James Henry Breasted Quotes

By 3000 B.C. the art of Egypt was so ripe and so far advanced that it is surprising to find any student of early culture proposing that the crude contemporary art of the early Babylonians is the product of a civilization earlier than that of the Nile.

James Henry Breasted

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 27, 1865 - December 2, 1935

Topics

ArtCultureEarlyFindStudentNile

I find my readers to be very smart, and there is no reason to write dumb.

Amy Bloom

SmartFindDumbWriteReasonVery

When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.

Tom Landry

WinGameLearnYouLoseWant

I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me.

Rodney Dangerfield

GoodWifeMeLookingGoodnessKids

I have been unusually blessed in that I've been allowed to pursue two strands of a career that both delight me and seem to please the public.

Michael Palin

MeBlessedCareerDelightPursue

In the Roman world, and in the worlds around it that Romans sought to subdue and control, the gods were merciless, frivolous, prone to set traps for humans, and largely indifferent to the unprivileged bulk of humankind, who in any case did not expect their fate in the afterworld to be any better than it had been on earth.

Michael Korda

ControlWorldFateBetterEarthSet

In my experience, it's not just that serious books get a hearing on comedy shows. But serious books get a serious hearing, as well as a funny one, on comedy shows.

Michael Mandelbaum

FunnyExperienceComedySeriousWell

I did photograph Angelina Jolie up in Vancouver when she was making 'Life Or Something Like It', and they gave me the drawings they wanted me to photograph of her up there, but she didn't really care for them that much, and ultimately they weren't even used.

Douglas Kirkland

LifeMeCareSheUpPhotograph

Some people are just quiet - they don't need to be talking all the time and aren't extroverted, but they're not necessarily afraid to talk. I'm not really a shy person.

Chirlane McCray

TimePeopleTalkingQuietPerson

The more violent the storm, the quicker it passes.

Paulo Coelho

StormMoreViolentQuickerPasses

I've now met, I would say, almost every single one of my rock idols. I feel like I should just drive off a cliff now.

Tim Schafer

DriveFeelNowSayRockSingle

We don't always know what we're doing. We often just get excited, put something down, and say, 'Oh, neat'.

Tina Weymouth

DoingDownKnowSayAlwaysExcited

The natural phenomenon of the universe is so mind-blowing, but you have to know about it. You have to be curious. You've got to find it on your own. If you're lucky, you do.

Richard Linklater

CuriousUniverseYouFindKnowOwn

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