Quotes by Sparta We are on the path toward becoming the Sparta of the 21st century, armed to the teeth and without the capacity to care for our own people. Dennis Kucinich sparta teeth people Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have had no difficulty with it. Ian Hamilton Finlay sparta garden thinking A traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True," said he, "but every goose can." Plutarch sparta long believe Come back with your shield - or on it Plutarch sparta shields greek Foreign lady once remarked to the wife of a Spartan commander that the women of Sparta were the only women in the world who could rule men. "We are the only women who raise men," the Spartan lady replied. Plutarch sparta wife men A Spartan woman, as she handed her son his shield, exhorted him saying, "As a warrior of Sparta come back with your shield or on it." Plutarch sparta warrior son We have the ability to be the Athens of modern times as opposed to the militaristic Sparta. I remind you that the Athenians wrote poetry. The Spartans did not. Rita Mae Brown sparta athens modern Probably the hardest thing to do was the beginning of the movie ["300"], I think, when we were in Sparta and all that - just getting in the groove. Zack Snyder sparta groove thinking