Theodor Mommsen Quotes

The Dalmatian tribes and the Pannonians, at least of the region of the Save, for a short time obeyed the Roman governors; but they bore the new rule with an ever increasing grudge, above all on account of the taxes, to which they were unaccustomed, and which were relentlessly exacted.

Theodor Mommsen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: November 30, 1817 - November 1, 1903

Topics

TimeShortNewTaxesRuleAbove

I don't mind the term 'feminist.'

Jenny Mollen

MindFeministTerm

What the heck is true love? I remember feeling, back when I was 12 and 'going' with this girl, 'Is this true love?'

Matthew McConaughey

LoveGirlTrue LoveRememberBack

For me, it's always been about a mix of hip-hop, acoustic singer/songwriters, and piano rock. I pull all those together. Each song may lean more heavily on one than the other, but they all have all three pieces.

Andy Grammer

TogetherMeSongThreeHip-HopRock

What makes a great golf course is continuity and variety: right-to-left holes, left-to-right holes.

Amy Alcott

GreatGolfVarietyCourseContinuity

I firmly believe that the best way to stimulate our economy and create jobs is to let hard-working Americans keep more of their money - after all, the money belongs to them, not to Washington.

Rob Bishop

BestMoneyBelieveCreateWashington

If you want a machine to be able to interact with people, it better not do things that are surprising to people.

Rodney Brooks

PeopleBetterYouWantThingsAble

I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me.

Rosanna Arquette

LoveMusicSadGreatMeMusicians

I took a couple of creative writing classes with Joyce Carol Oates at Princeton University, and in my senior year there, I took a long fiction workshop with Toni Morrison. I fell in love with it.

Mohsin Hamid

LoveCreativeWritingYearLong

I've always been a fiction filmmaker and I've been heading in the direction of fiction filmmaking, doing documentaries along the way.

Lucy Walker

DirectionDoingFilmmakingWayBeen

My mother was really my partner in every project that I had. She was just the great enabler of my dreams.

Diane Keaton

MotherDreamsGreatPartnerSheHad

I love the right words. I think economy and precision of language are important.

Chelsea Clinton

LoveWordsThinkLanguageImportant

Sky and clouds and trees and little figures relaxing in the perfect rural rhythm of their surroundings: these are the staples of a Gainsborough landscape.

Arthur Smith

SkyCloudsTreesLandscapePerfect

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