Hypostyle Columns Quotes & Sayings

When we say that the ancestors of the Blacks, who today live mainly in Black Africa, were the first to invent mathematics, astronomy, the calendar, sciences in general, arts, religion, agriculture, social organization, medicine, writing, technique, architecture; that they were the first to erect buildings out of 6 million tons of stone (the Great Pyramid) as architects and engineers - not simply as unskilled laborers; that they built the immense temple of Karnak, that forest of columns with its famed hypostyle hall large enough to hold Notre-Dame and its towers; that they sculpted the first colossal statues (Colossi of Memnon, etc.) - when we say all that we are merely expressing the plain unvarnished truth that no one today can refute by arguments worthy of the name. — Cheikh Anta Diop

Black men of our day were never told, The sky's the limit ... We could aspire to Joe Louis but never Henry Ford. — Walter Mosley

What's done can't be undone. — William Shakespeare

This man was the pope, president, and god of dodging the topic. Too bad for him he was dealing with the queen, holy mother, and empress of seeing through a man's stream of shit. — Nicole Williams

The beagle and the kobold approached, walking out of the dusty distance. — Terry Pratchett

Do what you like and like what you do. — Life Is Good.

After 'Spelling Bee,' I started landing more jobs ... I got 'Candide' at New York City Opera. — Lauren Worsham

I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in French it means sadness. In Spanish it is tristeza, which is heavier than French sadness, more of a groan than a whisper. — Deborah Levy

Wherever there is light, there is shadow; wherever there is length, there is shortness; wherever there is white, there is black. Just like these, as the self-nature of things can not exist alone, they are called non-substantial. — Gautama Buddha

Susan B. Anthony must be turning in her grave if she knew that millions of women who have the right to vote are not exercising it. Why? Because they haven't got the interest or the time, or they have just given up hope. — Madeleine M. Kunin

Unhappy endings might seem more realistic than happy ones, but reality often contained a streak of fantasy that realism lacked. — Salman Rushdie

When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence. — Stephen Covey