Publilius Syrus Quotes

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.

Publilius Syrus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FavorRefuse

Love me or hate me, Scary Spice is back.

Mel B

LoveHateMeLove MeBackSpice

I studied voice at Yale with Blake Stern from the music school, and he had me singing German lieder and Italian songs.

Michael Cerveris

MusicSchoolMeSingingVoiceSongs

We do a lot of light classical programming with that, too... obviously... a lot of Tchaikovsky music, Grieg, things like that which have become less classical with classical concerts.

Skitch Henderson

MusicLightBecomeProgrammingLike

Heritability pertains to the entirety of the genome, not to a single gene.

Steven Pinker

SingleGenomeEntiretyGene

I loved what I did. I remember cruel mothers who would pinch their children to make them cry in a scene, but my mother encircled me with affection.

Shirley Temple

MotherChildrenMeLovedRemember

Gay writers now have both a sense of history and the fables that allows them to dwell in the realms of the ridiculous and at the same time talk seriously about things.

Tony Kushner

HistoryTimeGayNowSeriouslyTalk

We have believed for many years, much earlier than anyone else was talking about this issue, that it was in the interest of China to evolve to a more flexible exchange rate system.

Rodrigo Rato

TalkingFlexibleMoreChinaEvolve

All stories come from the subconscious - which is why it doesn't make sense to over-plan.

Michelle Paver

WhySenseComeSubconsciousStories

I believe one can gauge a book's impact only after about 10 years.

Mohsin Hamid

BookBelieveImpactI BelieveYears

Even though David Pottruck has gone to this unbelievable career where he is a billionaire, there is always a new hurdle. He never sits there saying, 'I'm the best.'

Brian Kilmeade

BestSayingCareerNewNeverAlways

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

Alfred P. Sloan

MannersRightDiagnosisSubstitute

Many people think all I do is some random engineering work in between caving expeditions. It's been far more deliberate than that.

William Stone

WorkPeopleRandomThinkEngineering

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