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latin issues use
The term power comes from the Latin posse- to do, to be able, to change, to influence or effect. To have power is to possess the capacity to control or direct change. All forms of leadership must make use of power. The central issue of power in leadership is not Will it be used? But rather Will it be used wisely and well? Al Gini
latin blow america
My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear of ulcers in Latin America. Desi Arnaz
latin book soul
How entirely does the Upanishad breathe throughout the holy spirit of the Vedas! How is every one who by a diligent study of its Persian Latin has become familiar with that incomparable book stirred by that spirit to the very depth of his Soul ! Arthur Schopenhauer
latin believe doe
That which I have set out in Latin is not my words but the words of God and of apostles and prophets, who of course have never lied. He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken. Saint Patrick
latin poet satire
Satire is, indeed, the only sort of composition in which the Latin poets whose works have come down to us were not mere imitators of foreign models; and it is therefore the sort of composition in which they have never been excelled. Thomas B. Macaulay
latin book years
In the modern languages there was not, six hundred years ago, a single volume which is now read. The library of our profound scholar must have consisted entirely of Latin books.
latin philosophy civilization
I wanted to get the most broad foundation for a lifelong education that I could find, and that was studying Latin and the classics. Meaning Roman and Greek history and philosophy and ancient civilizations. Tim Blake Nelson
latin interesting people
I liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales that we were required to translate in Latin, and all these interesting people who were never quite what they thought they would be or seemed to be. Suzanne Farrell
latin professors ought
I am what is called a professor emeritus—from the Latin e, 'out,' and meritus, 'so he ought to be. Stephen Leacock
greek trying done
The Greeks got into Troy by trying, my pretties; everything's done by trying. Theocritus
greek gorges drink
Drink, live like the Greeks, eat, gorge. Plautus
greek
I'm Greek, and we're conspiratorial by nature. George Tenet
greek failing restaurants
Why do Greeks always open restaurants that fail? George Chakiris
greek literature aurora
I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks. Henry David Thoreau
greek too-much blame
Praise me not too much, Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks Who know me. Homer
greek playwright
The Greek playwrights, we're all beholden to them, every one of us. Oliver Stone
greek age
Now, we live in an age where we have so much information that we do tend to overload. The Greeks did too, though.
greek ready euro
Not all Greeks are ready to do whatever is necessary to stay in the euro. Mario Monti
historical fascists century
Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism. Benito Mussolini
historical england aspect
I love England and the historical aspect of it. Dennis Farina
historical though
Though she was always working on her historical thing.
historical enemy gains
Is it not a rather fantastic historical irony that the torture techniques that the North Vietnamese used against McCain that forced him to offer a videotaped false confession... are now the techniques the Bush administration is using to gain "intelligence" about terror networks. How is it possible to know that everything John McCain once said on videotape for the enemy was false, because it was coerced, and yet assert that everything we torture out of terror suspects using exactly the same techniques, is true? Andrew Sullivan
historical dull audio
Quite honestly, if I were doing work related to a living being or historical being where there was visual or audio recordings available, I would find that extremely difficult because I don't know how you would avoid the process of mimicry. And mimicry, to me at any rate, is a very dull prospect. Daniel Day-Lewis
historical analogies precise
No historical analogies are exactly precise. Rick Perlstein
historical mind weapons
The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. Steven Biko
historical atmosphere significance
A word is nothing unless it has values and an atmosphere, unless you grasp its historical significance. Stefan Zweig
historical sin nemesis
History has a Nemesis for every sin. Theodor Mommsen