Quotes by Rome Curiosity in Rome is a form of courtesy. Elizabeth Bowen courtesy rome curiosity But, ancient Greece and ancient Rome - people did not happen to believe that creativity came from human beings back then, OK? People believed that creativity was this divine attendant spirit that came to human beings from some distant and unknowable source, for distant and unknowable reasons. Elizabeth Gilbert rome creativity believe The culture of Rome just doesn't match the culture of Yoga, not as far as I can see. In fact, I've decided that Rome and Yoga don't have anything in common at all. Except for the way they both kind of remind you of the word toga. Elizabeth Gilbert rome yoga way To the sun Rome owes its underlying glow, and its air called golden - to me, more the yellow of white wine; like wine it raises agreeability to poetry. Elizabeth Bowen rome wine air I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome. Epicurus rome village attitude Rome is one of my favourite cities in the world. Erin Heatherton favourite-city rome cities Rome ... seems to me the place in the world where one can best dispense with happiness. Fanny Kemble rome happiness world A crowd pagan as ever imperial Rome was, eager, careless, with an animal vigour unlike that of any European crowd that I have ever looked at. Ezra Pound rome new-york animal I just went to Europe, spent a year traveling, and then I came home with a finished album and said, "Hey everyone I'm back!" I gave everyone their lighters from Luxembourg, gave them the postcards from Italy and Rome, then said, "Hey look, I made a record, too" and played it for them. The general reaction was shock, because it was so different from what they've known me to do. Feist rome home years Rome wasn't built in A.D. Flann O'Brien built rome When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville. Flannery O'Connor rome done literature I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there. Frances Mayes rome paris country Rome is a very loony city in every respect. One needs but spend an hour or two there to realize that Fellini makes documentaries. Fran Lebowitz rome cities two No totalitarian authority nor authoritarian state can tolerate those who have an absolute by which to judge that state and its actions. The Christians had that absolute in God's revelation. Francis Schaeffer rome judging christian In Rome people spend most of their time having lunch. And they do it very well - Rome is unquestionably the lunch capital of the world. Fran Lebowitz rome lunch people Rome had senators too, and that is why it declined. Frank Dane rome politician politics I have been....moved to wonder whether my job is a job or a racket, whether economists, and particularly economic theorists, may not be in the position that Cicero, citing Cato, ascribed to the augurs of Rome-that they should cover their faces or burst into laugher when they met on the street. Frank Knight rome may jobs The architect Borromini's Quattro Fontane, a little church in Rome, is one of the most beautiful rooms in history. Frank Gehry rome church beautiful Drive the women from the bed just as you drove them from the choir; a eunuch sings in Rome, and the priests masturbate. Franz Grillparzer rome women bed In 1968 I ran into Steve Lacy on the street in Rome. I took out my pocket tape recorder and asked him to describe in fifteen seconds the difference between composition and improvisation. He answered: "In fifteen seconds the difference between composition and improvisation is that in composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in fifteen seconds, while in improvisation you have fifteen seconds." His answer lasted exactly fifteen seconds. Frederic Rzewski rome differences music «23456789101112»