Vespasian Emperor Quotes & Sayings

The tragedy of human history is decreasing happiness in the midst of increasing comforts. — Chinmayananda Saraswati

The best team does not always win, it's the team that plays the best. — Rob Bell

I'm addicted to something at all times. Like, it's always music, but maybe sometimes it's a pair of pants or something else. That's just how my personality works. — Mac Miller

The primary factor that enables our government to peddle economic snake oil is the dollar's unique role as the world's reserve currency, and our creditors' willingness to preserve its status. By buying up dollars and loaning them back to us through Treasury debt, productive countries give American politicians cart blanche to play Santa Claus. — Peter Schiff

If a woman can by careful selection of a father, and nourishment of herself produce a citizen with efficient senses, sound organs and a good digestion, she should clearly be secured a sufficient reward for that natural service to make her willing to undertake and repeat it. Whether she be financed in the undertaking by herself, or by the father, of by a speculative capitalist, or by a new department of , say, the Royal Dublin Society, or (as at present) by the War Office maintaining her 'on the strength' and authority under a by-law directing that women may under certain circumstances have a year's leave of absence on full salary, or by the central government, does not matter provided the results be satisfactory. — George Bernard Shaw

The famous Apollonius being very early at Vespasian's gate, and finding him stirring, from thence conjectured that he was worthy to govern an empire, and said to his companion, This man surely will be emperor; he is so early. — Nicolas Caussin

Dear me, I believe I am becoming a god. An emperor ought at least to die on his feet. — Vespasian

I don't know what the exact physical dynamics are that cause a shower curtain to attach itself to your body when you turn on the water but, since my shower was surrounded on all sides by curtains, I turned on the water and became a vinyl, vacuum-sealed sheriff burrito. — Craig Johnson

One of the paradoxes of defensive programming is that during development, you'd like an error to be noticeable - you'd rather have it be obnoxious than risk overlooking it. But during production, you'd rather have the error be as unobtrusive as possible, to have the program recover or fail gracefully. — Steve McConnell

It becomes an emperor to die standing. — Titus Flavius Vespasian

Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them. — Paramahansa Yogananda

O Yes, I must sing, and so must you sing also. For all music is singing, and in music there is praise of life. — Kenneth Leighton

I need useful work to keep my mind occupied, but I'd like to find work where it's ... quieter. — Dean Koontz

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-violent structure of society. — Mahatma Gandhi

Paul Scholes and Gary Neville are the centrefolds of Man United — Dwight Yorke

Gratitude is where every positive attitude starts. — Michael Hyatt