Ecphantus Quotes & Sayings

My plans are still in embryo, a town on the edge of wishful thinking. — Groucho Marx

When we speak of power, we mean man's control over the minds and actions of other men. By political power we refer to the mutual relations of control among the holders of public authority and between the latter and the people at large. — Hans J. Morgenthau

Mary Alice (voiceover): Competition, it means different things to different people. But whether it's a friendly rivalry ... or a fight to the death ... the end result is the same. There will be winners ... and there will be losers. Of course, the trick is to know which battles to fight. You see, no victory comes without a price. — Mary Alice

I knew that if I woke up hung over, I couldn't do the best possible job on the show, so I had to quit. Also, I'd consumed a lot of beer for a lot of years, and I thought, That's enough. I've had my fun and I'm glad I quit. — David Letterman

Rock 'n' roll is not red carpets and MySpace friends, rock'n'roll is dangerous and should piss people off — Gerard Way

This excerpt is presented as reproduced by Copernicus in the preface to De Revolutionibus: "Some think that the earth remains at rest. But Philolaus the Pythagorean believes that, like the sun and moon, it revolves around the fire in an oblique circle. Heraclides of Pontus and Ecphantus the Pythagorean make the earth move, not in a progressive motion, but like a wheel in rotation from west to east around its own center." — Plutarch

When I cry it's not because of one thing, it's all the built up emotions that I've been trying to hold in for weeks — Tina J. Richardson

I remember very vividly what it's like to be a child. The adults you liked were the ones who listened to you when you spoke and gave you time to say what you wanted to say and actually listened, and quite often reacted as a result of what you'd said. — Rolf Harris