Quotes About Oedipus The King

#1. What's the good of glory, magnificent renown, if in its flow it steams away to nothing?

Oedipus

#2. Why, what a wasp-stung and impatient fool
Art thou, to break into this woman's mood,
Tying thine ear to no tongue but thine own!

William Shakespeare

#3. I believe that the purpose for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them, and that, had this been done, the objects which actuated us would now be attainable by negotiation.

Siegfried Sassoon

#4. The pain we inflict upon ourselves hurt most of all.

Sophocles

#5. The pains we inflict upon ourselves hurt most most of all.

Sophocles

#6. As if political liberty made wage slavery any the more tolerable!

Upton Sinclair

#7. The novelist is condemned to wander all his life. Homeless and blind like Oedipus he wanders until death. And so let us protect the novelist and adore him, with pity, honor, and love.

Roman Payne

#8. Fight it, put on your show little Luna. Because if the witch lets you go, I'll eat your kidneys like conversation hearts," War snarled and bit down hard on his victim's shoulder, tearing the skin and fascia.

Saranna DeWylde

#9. There's some people in this world who you can just love and love and love no matter what.

John Green

#10. I've got no aspirations to become an A-list celebrity.

Carl Froch

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

Sophocles

#12. James Horner, James Newton Howard, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Michael Giacchino, or Ramin Djawadi would all be a dream come true for a 'Throne of Glass' soundtrack.

Sarah J. Maas

#13. I've had a very interesting life. There are ways of handling the complexities. I'm willing to take on the responsibilities as a father, as a producer, as an actor; and I enjoy that. I've always been changing and evolving and growing. There's no pinnacle of power where you can sit back and relax.

Tom Cruise

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

Sophocles

#15. She looks me dead in the face and says, "The safe word is going to be 'immigration,' because you know I'll stop it.

Kayti McGee

#16. Each touch of dust on the clouding lenses was a violation, a dirty man touching something pure.

Hugh Howey