Oedipus Rex Sophocles Quotes

#1. I used to be disgusted. Now, I'm just amused...

Elvis Costello

#2. I dissolved, so white, so unapproachable, amid my white flame, in the whiteness of moonlight

Giannis Ritsos

#3. Whose tale more sad than thine, whose lot more dire? O Oedipus, discrowned head, Thy cradle was thy marriage bed.

Sophocles

#4. My aim has been to expound Scripture and to expound Scripture in such a way that I do not set one Scripture over against another.

N. T. Wright

#5. The boom for luxury goods is unending. There are people who never have to worry about whether they can afford something they like. In one part of the world or another there will always be someone with money to spend on luxury.

Diego Della Valle

#6. How dreadful the knowledge of the truth can be
When there's no help in truth.

Sophocles

#7. Give me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and better life than was my father's.

Sophocles

#8. As long as there are only 3 to 4 people on the floor, the country is in good hands. It's only when you have 50 to 60 in the Senate that you want to be concerned.

Bob Dole

#9. Thou lov'st to speak in riddles and dark words.

Sophocles

#10. Weep not, everything must have its day.

Sophocles

#11. I think Russia agreed to it because they're facing a revolt of the Islamic States.

Orson Scott Card

#12. King as thou art, free speech at least is mine. To make reply; in this I am thy peer.

Sophocles

#13. He dances well to whom Fortune pipes.

John Ray

#14. Denzal Sinclaire embodies the tradition of the great singers I love like Nat Cole, yet definitely has his own voice. He is one of my favourite singers ...

Diana Krall

#15. Time alone can bring the just man to light - the criminal you can spot in just one short day.

Sophocles

#16. Closer,
it's all right. Touch the man of grief.
Do. Don't be afraid. My troubles are mine
and I am the only man alive who can sustain them.

Sophocles