Daedalus Greek Quotes & Sayings

They have sex. They do not have a sex. In their erotic lives, they are not required to act out their status in a category system - because there is no category system. There are no sexes to belong to, so sex between creatures is free to be between genuine individuals - not representatives of a category. They have sex. They do not have a sex. — John Stoltenberg

Today, Leslie writes at least a thousand words a day on DC Metro orange line trains. Most of them perish behind the delete button. — Leslie Welch

There were a great many other such tableaux. As Martial had predicted, bears featured prominently in most of them. A temple thief was made to reenact the role of the robber Laureolus, made famous by the ancient plays of Ennius and Naevius; he was nailed to a cross and then subjected to the attack of the bears. A freedman who had killed his former master was made to put on a Greek chlamys and go walking though a stage forest populated by cavorting satyrs and nymphs, like Orpheus lost in the woods; when one of the satyrs played a shrill tune on his pipes, the trees dispersed and the man was subject to an attack by bears. An arsonist was made to strap on wings in imitation of Daedalus, ascend a high platform, and then leap off; the wings actually carried him aloft for a short distance, a remarkable sight, until he plunged into an enclosure full of bears and was torn to pieces. — Steven Saylor

The most common sort of lie is that by which a man deceives himself: the deception of others is a relatively rare offense. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Oh, God, I don't know what's more difficult, life or the English language. — Jonathan Ames

We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done. — Theodore Roosevelt

You watch the news these days? It's unbelievable. You think you just walk out your door, you're immediately gonna be raped by some crack-addicted, AIDS-infected pitbull. — Bill Hicks

I'm not here to discuss the past ... I'm here to be positive. — Mark McGwire

All death reminds us that nothing is promised, only that life was worth it. — Shannon L. Alder

The horse's head whipped up and he reared straight into the air.
Colin ignored him and poured the oats. 'You look as if you're trying to fly,' he told the animal. 'I believe I'll name you after my former ship, the /Daedalus/. The ship was named after a Greek man who flew too close to the sun for comfort, but made it back to earth. — Eloisa James

When you have made as many mistakes as I have, then you can be as good as me. — Wolfgang Puck

Wise words are
sharper than
any sword — Elena Toledo