Theodor Mommsen Quotes

The Phoenicians are entitled to be commemorated in history by the side of the Hellenic and Latin nations; but their case affords a fresh proof, and perhaps the strongest proof of all, that the development of national energies in antiquity was of a one-sided character.

Theodor Mommsen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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CharacterHistoryDevelopmentFresh

I often put any project I write in a different decade just to roll the thought around in my head. There's a thriller I've written that I think would be nice to set in the '70s or '80s, just to take cell phones away from the movie. There's nothing like the piercing ring of an old-school telephone to really scare an audience.

Joel Edgerton

ThinkThoughtBe NiceNiceNothing

I grew up pretty poor - not poor compared with people in India or Africa who are really poor, but poor enough so that the worry about money really cast a pall over your life a lot of the time.

Angus Deaton

LifeTimeMoneyPeopleWorryEnough

To me, NASA is kind of the magical kingdom. I was sort of a geek, and you go there, and there are just these wondrously strange things and people.

Mary Roach

PeopleMeYouNASAGoKind

Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories. It's about sharing. It's about honesty. It's about identity.

Louise Fresco

HonestyFoodIdentityEndTradition

'Socialist' is the nastiest thing you can say about an American politician in some quarters.

Jay McInerney

AmericanYouSayPoliticianSome

I would not ever try to be a show intellectual, which I was accused of doing a while on ABC. I thought you were supposed to read the guests' books.

Dick Cavett

ThoughtDoingYouIntellectualTry

We at BMW do not build cars as consumer objects, just to drive from A to B. We build mobile works of art.

Chris Bangle

ArtDriveBuildBMWMobileJust

The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.

Corazon Aquino

PowerLightSupportPeopleMedia

You can either allow social media to be helpful for you or it can be harmful. I like to let it be helpful.

Ciara

Social MediaMediaYouHelpfulLike

As the world continues its love affair with smartphones and tablets, mobile has become so essential to our lives that most people couldn't imagine life without it.

Peggy Johnson

LifeLovePeopleWorldBecomeMost

When you're 18, 19, you want to live fast and leave a beautiful corpse behind.

Shane Smith

LiveBeautifulYouFastWantLeave

I'm so tired of cell phones.

Thundercat

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