Sesterces Quotes & Sayings

... Keep your magic to yourself, missy."
"Like I'd want my magic mixing with yours anyway. — Devon Monk

People in real life cuss God out when they're angry. That's all real. — Amber Tamblyn

You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist. — Azar Nafisi

Whereas I would argue that style is morality: morality detailed, configured, intensified. It's not in the mere narrative arrangement of good and bad that morality makes itself felt. It can be there in every sentence — Martin Amis

If I'm with a group of people, I'm okay, but actually I'm quite a nervous person if I'm just one-to-one with somebody. — Jenna-Louise Coleman

peace and good cheer on festive days. It was voted further that any member who moves from one place to another [at a banquet] so as to cause a disturbance shall be fined 4 sesterces. Any member, moreover, who speaks abusively of another or causes an uproar shall be fined 12 sesterces. Any member who uses abusive or insolent language to a president at a banquet shall be fined 20 sesterces. . . . From the excavations at Ostia we get a good idea of what the headquarters of a rich society — Lionel Casson

True success is obeying God. — John C. Maxwell

A little common sense, goodwill, and a tiny dose of unselfishness could make this goodly earth into an earthly paradise. — Richard Aldington

Illuminated by the gospel, we now perceive and enjoy God's truth, goodness, and beauty - whether it's in the blazing sun of the inspired Word of God, in the moonlight of creation, or in the starlight of great books. — Tony Reinke

That's what I love about you. You're a freak. Like me. — Shane Kuhn

I was merely cursing, under my breath, God and man, under my breath, and the wet Saturday afternoon of my conception. — Samuel Beckett

I question what emotion Manilow touches. People are entertained by him. But are they emotionally moved? I don't believe anything that Barry Manilow sings. — Paul Simon

It's exciting to see a kid at a rehearsal meeting with someone who seems like such an icon. — Michael Ritchie

Pliny, writing in 75 CE, complained that there was 'no year in which India does not drain our Empire of at least fifty five million sesterces'.25 In fact, trade with Rome peaked in the latter half of the first century CE during the reign of Tiberius, which is substantiated by the large share of the coins of Augustus and Tiberius among all the Roman coins found in India.26 — Kanakalatha Mukund

Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there. — Carlos Santana

The whole sky was the color of her skin. — Rainbow Rowell

Your memories from your early childhood seem to have such purchase on your emotions. They are so concrete. — Dana Spiotta