Quintilian Quotes

For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.

Quintilian

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ManBetterBornNeighborDumbGifts

No, we have our ups and downs, but we're all very up at the moment.

John Deacon

MomentUps And DownsUpOurVery

Pure mathematicians just love to try unsolved problems - they love a challenge.

Andrew Wiles

LoveChallengeProblemsTryPure

Playing Marcia was a double-edged sword; it always will be whenever you play a character like that. You will be known as that character forever.

Maureen McCormick

CharacterYouSwordPlayWillLike

I think comics should test people, I think it's our job to go too far. That way we know as a society what too far is. Where else are you going to hear it?

Jeff Ross

JobPeopleSocietyThinkYouKnow

To me, politics is a pile of tricks.

Tracy Morgan

PoliticsMePileTricks

All you need do is listen to very smart people and sift out the ideas that are unworthy or implausible, and I wouldn't pretend for a moment that I hadn't made lots of mistakes and there are companies, perhaps, that we had been investors in.

Michael Moritz

MomentMistakesSmartPeopleIdeas

I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play.

Lou Reed

LovePlayWayCherryThoseGuys

I always liked the guys who lasted a long time in the match and had endurance. People like Ric Flair going an hour at the 1992 Rumble, or Shawn Michaels and the British Bulldog being one and two in 1995 and both lasting until the end.

Dean Ambrose

TimePeopleEndLongEnduranceTwo

If I'm not getting older and more mature at 31, then something's wrong.

Allen Iverson

Getting OlderWrongMatureMoreThen

In my mind, I still think - and wish - that I'm going to be a journalist or a writer. That's been my dream job my entire life.

Pilou Asbaek

LifeJobMindThinkWishDream

I live in Juicy Couture sweats and a pair of Uggs.

Peggy Lipton

LivePairCoutureSweatsJuicy

From when I was a kid, I was always very quiet within myself, I was never attention-hungry.

Thundercat

MyselfQuietNeverKidWithinVery

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