Thermopylae Wikipedia Quotes

#1. ... unpacked her books, her sweet delight in happier days, and her soothing resource in the hours of moderate sorrow: but there were hours when even these failed of their effect; when the genius, the taste, the enthusiasm of the sublimest writers were felt no longer.

Ann Radcliffe

#2. English television from the Fifties to the Nineties was the least bad in the world, and now it's just as bad as it is anywhere.

John Cleese

#3. It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting.

Tris Speaker

#4. Sherry, the civilized drink.

W. Somerset Maugham

#5. History isn't written by the winners - it's written by everyone - it's a jigsaw of facts from contradictory sources. But every once in a while, you unearth that one original document that no one can argue with ...

Brad Meltzer

#6. The mind is not something we own, it is something we share

Jack Veffer

#7. Learn to read slow; all other graces will follow in their proper places.

William Walker

#8. The N.Y.C. tech scene is vibrant, and Betabeat will be a great vehicle to cover it in depth.

Jared Kushner

#9. I want to throw my voice more, I want to manipulate melody more ... I want to be less deliberate and mechanical ... I want less melody.

Sufjan Stevens

#10. The world is a fairy tale; we are its guardians.

Dejan Stojanovic