Publilius Syrus Quotes

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Publilius Syrus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: roman
  • Birth: 85 BC - 43 BC

Topics

FearCourageHesitationAudacity

I'm a leader, not a dictator. I want to persuade people rather than threaten or control them.

Jeremy Corbyn

LeaderPeopleControlWantDictator

Tithing is a bad ceiling but an excellent floor.

John Ortberg

BadCeilingFloorExcellent

I think we're in good shape, but the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina is in some small way mitigated by the fact that we now have more people talking about it, thinking about it and working on it, so that we will be more vigilant and ready.

John Hickenlooper

GoodPeopleSmallThinkThinking

America really started to die when the Federal Reserve was founded, and it really started to die in 1971 when the gold backing was taken away from the dollar, and this currency with Ben Bernanke just printing up or counterfeiting as much money as he wants and destroying the economy is really destroying the economy.

Jeff Berwick

MoneyGoldAmericaDiePrintingUp

Do we settle on a regional team because we can go to its ballpark and see its games on television? Or do we choose a team as our favorite because it has an especially appealing player, a Barry Bonds or an Ichiro?

John Thorn

TeamChooseTelevisionGoSettle

With the exception of China, and perhaps Turkey, no country in the world matters as much to the United States as Mexico.

Stephen Kinzer

WorldCountryMattersMexicoChina

At 11, 12, I thought I was clumsy, ugly, a mess, an unappealing person, but I did have the gift of the gab. I had the school record at Haberdashers for consecutive detentions for simply speaking out of turn.

Simon Schama

SchoolUglyGiftThoughtPersonOut

When I was building robots in the early 1990s, the problems of voice recognition, image understanding, VOIP, even touchscreen technologies - these were robotics problems.

Colin Angle

BuildingVoiceProblemsUnderstanding

We've seen more reform in the last year than we've seen in decades, and we haven't spent a dime yet. It's staggering how the Recovery Act is driving change.

Arne Duncan

ChangeDrivingYearMoreRecovery

I've tried to keep myself out of bad situations, and if that means I'm a Goody Two-shoes, so be it.

Peyton Manning

MyselfBadOutKeepMeansTried

I got to learn to surf.

Sheryl Crow

LearnGotSurf

My big break was back in the third grade playing the third monkey in 'Horton Hears a Who.'

Sebastian Arcelus

BackMonkeyBreakBigPlayingWho

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