Accius Quotes & Sayings

The habit of expression leads to the search for something to express. Something remains as a residuum of the commonplace itself, if one strikes out every commonplace in the expression. — Henry Adams

Don't base your decision on the opinions of those who don't want to see you grow. — Yvonne Pierre

Because life's dictates did not allow for quick and easy distinctions between right and wrong or good and bad. Choices were made between shades of gray, and there was healing and harm to be weighed on both sides of each. — Terry Brooks

A man can dignify his rank; no rank Can dignify a man. — Lucius Accius

Adventures are funny things.
Some streak down upon you like a storm.
Others emerge after many years have passed and something forgotten is revealed.
They can be discovered on a dusty bookshelf or the yellowed pages of an ancient map.
They promise great reward, but no adventure is without risk. — Wayne Thomas Batson

Let them hate so long as they fear. — Lucius Accius

Many, whose hearts are conquered by acute spite, roll out balanced tales from their own heart, which do not balance when you weigh words against deeds. — Lucius Accius

My father taught me that only through self-discipline can you achieve freedom. Pour water in a cup and you can drink; without the cup, the water would splash all over. The cup is discipline. — Ricardo Montalban

I feel like the world stopped. And I got off ... and then it started spinning again, but too fast for me to hop back on. I feel like I'm still trying to get a ... to get some kind of foothold on living — Jacqueline Woodson

I'm a voracious reader, and I love to throw myself into it. — Owain Yeoman

Let it go and learn from the process. — Nash

Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. — Lucius Accius

Let people hate you so long as they fear you. — Lucius Accius

Michael Winterbottom is one of the great directors of this century. — Denis O'Hare

I love New York City for its energy. Pebble Beach, Carmel Beach and that all area, for its completely laid back energy. Paris for the charm, shopping and the glamour. — Eva LaRue

My life and career is my own adventure. — Dario Argento

A book is so soon made, costs so little, and may go so far! Why should we surprised that all human thought flows that way? — Victor Hugo

Thinking is the soul speaking to itself. — Rebecca Goldstein

A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death. — Lucius Accius

It is unquestionably true that the investment companies have their money more conventionally invested than we do. To many people conventionality is indistinguishable from conservatism. In my view, this represents erroneous thinking. Neither a conventional nor an unconventional approach, per se, is conservative. — Warren Buffett

Not at all do I trust augurs, who enrich the ears of others, so that they can enrich their own homes with gold. — Lucius Accius

Is demum miser est, cuius nobilitas miserias nobilitat. Unhappy is he whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. Lucius Accius, Telephus — Robert Galbraith

Propaganda is as powerful as heroin; it surreptitiously dissolves all capacity to think. — Gil Courtemanche