Sophocles Quotes

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.

Sophocles

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: greek
  • Birth: 496 BC - 406 BC

Topics

MoneyMenMindsWorstTurnDeeds

I am in a business that's built on record sales and reputation and how your single is doing and where your song is on iTunes. But the kind of music that I do comes from my beliefs.

Steven Curtis Chapman

BusinessMusicI AmSongReputation

The most important consideration I have is I want my legislative shop to have a functional office suite that is conducive to getting their work accomplished.

Steve Womack

WorkImportantWantOfficeMost

The Stones were always exemplary of one of the best of all rock qualities: tightness. They have always been economical, the opposite of ornamental. Having a very clear idea of what they wanted to say they could go into a studio and make it all up on a three minute cut.

Jon Landau

BestGoThreeSayRockAlways

Like many Americans, I've always been intrigued by Bill Clinton. I obviously didn't always agree with him - enjoyed running against his legacy in 2000, when Al Gore was his designated successor, but I don't have anything negative I would say about Bill Clinton.

Dick Cheney

LegacyNegativeSayHimAnything

When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going - you're bombing, but you can't stop. And you know that half an hour from now, you're still gonna be bombing. It takes a thick skin.

Christopher Walken

Keep GoingYouStopSkinKnowNow

In England, there is a dividing line between artists and illustrators, who are thought inferior to painters. Well, that's absolute rubbish. Some of the most creative work is being done in children's books. In Japan, everything is art. They don't say painting is better than ceramics or dress design.

Brian Wildsmith

WorkChildrenArtCreativeDress

I try not to take myself too seriously, but I do take my work seriously.

Alison Doody

WorkMyselfSeriouslyTryTakeToo

Once I accepted Christ I immediately had peace. I still didn't have a place to live, I still didn't have a car, but I had peace.

Sherri Shepherd

LiveCarPeacePlaceStillAccepted

I won't play a teenager.

Scott Thompson

PlayTeenager

My house is a bit like a teenager's bedroom. The kind of pictures you have hanging up on your wall say a lot about you. I've got ones of Evel Knievel, Elvis and Starsky and Hutch, signed by David Soul.

Tim Vine

SoulYouHouseWallPicturesKind

We've never written anything to have success with it. We've written songs that we love.

Nuno Bettencourt

LoveSuccessNeverAnythingSongs

My mom and I built a guest house on my property so that my mom could help me fostering animals. I do multiple fosters a month.

Nikki Reed

MeMomHelpHouseAnimalsMonth

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