Pliny the Elder Quotes

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Pliny the Elder

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: roman
  • Birth: 23 - 79

Topics

LiveDarknessReachYouMeasure

When I played Dean Martin, he was dead when we made the movie but there would have been nothing better than to spend a week with Dean Martin if I could have.

Joe Mantegna

BetterWeekNothingDeadIf I Could

Two days prior to the Herrick operation I repaired a double cleft lip, resected a recurrent cancer of the mouth, corrected lop ears in a child, and closed a burn of the buttocks.

Joe Murray

ChildMouthBurnTwoDaysDouble

I was a guy who wanted to become famous. There was steam coming out of my ears, I wanted to be famous so badly. You want the attention, you want the bucks, and you want the best seat in the restaurant. I didn't think what the repercussions would be.

Matthew Perry

BestThinkRestaurantAttentionYou

I think the Internet has given rise to voices that want to attack others.

Jeff Zucker

ThinkInternetRiseWantOthers

I have autoimmune disease, thyroid problems, and I've been diagnosed pre-diabetic.

Amanda de Cadenet

ProblemsBeenDiseaseThyroid

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

Truman Capote

GoodConversationMeetWhyTwo

I remember once, years ago, I met Sting, and he told me that he had seen 'Spinal Tap' 50 times. He said: 'Every time I watch it, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.'

Rob Reiner

TimeMeLaughRememberKnowSaid

It's impossible to go through life not offending people. All you have to do is basically have an opinion on anything, and you're gonna offend people.

Rush Limbaugh

LifePeopleOpinionImpossibleYou

My goal is to peak big in Rio because my goal is to win gold.

Michelle Carter

GoldWinGoalBigBecausePeak

There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who only dance to their own rhythm, and those who don't dance at all.

Jose Bergamin

DanceRhythmOwnOnlyWhoThose

Everything is different - except for publishing itself: getting hold of an amazing author, working to make his or her book the best and best-looking it can be, telling the world.

Jonathan Galassi

BestAmazingWorldBookEverything

Black people have been qualified to be president for hundreds of years. George Washington Carver could have been president. I could go on with a list of black men that were qualified to be the president of the United States. So the Obama victory is progress for white people.

Chris Rock

MenProgressPeopleVictoryBlack

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