Maccabean Quotes & Sayings

Cer sighed. "The bravado of you, Lucaius," he said, like a father disappointed in his son. "This
time will be different because you are in my land, at my mercy, and stripped of all defenses."
"You will make me blush. — Caroline Hanson

The Internet is the great highway of the modern communication, free and independent. — Katya Chamma

Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level. — Victor Garber

She walked like a woman who knew she had the world staring at her breasts. — Tarryn Fisher

I am enthusiastic.
I am endless. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In the modern era, Jewish sovereignty over the land of our ancestors is a relatively short phenomenon. From the time of the successful Maccabean revolt to the Roman annexation in 63 BC constitutes about 100 years of Jewish rule. Combined with Israel's independence in 1948, this is about 160 years of effective sovereignty. — Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

In 1891 the Brazilian Minister of Finance decreed the abolition of history; he ordered the destruction of every document which dealt in any way with slavery or the slave trade; a nation-wide burning of the books. — Manu Herbstein

O People of the Book (Jews and Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in your religion, and attribute to God nothing except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was only a Messenger of God, and His command that He conveyed unto Mary, and a spirit from Him. So believe in God and in His Messengers, and do not say: 'God is a Trinity.' Give up this assertion; it would be better for you. For God is indeed (the only) One God. Far be it from His glory that He should have a son. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth. And God is sufficient for a guardian." (Quran 4:171) — Qur'an

Now I become death destroyer of worlds — Ronald McDonald

Bird life aplenty is found in the sunny air, not all of it significant. — Homer

Kaname: Ichijou ... about Aido ...
Ichijou: Hmmm?
Kaname: He's beginning to get on my nerves ...
Ichijou: Well, he's in love with you. — Matsuri Hino

Lymond's behaviour, as always, went to the limits of polite usage and then hurtled off into space. — Dorothy Dunnett

It has been finely said that if Judaism as a religion had perished under Antiochus, the seed-bed of Christianity would have been lacking; and thus the blood of the Maccabean martyrs, who saved Judaism, ultimately became the seed of the Church. Therefore as not only Christendom but also Islam derive their monotheism from a Jewish source, it may well be that the world to-day owes the very existence of monotheism both in the East and in the West to the Maccabees. — Bertrand Russell

Yeah - im a drama queen, but im the best damn thing that your eyes have ever seen. — Avril Lavigne

For women, beauty is more important than the mind, because the man is easier to watch than to think. — Marlene Dietrich

A product is only as good as the process it passed through. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha