Lacedaemonian Quotes

#1. A traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True," said he, "but every goose can."

Plutarch

#2. If we were bees, ants, or Lacedaemonian| warriors, to whom personal fear does not exist and cowardice is the most shameful thing in the world, warring would go on forever. But luckily we are only men - and cowards.

Erwin Schrodinger

#3. I'm afraid the Internet is filled with people using really very intemperate language.

Richard Dawkins

#4. The critics love to get out their knives and dine on Coverdale. But the worse the criticism gets, the more successful I become.

David Coverdale

#5. Can I help it if the world cannot worship what it has not first martyred?

Casper Silk

#6. Audiences respond in entirely different ways. One thing is unanimous - music binds us altogether.

Aleksey Igudesman

#7. I believe any time you have the courage to stand for what is right, especially in situations where no one else is willing to do so, you are creating a holy place.

Ann M. Dibb

#8. Challenges are opportunities for me to grow. The more I learn, the more equipped I am to handle whatever situations come up.

Louise Hay

#9. Crazy Ash just doesn't have the same ring as Don't-bother-me-or-I'll-kill-you Ash.

Julie Kagawa

#10. I sort of feel like people are not that honest about their own parenting. Take any teenage household; tell me there is not yelling and conflict.

Amy Chua

#11. You could say I'm a laid-back kind of guy.

Gary Clark Jr.

#12. The thing we adore about these dog-whistle kerfuffles is that the people who react to the whistle always assume it's intended for somebody else. The whole point of the metaphor is that if you can hear the whistle, you're the dog.

James Taranto

#13. Father, perfect my trust;Let my spirit feel in death,That her feet are firmly setOn the rock of a living faith!

Phoebe Cary

#14. /Are you sane, Mother?/
Laughter in his mind, painful in its familiarity. /Is any immortal every truly sane?/

Nalini Singh