Theodor Mommsen Quotes

If it was in the interest of Rome to extend her conquests towards the East, and to enter on the inheritance of Alexander the Great there in all its extent, the circumstances were never more favourable for doing so than in the year 716.

Theodor Mommsen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GreatDoingYearRomeCircumstances

We are all wrong so often that it amazes me that we can have any conviction at all over the direction of things to come. But we must.

Jim Cramer

MeDirectionWrongOverConviction

If I was performing, I had no pain. But you can't stay on stage 24 hours a day.

Jerry Lewis

DayPainYouStageStayPerforming

True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

Jeremy Collier

CourageMindBraveResultTrue

The Truth, sometimes not sought for, comes forth to the light.

Menander

TruthLightSometimesForthSought

I don't read reviews, good or bad, just for my own sanity.

Max Winkler

GoodBadMy OwnOwnSanityJust

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.

John Steinbeck

MarriageJourneyControlThinkYou

We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn't build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves. We were the group of people who were going to judge whether it was great or not. We weren't going to go out and do market research. We just wanted to build the best thing we could build.

Steve Jobs

GreatBestPeopleResearchThinkGo

Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world, especially in my field.

Stephen Hawking

BestWorldCambridgeField

Every decade of my life I attempted to write a novel. But I had nothing to say. I was far too self-absorbed, and now I realize I was writing for others, so that they'd applaud me, see my genius, tell me how wonderful I am, or be jealous of my success.

Louise Penny

LifeSuccessI AmMeWritingGenius

I have been very lucky for most of my adult life to be working as an actor.

Josh Hopkins

LifeActorLuckyAdultWorkingBeen

The tech industry used to be home to a disproportionate number of misfits and weirdos. Geeks. Nerds. People who needed to know how machines worked: needed to take them apart, make them better, and put them back together again.

Jon Evans

HomeTogetherPeopleBetterBack

I used to be a great fan of doing crosswords. When you're fiddling around with anagrams, you get wonderful jumbles of syllables that become interesting.

Douglas Adams

GreatInterestingDoingYouBecome

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