De Civitate Dei Quotes

#1. Augustine's final verdict on the philosophers of Greece
and Rome was that, although they had made various mistakes, "nature itself has not permitted them to wander too far from the path of truth" in their judgments about the supreme good (De Civitate Dei 19.1).

Alasdair MacIntyre

#2. The way that actors talk about acting is generally quite punishing, and I think actors want to put forward the idea that they do all of this work because, you know, it's a post-De Niro world, when, largely, in fact, it's almost never true.

Ben Mendelsohn

#3. I don't really have preferred roles except those with some complexity.

Richard Roxburgh

#4. I heard of a tradition," said Thorne, "where the guests are supposed to make a bunch of raucous noise outside of the bridal chambers on the wedding night, until you give us candy and send us away."
Scarlet glared at him. "Yeah, please don't do that.

Marissa Meyer

#5. Deja vu is one of the weirdest things that happens to me. It boggles my mind.

Chino Moreno

#6. In Washington, the U.S. House passed a bill unanimously. Every single member of both parties voted for it. What was it? To deny Social Security benefits to Nazis. So from now on, no SS for the SS.

Craig Ferguson

#7. Nature repeats herself more than one would imagine. The sea has infinitely more variety.

Agatha Christie

#8. The love of humanity does not prevent us from being good journalists.

Barbara W. Tuchman

#9. No matter what else you're involved in, regardless of what else you're doing, make your children a high priority. God has given you an amazing privilege! Say no to other things before you say no to your kids.

David Jeremiah

#10. America is a mistake, admittedly a gigantic mistake, but a mistake nevertheless.

Sigmund Freud

#11. Ideas come from ordinary, everyday life. And from imagination. And from feelings. And from memories. Memories of dust in my sneakers and humming whitewalls down a hill called Monkey.

Jerry Spinelli

#12. Amid those scenes of solitude ... the mind is cast into the contemplation of eternal things.

Thomas Cole