Epicureans Quotes & Sayings

He belonged to the new breed of male epicureans who viewed cooking as a competitive sport, and pursued it with the same avidity that others had for fly-fishing or golf, with the attendant fetishization of the associated gadgetry and equipment. He — Jay McInerney

He who seeks fame by the practice of virtue asks only for what he deserves. — Luc De Clapiers

All this care for the world, we must believe, is taken by the Gods without any act of will or labor. As bodies which possess some power produce their effects by merely existing: e.g. the sun gives light and heat by merely existing; so, and far more so, the providence of the Gods acts without effort to itself and for the good of the objects of its forethought. This solves the problems of the Epicureans , who argue that what is divine neither has trouble itself nor gives trouble to others. — Sallust

I try not to go around looking like a hag. — Dolly Parton

Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts has got to have Ted Kennedy rolling over in his grave, spilling his drink. — Ann Coulter

It is often said that the divided condition of Christendom is an evil, and so it is. But the evil consists in the existence of the errors which cause the divisions and not at all in the recognition of those errors when once they exist. — J. Gresham Machen

I think about work 24 hours a day. But when you fly a helicopter, for that hour or two you can't think about anything else. — Ryan Kavanaugh

I realize in this moment that all my life I've felt that I deserve to be punished, for wanting so much, for taking so much from this world, from the people who love me. — Claire Bidwell Smith

His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools
the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans
and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, 'You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink. — Terry Pratchett

Heresy is a word which, when it is used without passion, signifies a private opinion. So the different sects of the old philosophers, Academians, Peripatetics, Epicureans, Stoics, &c., were called heresies. — Thomas Hobbes

A mother has far greater influence on her children than anyone else, and she must realize that every word she speaks, every act, every response, her attitude, even her appearance and manner of dress affect the lives of her children and the whole family. It is while the child is in the home that he gains from his mother the attitudes, hopes, and beliefs that will determine the kind of life he will live and the contribution he will make to society. — N. Eldon Tanner

There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined. — Georg Buchner

The Epicureans, according to whom animals had no creation, doe suppose that by mutation of one into another, they were first made; for they are the substantial part of the world; like as Anaxagoras and Euripides affirme in these tearmes: nothing dieth, but in changing as they doe one for another they show sundry formes. — Plutarch

War is sweet for those who haven't experienced it. — Pindar

I never felt any different from anyone else though. — Louise Brown

The cynic is goodhearted beneath his facade, whereas the sentimentalist is flint-hearted beneath his. — Sydney J. Harris

You have to know how to read your lie and take a calculated risk when you hit out of the rough. — Ernie Els

Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force — Jenny Holzer

With the Epicureans it was never science for the sake of science but always science for the sake of human happiness. — Epicurus

In the third section, you proceed to turn us into modest and peace-loving Epicureans. — Martin Luther

It's elevating and humbling at the same time. Running along a beach at sunrise with no other footprints in the sand, you realize the vastness of creation, your own insignificant space in the plan, how tiny you really are, your own creatureliness and how much you owe to the supreme body, the God that brought all this beauty and harmony into being. — Marion Irvine

Once you become an immigrant, the first thing that is taken from you is the opportunity to talk about politics and to talk about yourself as a political being. — Tania Bruguera