Sophocles Quotes

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.

Sophocles

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WisdomManYouDrinkMoreHim

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.

John Adams

HopeFreedomPeopleWritingThinking

I just thought my 50th year in the BBC is 2018, and it has to end sometime, and I thought that would be a good note to go out.

John Motson

GoodThoughtEndYearGoOut

It's not so unusual to run out of someone else's currency.

Jeffrey Sachs

SomeoneRunOutCurrencyUnusual

My winter uniform is jeans, boots, and an oversize blazer for good measure. It's my formula for getting dressed in under 10 minutes.

Jeanne Damas

WinterGoodBootsMeasureUniform

Everywhere in the world, you find good things.

Jean Reno

GoodGood ThingsWorldYouFind

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.

Sigmund Freud

HappinessWisdomAloneInvestingUs

Some films clearly seem to divide people. And I do think there's something incredibly exciting about the commonality of us as human beings, which some films are lucky enough to tap into.

Tom Hooper

PeopleThinkEnoughLuckyHumanUs

I'm that person: I will literally do everything to not get out of bed, so I have alarms set for every 15 minutes.

Mirai Nagasu

PersonBedWillEverythingOutGet

If it ain't baroque, don't fax it.

Denis Norden

BaroqueFax

I find older men more attractive than boys. I need a man who can teach me a thing or two.

Donatella Versace

MenManMeFindTeachNeed

India lends itself well to fictionalization, but ultimately, it all depends on the writer's imagination.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

ImaginationIndiaWellDependsLends

The album cover of 'Death of a Bachelor' is me on my roof of my backyard, so that's my place where I spend most of my time writing.

Brendon Urie

TimeDeathMeWritingPlaceRoof

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