Triremes Quotes & Sayings

triremes with a half deck for carrying full sail and more sailors — Christian Cameron

The American military generally counts on a kill ratio of 10 to 1 when fighting lightly armed insurgents: for every dead American, there are probably 10 dead enemy. — Sebastian Junger

For me, the live show is sort of the ultimate expression of this journey that I've been on. — Jonathan Coulton

I think you're freaked about what happened at Cambridge. I think it scared you."
"I've been through worse, Bex," I said, joining her on the lower stairs. "Way worse."
"Oh, not the attack." Bex raised her finger in contradiction. "What happened before the attack. I think you saw the future. Which is kind of freaky when - two months ago - you didn't think you were going to have one. — Ally Carter

Each of our temples is an expression of our testimony that life beyond the grave is as real and as certain as is our life here on earth. — Thomas S. Monson

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth. — John Jay Chapman

Yes," said the skull. "Quit while you're a head, that's what I say. — Terry Pratchett

When you play a character, you bring yourself into the character. You get a chance to shine and show your translation for the character and her state of mind. — Gal Gadot

When you're a combat pilot, you believe you're the best in the air. If you do, you're not cocky, you're combat-ready. If you don't, you'd better find another line of work. — John Glenn

Don't let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action. — Jim Rohn

Stigmata, she said as tonguelessly as possible, and laughed. — Lauren Groff

I couldn't help wondering where porpoises had learned this game of running on the bows of ships. Porpoises have been swimming in the oceans for seven to ten million years, but they've had human ships to play with for only the last few thousand. Yet nearly all porpoises, in every ocean, catch rides for fun from passing ships; and they were doing it on the bows of Greek triremes and prehistoric Tahitian canoes, as soon as those seacraft appeared. What did they do for fun before ships were invented?
Ken Norris made a field observation one day that suggests the answer. He saw a humpback whale hurrying along the coast of the island of Hawaii, unavoidably making a wave in front of itself; playing in that bow wave was a flock of bottlenose porpoises. The whale didn't seem to be enjoying it much: Ken said it looked like a horse being bothered by flies around its head; however, there was nothing much the whale could do about it, and the porpoises were having a fun time. — Karen Pryor

By the close of 2015, the queen had visited 128 countries. Her most popular destination was Canada (27 visits), followed by Australia (18 visits). When asked to explain her desire to explore, Elizabeth reportedly had a simple yet logical explanation. "I have to be seen to be believed. — The Editors Of LIFE

Things can get so hectic sometimes that we forget to stop and enjoy life, live a little. — Lisa Mondello

A woman is just a script, but a cigar is a motion picture. — Samuel Fuller