Philip 2 Of Macedon Quotes & Sayings

Ironically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new technology. There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product. — Alan Cooper

Of what violences, murders, depredations, have not the epic poets, from all antiquity, been the occasion, by propagating false honor, false glory, and false religion? — Samuel Richardson

That the Roman empire was, like all its predecessors, a form of extortion by force, an enriching of well-connected Romans (who "make a desolation and call it peace") at the expense of hapless conquered peoples, would also not have carried much weight with most readers. Hadn't Philip of Macedon's first conquest been the seizure of the Balkan gold mines? Hadn't Alexander's last planned campaign been for the sake of controlling the lucrative Arabian spice trade? How could anyone demur over such things? What would be the point of holding out against the nature of man and of the universe itself? Augustus set up in the midst of the Roman Forum a statue of himself that loomed eleven times the size of a normal man,10 and similarly awesome statues were erected in central shrines throughout the empire. Augustus was not a normal man; he was a god, deserving of worship. And, like all gods, he was terrifying. — Thomas Cahill

My father wanted us to be inspired by our great hero, but in a manner fit for our times - with pens, not swords. Just as Khattak had wanted the Pashtuns to unite against a foreign enemy, so we needed to unite against ignorance. — Malala Yousafzai

If you don't want it bad enough to risk losing it- you don't want it bad enough. — Tom Krause

Tana would sit near the door to the basement with fingers in her ears, tears and snot running down her face as she cried and cried and cried. And little Pearl would toddle up, crying, too. They cried while they ate their cereal, cried while they watched cartoons, and cried themselves to sleep at night, huddled together in Tana's little bed. 'Make her stop' Pearl said, but Tana couldn't. — Holly Black

Every treasure is guarded by dragons. That's how you can tell it's valuable. — Saul Bellow

Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad. — James Beattie

My boy, you must find a kingdom big enough for your ambitions. Macedon is too small for you. — Philip II Of Macedon

There is no wall that is high enough to stop a horse with a cart filled with gold. — Philip II Of Macedon

My son ask for thyself another Kingdom, for that which I leave is too small for thee — Philip II Of Macedon

Perish any man who suspects that these men either did or suffered anything unseemly. — Philip II Of Macedon