I Claudius Robert Graves Quotes

#1. But godhead is, after all, a matter of fact, not a matter of opinion: if a man is generally worshipped as a god then he is a god. And if a god ceases to be worshipped he is nothing.

Robert Graves

#2. On occasions of this sort it was, I must admit, very pleasurable to be a monarch: to be able to get important things done by smothering stupid opposition with a single authoritative word.

Robert Graves

#3. If India won her freedom through truth and non-violence, India would not only point the way to all the exploited Asiatic nations, she would become a torch-bearer for the Negro races.

Mahatma Gandhi

#4. I was thinking, So, I'm Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books now.

Robert Graves

#5. In Islam, all living things have souls. We are made pure by the fire of the lord compassion.

John Speed

#6. Claudius, you're luckier than you realize. Guard your appointment jealously. Don't let anyone usurp it."
"What do you mean, girl?"
"I mean that people don't kill their butts. They are cruel to them, they frighten them, they rob them, but they don't kill them.

Robert Graves

#7. Microsoft is involved in setting some fairly key standards and people are afraid of it because they think, Geez, they are quite capable. It's daunting, I suppose.

Bill Gates

#8. Remember, in China when you are one in a million, there are 1,300 other people just like you.

Thomas Friedman

#9. Who wants to live in the present? It's such a limiting period compared to the past.

Roger Ebert

#10. I definitely have been foolish.

Sienna Miller

#11. I was a part of that Beanie Babies generation. I had, like, 400 of them ... OK, maybe not that many, but I had a lot of little stuffed animals that I liked to make talk. I was a big dork, and I still am.

Jessica Stroup

#12. Pop art is for everyone.

Andy Warhol

#13. I like to do outdoorsy things: hikes, trails, running, swimming. I love the sun. I'm all about the warmth.

Alicia Keys

#14. Most of my records are never going to be commercial successes, and I don't expect that. It's just all a learning process to me. If something appears as a failure, fine. If there's success, fine. I like the record, and my friends like the record, and that's kind of all I can really care about.

Kathleen Hanna