Hadrian Of Rome Quotes & Sayings

You ever stop to think they can't rob you of knowledge? They can strip you and you've still got it. — Don King

Look at me. Home boy wore combat boots to the beach. I know you don't want to call that your boyfriend, I know you don't. — Lauren Conrad

The day will come when those knocking at the door will see it open; those who ask will receive; those who weep will be consoled. — Paulo Coelho

Whoever invented karaoke is evil. They should be shot between the eyes with a dull bullet. — Emma Chase

When friends come to Rome in early summer to visit me I like to take them to the Pantheon during thunderstorms and stand them beneath the opening of the feathery, perfectly proportioned dome as rain falls through the open roof against the marble floor and lightning scissors through the wild and roiled skies. The emperor Hadrian rebuilt the temple to honor gods no longer worshiped, but you can feel the brute passion in that ardor in the Pantheon's grand and harmonious shape. I think gods have rarely been worshiped so well. — Pat Conroy

Talent matters. Systems matter. Strategies matter. We can't just bring nice people together and think we're going to solve the world's problems. — Jeff Henderson

When you recklessly mine the depths of your imagination, universal truths are freed to surface. — Joshua Emmet

Overhead shone the great star of the constellation of Lyra, destined to be the polar star for men who will live tens of thousands of years after we have ceased to be. — Marguerite Yourcenar

This [9/11 event] was bloody-minded destruction for no other reason than to do it. Note that there was no claim for these attacks. There were no demands. There were no statements. It was a silent piece of terror. This was part of nothing. — Edward Said