Pliny the Elder Quotes

Our forefathers regarded as a prodigy the passage of the Alps: first by Hannibal and, more recently, by the Cimbri; but at the present day, these very mountains are cut asunder to yield us a thousand different marbles; promontories are thrown open to the sea; and the face of Nature is being everywhere reduced to a level.

Pliny the Elder

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

NatureSeaDayMountainsFaceFirst

I think my fans would probably be surprised to know I'm not insane - I'm not a crazy person in real life. I'm a pretty low-key dude. I like chilling at home and playing with my dog.

Jerry Trainor

LifeDogHomeCrazyThinkPerson

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.

Robert Southey

LifeWordsLiePracticeNothing

My season 2 'Good Wife' wrap gift was this deluxe package of Mortal Kombat. I played it for, like, two weeks straight.

Matt Czuchry

GoodWifeGiftGood WifeTwoSeason

I think there will always be a possibility that God doesn't exist because He is infinitude and into that infinitude must come that possibility.

John Tavener

GodThinkWillAlwaysExistMust

Criticism is, or ought to be, a judicious act.

Amitava Kumar

CriticismActOughtJudicious

Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.

Steven Wright

CuriosityCatSuspectWhile

A screenwriter heard me read from my novel 'The Wishbones' when it was still in progress and mentioned me to some producers in Hollywood. They called, and I told them I had a novel in my drawer about a high school election that goes haywire. They asked to take a look, and my life changed pretty dramatically as a result.

Tom Perrotta

LifeProgressSchoolMeHigh School

Figure skating is a bit dated - it's like that tweed jacket you pull out of the back of your closet from time to time, and I'm going to try to Chanel it up a little bit.

Johnny Weir

TimeYouBackSkatingTryJacket

My mother hid the struggle from us children. She complained about her salary, and she had a tough time. Although she became a headmistress, she still had to do a lot of sewing. The more I think about her, the more remarkable I realise she was. And she understood straight away when I said that I wanted to write.

Derek Walcott

MotherChildrenTimeStruggleThink

When I was little, I didn't know you got paid for acting. My parents put the money in the bank for me, but I just thought it was this fun thing that I was so excited to do. You got to be on the set and get a little bit of makeup and be on camera.

Chelan Simmons

MoneyFunParentsMeMakeupThought

From singing to acting to songwriting to mom to fashion designer! It's been quite an evolution.

Christina Milian

MomSingingFashionActingEvolution

Maybe it's our sins that give God consolation when he finally has to give us cancer.

Chuck Palahniuk

GodCancerUsGiveFinallyHe

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