Carroll Quigley Quotes

The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater, and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to that area, and especially to Spain.

Carroll Quigley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 9, 1910 - January 3, 1977

Topics

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Show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants on.

Joe E. Lewis

ManMeFeetYouPantsGround

I like my life. I've had a good life. I think the reason is my parents taught me that life is a burden. But if you take it one day at a time, it's an easy burden.

Andrew Young

LifeGoodTimeDayParentsMe

The more you live, the better writer you are.

Meg Rosoff

LiveBetterYouMoreWriter

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men.

John Stuart Mill

GodMenNameIndividualityWillMay

I have a fondness for historical fiction, something wondrous like 'Wolf Hall,' but I'll read most anything as long as the story grabs my mind or my heart, and preferably both. You would be hard pressed, however, to find science fiction on my shelves.

Sue Monk Kidd

HeartScienceMindStoryWolfYou

Controversy seems to be a by-product of what I do, rather like offence is the by-product of a dog urinating on the pavement. It just happens.

Stewart Lee

DogSeemsControversyJustHappens

I never take advice from anyone more messed up than I am.

Tom Hopkins

I AmAdviceMessed UpMoreNeverUp

As soon as I feel people are talking too much about my character, it's time to leave.

Chris Noth

CharacterTimePeopleFeelTalking

I'm such a lover of music that it would be very hard for me to pinpoint it to a particular artist.

Bobby Sherman

MusicMeArtistHardWouldLover

Law is mind without reason.

Aristotle

MindLawReasonWithout

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

LifeStrengthCharacterFightStrong

Most writers live in self-imposed exile, even when they don't leave their country. They prefer the undiscovered country inside their own heads.

Anthony McCarten

LiveCountryInsideLeaveOwnEven

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