I grew up in a very old-fashioned Roman Catholic, Italian-Irish family in Philly. Votes: 3
Bradley CooperRhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire. It never happened. Votes: 3
Jared DiamondRoman Catholicism: a hundred million people bowing down before a flesh-hating, elderly celibate. Votes: 3
Barbara EhrenreichIn the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away. Votes: 3
John Lothrop MotleyProtestant women may take the pill. Roman Catholic women must keep taking The Tablet. Votes: 3
Irene ThomasThe Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions. Votes: 3
Henry James Sumner MaineI find it extraordinary that anyone would have an intellectual conversion to Roman Catholicism. Votes: 3
Peter SingerYou will not pass!" Roman thundered. Great. Now he had decided he was Gandalf. Votes: 3
Ilona AndrewsFootball is at least as 'gay' as rugby, Greco-Roman wrestling and the film '300.' Votes: 3
Henry RollinsProgramming graphics in X is like finding the square root of PI using Roman numerals. Votes: 3
Henry SpencerIt was no longer esteemed infamous for a Roman to survive his honor and independence. Votes: 3
Edward GibbonCharlemagne either died or was born or did something with the Holy Roman Empire in 800. Votes: 3
Robert BenchleyRemember, gentlemen, what a Roman emperor said: The corpse of an enemy always smells sweet. Votes: 3
Napoleon BonaparteThe imperial vastness of late Roman architecture was made possible by the invention of concrete. Votes: 3
Iain McGilchristYou, Roman, remember to rule peoples with your power. -Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento Votes: 3
VirgilThe Roman Catholics teach that unless you're a Roman Catholic you do not go to heaven. Votes: 3
Neale Donald WalschI was raised in a nominal Roman Catholic home, but without any really strong faith there. Votes: 3
Frederica Mathewes-GreenI was steeped in the understanding that if 'something is Roman [Catholic], it must be wrong. Votes: 3
Scott HahnFor example, I like using strong Greek and Roman Renaissance characters as part of my series. Votes: 3
Frank BrunoOne of the interesting things is is that Judaism was very attractive to the Roman aristocracy. Votes: 3
Susan JacobyMake room, Roman writers, make room for Greek writers; something greater than the Iliad is born. Votes: 3
PropertiusThe quality of the thought differences the Egyptian and the Roman, the Austrian and the American. Votes: 3
Ralph Waldo EmersonWould that the Roman people had but one neck! [Lat., Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet!] Votes: 3
SuetoniusOut of the Roman States there is no country where I am Pope except the United States. Votes: 3
Pope Gregory XVIThe Bible, as we know it today, was collated by the pagan Roman Emperor Constantine the Great Votes: 3
Dan BrownThe Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people. Votes: 3
Henry James Sumner MaineI was at a party three weeks prior to the murders at Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate's house. Votes: 3
Nancy SinatraDo you think Arabs are dumb? They gave us our numbers. Try doing long division with Roman numerals. Votes: 3
Kurt VonnegutRaised Roman Catholic up until 11 or 12, didn't stick. Went out into the world and did my own thing. Votes: 3
Stephen BaldwinI think if Roman Polanski had asked me to do the phone book, I would have said, 'Yes.' Votes: 3
Pierce BrosnanIf you are at Rome live in the Roman style; if you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere. Votes: 3
AmbroseIf overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball. Votes: 3
Dan QuisenberryHow can I, that girl standing there, My attention fix On Roman or on Russian Or on Spanish politics? Votes: 3
William Butler YeatsDer schönste, reichste, beste und wahrste Roman, den ich je gelesen habe, ist die Geschichte.
Jean PaulDie Liebe gefällt mir mehr als die Ehe, weil ja auch ein Roman unterhaltender ist als Geschichte.
ChamfortMy position in the army is as sport instructor. This allows me generous time off for travel and competition. I also receive a monthly salary from the army. Votes: 0 Roman Sebrle
Vatican II was a force that seized the mind of the Roman Catholic Church and carried it across centuries from the 13th to the 20th. Votes: 5 Lance Morrow
The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and sacrifice and utilised me as a martyr; the Church established by law transformed me into an unbeliever and an antagonist. Votes: 3 Annie Besant
The power of citizenship as a shield against oppression was widely known from the example of Paul 's Roman citizenship, which sent the centurion scurrying to his higher-ups with the message: "Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman". Votes: 3 Robert H. Jackson
My family didn't have time for me, so I decided to join the Suvorov military academy, which is in St. Petersburg. I spent two years there and studied general military science. At that point, once I graduated, I joined the Chernigov higher education pilot academy. Votes: 1 Roman Romanenko
In 325 A.D., the Roman Emperor Constantine decided to unify Rome under a single religion ... Historians still marvel at the brilliance with which Constantine converted the sun-worshipping pagans to Christianity. By fusing pagan symbols, dates, and rituals into the growing Christian tradition, he created a kind of hybrid religion that was acceptable to both parties. Votes: 4 Dan Brown
The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. Votes: 6 Voltaire
At Swarthmore, the Dean of Women was very opposed to women going into science or engineering - so opposed that if she couldn't talk a girl out of it, she just never had anything more to do with her for the four years she was there. Votes: 1 Nancy Roman
The idea that women are innately gentle is a fantasy, and a historically recent one. Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction, is depicted as wreathed in male human skulls; the cruel entertainments of the Romans drew audiences as female as they were male; Boudicca led her British troops bloodily into battle. Votes: 1 Naomi Wolf
Beauty is no local deity, like the Greek and Roman gods, but omnipresent. Votes: 4 C. A. Bartol
The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look. Votes: 1 Stephen Gardiner
Indeed, the Roman laws allowed no person to be carried to the wars but he that was in the soldiers' roll. Votes: 2 Philip Sidney
When they asked some old Roman philosopher or other how he wanted to die, he said he would open his veins in a warm bath. I thought it would be easy, lying in the tup and seeing the redness flower from my wrists, flush after flush through the clear water, till I sank into sleep under a surface gaudy as poppies. Votes: 2 Sylvia Plath
Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the '80s, and you can see defining moments that were due either to revolutions or changes in politics. Votes: 1 Daphne Guinness