Propius Quotes & Sayings

Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men.
[Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem hominibus dando.] — Marcus Tullius Cicero

The company's most urgent task is to learn to welcome, beg for, demand - innovation from everyone. — Tom Peters

Never point a gun at anything you aren't sure you want dead. — Jim Butcher

Synergy does not mean giving up what we want. It means joining to co-create so each is able to receive ever more of what attracts us through joining rather than opposing. — Barbara Marx Hubbard

The amount of culture going on in a small country like Israel is amazing. — Zubin Mehta

Whatever," Bruiser grumbled. "You look like Fabio." "Thank you," Drew said through a flattered smile. The dick. — T.S. Joyce

A poem by Rudyard Kipling says derisively of people who despise soldiers and police that they make 'mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep.' You are likely to have a strong reaction pro or con to this sentiment and how Kipling expressed it, but you will not be able to defend your view with arguments that would convince someone who has the opposite reaction. If you are intellectually sophisticated you mare recognize that your conviction, however strong, cannot be shown to be 'right,' but at most reasonable. Yet that recognition will not weaken the strength of your conviction or its influence on your behavior." 105-06 (quoting Rudyard Kipling, Tommy.) — Richard A. Posner

It is good to think; but to think in a right way, that is great! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Anyway, to maintain the right perspective, sweetie, we always should be at risk of failure, the possibility of making wrong choices. — Dean Koontz

When I've written episodes of 'Doctor Who', when it comes to the monster chasing somebody, it's the Doctor and the companion, running down the corridor, being chased by a guy with a stick and a tennis ball on the end. Whereas, when I see the rushes of 'Being Human', we're actually looking at the werewolf, and it just looks real. — Donald Sumpter

How do you tell if someone is alive? You check for breathing. — Markus Zusak

I am the passenger, I stay under glass. I look through my window so bright, I see the stars come out tonight. I see the bright and hollow sky, over the city's ripped backsides and everything looks good tonight. — Iggy Pop

You get to the point where your demons, which are terrifying, get smaller and smaller and you get bigger and bigger. — August Wilson

I've lived in a flat in Westminster in London for over 20 years; and I also have a house in the country, down in Somerset, so I have the best of both worlds. — Marti Webb

Thou oughtest to know, since thou livest near the gods.
[Lat., Scire, deos quoniam propius contingis, oportet.] — Horace

I would like to think of myself as an artist...excluding the part where he bows before an audience. There are no appreciations for killings. — Abhik Chatterjee

Oh, there you are, you odious little prawn... — Alan Bradley