Caligula (Gaius Caesar), From Suetonius
Would that the Roman people had a single neck [to cut off their head]. Great short quote and quotation by: Caligula (Gaius Caesar), From Suetonius , Roman emperor 037-041 (12 AD – 41 AD)
You are providing for your disciples a show of wisdom without the reality. For, acquiring by your means much information unaided by instruction, they will appear to possess much knowledge, while, in fact, they will, for the most part, know nothing at all; and, moreover, be disagreeable people to deal with, as having become wise […]
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You can pick out actors by the glazed look that comes into their eyes when the conversation wanders away from themselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Michael Wilding ,
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Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together. Great short quote and quotation by: Robert Reich ,
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[Of the parralels between the railways and the church] both had their heyday in the mid-nineteenth century; both own a great deal of Gothic-style architecture which is expensive to maintain; both are regularly assailed by critics; and both are firmly convinced that they are the best means of getting man to his ultimate destination. Great […]
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