Quotes about empire
empires misery humans
The history of empires is the history of human misery. Edward Gibbon
empires roles found
Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role. Dean Acheson
empire four state time
I've been to the Empire State Building with four friends, and it was very beautiful at that time around midnight. Takeru Kobayashi
empires poet modern
Old empires always appeal to modern poets more than new ones. Dana Gioia
empire roman terms values
The Roman Empire was very, very much like us. They lost their moral core, their sense of values in terms of who they were. And after all of those things converged together, they just went right down the tubes very quickly. Ben Carson
empire kong model proportion state worked
Well, the Empire State was about 40' high in the studio. King Kong was a little model about 2' high, and the scenery that he worked in was in proportion to his size. Fay Wray
empire ground ought roman
If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball. Dan Quisenberry
empire family few trying
I have a few properties, some in the U.K., some in the States, some in Kosovo. It's a nice little empire - I'm trying to create something so my family can be all right. Rita Ora
empires sometimes lost
A single word has sometimes lost or won an empire... Cardinal Richelieu
empires study imperialism
We are at a point in our work when we can no longer ignore empires and the imperial context in our studies. (p. 5) Edward Said
empires world plunder
Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.
empire favourite few life movies remember saw strikes time watched
'Evil Dead' was such a big movie in my life. It's one of the few that I really remember when I watched it for the first time. I mean, I don't remember when I first saw 'The Empire Strikes Back,' and it's one of my favourite movies. Fede Alvarez
empires dishes ifs
If the English had deep-dish pizza they could have kept their empire. Daniel Pinkwater
empires
We don't seek empires.We're not imperialistic. Donald Rumsfeld
empire famous felt king kong love relationship state twisted
I always kind of felt there's like this twisted love relationship between King Kong and Fay Wray and the Empire State Building. We made him famous or he made us famous. I'm not sure.
empire huge rise similar state survey wake
It is disappointing in the wake of the huge rise in the Empire State survey -- the indexes are usually at similar levels,
empire imperial
We have had an Imperial lesson; it may make us an Empire yet! Rudyard Kipling
empire facility form largest virtually
Virtually every part of the empire will have some form of e-commerce facility by the end of 1999, from the largest company, Virgin Atlantic, to one of the smallest, Virgin Bride. Richard Branson
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You can have it all, my empire of dirt. I will let you down. Mark Romanek
empires drains british
Every empire has to get sucked down the drain. As a British person, I know how it feels. John Oliver
empires nations passed small
The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come. Joseph Chamberlain
empires holy
It is neither holy, Roman or an empire. Napoleon Bonaparte
empires modus-operandi provoking
Passivity can be a provoking modus operandi; Consider the Empire and Gandhi.
empires rebel hackers
Berkeley hackers liked to see themselves as rebels against soulless corporate empires. Eric S. Raymond
empires window building
My favorite optimist was an American who jumped off the Empire State Building, and as he passed the 42nd floor, the window washers heard him say, 'So Far, so good.' John McGahern
empire states unique united
The United States is unique because we are an empire of ideals. Ronald Reagan
empire hope nearly saw strikes thirty twenty
You should remember that I started as a fanboy many years ago; I saw 'A New Hope' more than twenty times in the theater. I saw 'The Empire Strikes Back' nearly thirty times.
empires vibrations financial
You cannot be less than you are now. You cannot achieve a vibration that is less than the vibration that you have achieved. That's why when someone achieves an empire and then something happens where it is lost or destroyed, they still have the vibration that they've achieved, and the empire will come back again - you see it all the time - because it is the vibrational status that the Universe is responding to, not the financial status. Esther Hicks
empires afghanistan graveyard
Some have called Afghanistan 'the graveyard of empires,' and it probably is the graveyard of empires. James G. Stavridis
empires holy regimes
The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire, the United Nations is a disunited collection of regimes, many of which do not represent the nations they govern. George Will
empires foundation imperfect
[T]he foundation of a great Empire is laid, and I please myself with a persuasion, that Providence will not leave its work imperfect. George Washington
empires world said
Down with the U.S. empire! It must be said, in the entire world: Down with the empire! Hugo Chavez
empires menace planets
I hereby accuse the North American empire of being the biggest menace to our planet.