Parthenope Quotes & Sayings

I trust no one, not even myself. — Joseph Stalin

Mantua gave me birth, Calabri snatched me away, now Parthenope holds me; I sang of shepherds, pastures, and heroes. -Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope, cecini pascua, rura, duces — Virgil

Grammar snobs are a distinct breed from their gentle cousins: word nerds and grammar geeks. The difference is bloodlust. — June Casagrande

A self-willed man obeys a different law, the one law I, too, hold absolutely sacred the human law in himself, his own individual will. — Bruce Lee

London is speared by the tube map of fashion zone: zone one is classic-edgy, zone two is edgy-dowdy while the counties do a classic, edgy, dowdy hotch potch - epitomised so beautifully by Kate Moss. — Tyne O'Connell

I do not quote my own movies. I think I would be pretty insufferable if I did. — Diablo Cody

I'm the Renee Zellweger now. Jewel is the me now. There is no more Jewel. — Ellen Pompeo

To serve as prime minister while being too mindful of the approval rating is like serving as a prime minister on a roller coaster. What is important, I believe, is that I really act on promises that I make and leave results. Leave a track record and show that to the Japanese public, who will, at the end of the day, I hope, appreciate it. — Shinzo Abe

It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out. — Laurence Sterne

The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful. — H.L. Mencken

If this Punic war was carried on without any effusion of blood, it was owing much less to the moderation than to the weakness of the contending prelates. — Edward Gibbon

Her hands reach out for intangible dreams as dust motes dance in the spectrum of light across one corner of the room. — Tracey-anne McCartney

When I was growing up, we spoke Egyptian, we ate Egyptian food, we had other Egyptian friends. It was my father's preference. — Leila Aboulela