Massinissa Et Scipion Quotes & Sayings

There is a new venue for theory, necessarily impure, where it emerges in and as the very event of cultural translation. This is not the displacement of theory by historicism, nor a simple historicization of theory that exposes the contingent limits of its more generalizable claims. — Judith Butler

And although she'd glibly remarked that you couldn't stand still, was this actually true or was it a hollow axiom as false and misleading as any other trite saying? Why should one not stand still? If the position in which one found oneself standing was a satisfactory and comfortable one? She felt no need, no need at all to move on from being Mma Ramotswe of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, wife that great mechanic, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni. — Alexander McCall Smith

Now, whoever has courage and a strong and collected spirit in his breast, let him come forward, lace on the gloves and put up his hands. (5.363-364) — Virgil

But I'm worse. I'm a child playing dress-up, who can't even recognize herself under her own costume. — Stephanie Perkins

At one time I say to myself: "Surely not! The little prince shuts his flower under her glass globe every night, and he watches over his sheep very carefully ... " Then I am happy. And there is sweetness in the laughter of all the stars. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Oh yeah, I'm an Essex boy and proud of it. — Ross Kemp

I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas. — Zubin Mehta

Sometimes the best way to find out what you're supposed to do is by doing the thing you're not supposed to do. — Gayle Forman

My whole family likes to play basketball. George II plays for his high school team and George III and George IV and George V are going to be good players. One day we're going to have a team and call it Georgetown. — George Foreman

One day as I sat musing, sad and lonely without a friend, a voice came to me from out of the gloom saying, 'Cheer up. Things could be worse.' So I cheered up and sure enough - things got worse. — Joan Howard Maurer

What I can't understand is, how can anybody figure now that the government can support us, when we support the government. — Rose Wilder Lane

We love wealth, and we hate poor people. I know people who work in TV news who have actually been told to do stand-ups rather than put interviews with poor people on the air. We physically don't want to look at them. — Matt Taibbi