Jacere Latin Quotes & Sayings

We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century. — Mitch McConnell

He could do this. He'd survived boot camp. He'd survived combat and the harsh weather of Afghanistan. He could survive broccoli. Probably. — Shannon Stacey

We don't want to swim against cosmic currents, do we? — Stefan Emunds

Yellow leaves hang on your tree of life. The messengers of death are waiting. You are going to travel far away. Have you any provisions for the journey? — Anonymous

J, n. A consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel ... from a Latin verb, "jacere", "to throw," because when a stone is thrown at a dog the dog's tail assumes that shape. — Ambrose Bierce

Start here & go until you die, he said. What's so complicated about that? — Brian Andreas

America has the power, but not the will to fight terrorism. The terrorists have the will, but not the power to fight America, but all that could change with time. — Isser Harel

When people were afraid, they did not always do what they knew to be right. They turned away. They closed their eyes. They said, Tomorrow. Tomorrow, perhaps, I'll do something about it. And they said that until they died. — Lauren Oliver

A bold act requires a high degree of confidence. People who are the targets of an audacious act, or who witness it, cannot help but believe that such confidence is real and justified. They respond instinctively by backing up, by getting out of the way, or by following the confident person. A bold act can put people on their heels and eliminate obstacles. In this way, it creates its own favorable circumstances. — Robert Greene

Enthusiasm just creates bubbles; it doesn't keep them from popping. — Adora Svitak

There were people who said the Society of Cincinnati in the American revolution, of which George Washington was one of the shining lights, was a branch of the Illuminati. — Carroll Quigley

There was no absence of lips, there were two children, But their bones showed, and the moon smiled. — Sylvia Plath