Metinis Quotes & Sayings

Now we see again, under the blue heavens where the larks are singing in the hot April sky, why the Romans called the Etruscans vicious. Even in their palmy days the Romans were not exactly saints. But they thought they ought to be. They hated the phallus and the ark, because they wanted empire and dominion and, above all, riches: social gain. You cannot dance gaily to the double flute and at the same time conquer nations or rake in large sums of money. Delenda est Carthago. To the greedy man, everybody that is in the way of its greed is vice incarnate. — D.H. Lawrence

It could be clearly proved that by a practical nullification [by the South] of the Fifteenth Amendment the Republicans have for several years been deprived of a majority in both the House and Senate. The failure of the South to faithfully observe the Fifteenth Amendment is the cause of the failure of all efforts towards complete pacification. It is on this hook that the bloody shirt now hangs. — Rutherford B. Hayes

There was no other sound in the world like a car crash. — Maggie Stiefvater

God, how did I get to this place where my friends sell themselves to keep me alive? — Kim Harrison

Food sacred to the manes or to the gods must be given to a man distinguished by sacred knowledge, for hands, smeared with blood, cannot be cleansed with blood. — Guru Nanak

If we are to understand anything of the human mind we must approach the people of the past with humility rather than an overconfident superiority. — Anthony Terence Quincey Stewart

I was too slow a mover to be a boxer. It was much easier to be a poet. — T. S. Eliot

I have often remarked that it is hardest of all to live with people who are untruthful and insincere. I can endure anything except that. — Leo Tolstoy

I love Kate Winslet, Rachel Weisz, Maggie Smith and Judi Dench as well. They're all wonderful and they're very inspiring. — Zoe Tapper