Tyrian Got Quotes & Sayings

Twice ten fat oxen to the ships she sends; Besides a hundred boars, a hundred lambs, With bleating cries, attend their milky dams; And jars of gen'rous wine and spacious bowls She gives, to cheer the sailors' drooping souls. Now purple hangings clothe the palace walls, And sumptuous feasts are made in splendid halls: On Tyrian carpets, richly wrought, they dine; With loads of massy plate the sideboards shine, And antique vases, all of gold embossed (The gold itself inferior to the cost), Of curious work, where on the sides were seen The fights and figures of illustrious men, From their first founder to the present queen. — Virgil

There was about all the Romans a heroic tone peculiar to ancient life. Their virtues were great and noble, and these virtues madethem great and noble. They possessed a natural majesty that was not put on and taken off at pleasure, as was that of certain eastern monarchs when they put on or took off their garments of Tyrian dye. It is hoped that this is not wholly lost from the world, although the sense of earthly vanity inculcated by Christianity may have swallowed it up in humility. — Herman Melville

When Philip relived that day in his nightmares, and woke up sweating and screaming in the dark, he would always be able to calm himself, and eventually relax into sleep again, by bringing to mind that final tableau, and the way the screaming and the wounds had been swept aside by the unarmed man with the cross. — Ken Follett

Einstein said, "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence." Curiosity's reason for existing is not simply to be a tool used in acquiring knowledge; it reminds us that we're alive. Researchers are finding evidence that curiosity is correlated with creativity, intelligence, improved learning and memory, and problem solving. — Brene Brown

I've always been afraid that somewhere, future time travelers flip through our mirrors as if they were t.v. screens, catching our most awkward and personal moments. — Fran Krause

Our plenteous streams a various race supply, The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye, The silver eel, in shining volumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales bedropp'd with gold, Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains, And pikes, the tyrants of the wat'ry plains. — Alexander Pope

I would love to do a play, but I don't know about musical theatre. I've never done anything like that. — Chandra West

An altered look about the hills;
A Tyrian light the village fills;
A wider sunrise in the dawn;
A deeper twilight on the lawn;
A print of a vermilion foot;
A purple finger on the slope;
A flippant fly upon the pane;
A spider at his trade again;
An added strut in chanticleer;
A flower expected everywhere ... — Emily Dickinson

Each recognized the fact that real commitment could be proven only through the passage of time. — Nicholas Sparks

Noooo," Cersei wailed, "Father help him, someone help him, my son, my son ... '
Tyrian found himself thinking of Robb Stark. My own wedding is looking much better in hindsight. — George R R Martin

Observe this dew-drenched rose of Tyrian gardens A rose today. But you will ask in vain Tomorrow what it is; and yesterday It was the dust, the sunshine, and the rains. — Christina Rossetti

I do want you," I say to him, my voice shaking. "I want you so much it scares me. — Tahereh Mafi

Just before opening his door, he tried to rearrange his dick so he could be a little more comfortable while he drove. The motion wasn't lost on Mary and she started to giggle and Bill turned red. He apologized as he got in the truck. "Sorry, I didn't mean to be so crude. This doesn't usually happen to me." She reached over and took his huge hand in hers. "Don't worry about it. If I had one of those, I'm sure I'd be doing the same thing right now. — Margery Ellen