Theodor Mommsen Quotes

During the most flourishing times of Sidon and Tyre, the land of the Phoenicians was a perpetual apple of contention between the powers that ruled on the Euphrates and on the Nile, and was subject sometimes to the Assyrians, sometimes to the Egyptians.

Theodor Mommsen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

AppleSometimesLandNileBetween

Forty to 60 I would say is your prime. That's when you know the most, you've seen the most, you understand the most, and you still have some physical energy.

Jerry Seinfeld

EnergyYouKnowSayUnderstandSeen

If I had a good scream, like Frank Black, I'd be doing punk music, 'cos I love that.

John Grant

LoveGoodMusicBlackDoingPunk

I've been to China and Russia, and I don't know anything about Chinese or Soviet relations.

Matt Stone

KnowRussiaAnythingChinaSoviet

I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.

Sugar Ray Leonard

BestThinkHurtBoxingBecomeOut

I think ever since I started to read, there have been favorite novels for different stages of my life. And one is never bumped out of place to yield to another. Instead, I just add to my favorite shelves.

Robin Hobb

LifeThinkMy LifePlaceNeverOut

I think that when you talk to people about Monopoly, they love talking about their memories associated with it. And for me, I'm the same way. I mean, when I think about Monopoly, I think of my family playing at the holidays.

Mary Pilon

FamilyLoveMemoriesPeopleMeYou

All the events you have experienced in your lifetime up to this moment have been created by your thoughts and beliefs you have held in the past. They were created by the thoughts and words you used yesterday, last week, last month, last year, 10, 20, 30, 40, or more years ago, depending on how old you are.

Louise L. Hay

MomentPastWordsThoughtsYearYou

The first thing I learned was the 'St Louis Blues' when I was eight. Both my grandmothers, my mother and uncle played the piano. This was post-war Britain, and they played boogie woogie and blues, which was the underground music of the time.

Jools Holland

MotherMusicTimeUncleBluesFirst

I have a problem with a lot of men's fragrances because they are very strong. Somebody somewhere thinks that masculine means powerful smells, and I find them overbearing and not very pleasant.

Clive Owen

MenStrongProblemPowerfulFind

I'm not a hunter.

Chuck Norris

Hunter

Until fighting ends and there are conditions, which allow the free expression of will by the people, there can be no elections and elections are not held in these circumstances anywhere in the world.

Aslan Maskhadov

PeopleWorldFreeFightingWill

With stand-up, it doesn't matter who you are. If the audience claps because they love your movies, that clapping stops after five seconds, and then it's your job to make them laugh.

Aubrey Plaza

LoveJobLaughYouMoviesMatter

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