Nonius Quotes

#1. After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do. "Your advice," said Cicero, "were good if we were to fight jackdaws.

Plutarch

#2. Not for the first time Spooner was reminded that marriage was not the straighforward assembly the instruction book led you to believe.

Pete Dexter

#3. But my anger was a slippery thing, like a fish I was trying to keep hold of, and it wiggled out of my grasp.

Cynthia Hand

#4. Since life on Earth is, so far, the only known example of life in the universe, our dilemma may simply be that we have no other examples to compare us with. If we did, then the life/non-life transition might look downright simple to us.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#5. I spent months fighting the fact that she had a personality disorder, but everything changed when I started asking myself how I had to adapt to work with a boss like her.

John Izzo

#6. The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds and through commendable and seemly conduct.

Baha'u'llah

#7. Life is short but love is universal and eternal.

Debasish Mridha

#8. Clearly, the first task is to gain acceptance of a more reasonable view of the future, one that opens possibilities rather than forecloses them.

Herman Kahn

#9. I love to be a working actor, and I love to read scripts as they come in. If I find the script or character that is interesting, I want to transform myself into that character.

Jaime Camil