannot force the human heart to go?

Virgil

#12. Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton.

George III

#13. As an offensive player, you always want to produce and score goals, especially when that's your job on the team.

Patrick Kane

#14. For the Celtic soul is the stronghold of dreams, of longings come down the dim paths of the ages; and within it there dwells a vague discontent, so that it must for ever go questing. And

Radclyffe Hall

#15. Theatre probably originated without texts, but by the time we get to the classical Greek period, theatre has become text-based.

Tom Stoppard

#16. Everything I do is about women honouring themselves, treating themselves and taking care of themselves.

Elle Macpherson