Terentius Quotes

#1. He who flees at the right time can fight again.

Marcus Terentius Varro

#2. To dare is to momentarily lose one's footing.
But not to dare is to lose one's self.

Soren Kierkegaard

#3. He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends.
[Lat., Qui salubrem locum negligit, mente est captus atque ad agnatos et gentiles deducendus.]

Marcus Terentius Varro

#4. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Marcus Terentius Varro

#5. It's been almost a century that Edward's been alone. Now he's found you. You can't see the changes we see, we who have been with him for so long. Do you think any of us want to look into his eyes for the next hundred years if he loses you?

Stephenie Meyer

#6. To be human is to have a whole spectrum of these experiences that arise within us.

Annie Lennox

#7. The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.

Marcus Terentius Varro

#8. My name is CONSISTENCY, I am related to SUCCESS. We should hang out more often than ... every once in a while.

Kim Garst

#9. What, if as said, man is a bubble.

Marcus Terentius Varro

#10. Why do I want you? Because you are smart. Because you are beautiful. Because you make me laugh. Because you are sensual and passionate and the way you give me your body drives me absolutely fucking wild, and now I am rock-hard again for you. There. Satisfied?

Lauren Blakely

#11. Surround yourself with people who do what you want to do, and eventually you'll wake up to find yourself doing the same.

Justin Kan

#12. The gospels are, and were written to be, fresh tellings of the story of Jesus designed to be the charter of the community of Jesus's first followers and those who, through their witness, then and subsequently, have joined in and have learned to hear, see, and know Jesus in word and sacrament.

N. T. Wright

#13. I was the vampire Lestat again. I was back in action. New Orleans was once again my hunting ground.

Anne Rice

#14. He'd already put a shirt on each leg and had stacked every shoe I owned into a precarious pyramid. The room looked like a small, overly curious tornado had torn it apart.
"You have got to be kidding me," I said. "Maybe I should give you to Shamus.

Devon Monk

#15. The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine.

Marcus Terentius Varro

#16. The most tremendous genius raised Mozart above all masters,
in all centuries and in all the arts.

Richard Wagner

#17. Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities.

Marcus Terentius Varro

#18. For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life.

Marcus Terentius Varro

#19. I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or third generation rock stars.

Van Morrison

#20. Not all who own a harp are harpers.

Marcus Terentius Varro

#21. It is necessary for men to be deceived in religion.

Marcus Terentius Varro

#22. Do not detest the misfortunes that befall you, for what you detest may be the cause of your salvation and what you like may be the cause of your ruin.

Al-Hasan Al-Basri

#23. Like kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa.

Barbara Kingsolver

#24. Divine nature gave us fields, human skill built our cities. -Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes

Marcus Terentius Varro

#25. Nature made the fields and man the cities.

Marcus Terentius Varro

#26. They're still in good shape, but I'm not flashing them anymore. I'm an old lady. I leave all the flesh to the kids.

Tina Turner

#27. Computer photography won't be photography as we know it. I think photography will always be chemical.

Annie Leibovitz