English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Thomas Bulfinch Quotes

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal.

Thomas Bulfinch

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

It's that I don't like white paper backgrounds. A woman does not live in front of white paper. She lives on the street, in a motor car, in a hotel room. Helmut Newton
People who speak or act in an ordinary fashion are most likely to be those who have been the recipients of higher experiences. But because they do not rage around, wild-eyed, people think that they are very ordinary folk and therefore not aware of anything unknown to the general run of man. Idries Shah
Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet the yearning of the masses in the Middle East for democracy; in other words, how to achieve democratization in the Middle East. Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Chronic malnutrition, or the lack of proper nutrition over time directly contributes to three times as many child deaths as food scarcity. Yet surprisingly, you don't really hear about this hidden crisis through the morning news, Twitter or headlines of major newspapers. Cat Cora
Charles Godfrey Leland quote: "The brave deserve the lovely - every woman may be won."
The brave deserve the lovely - every woman may be won. Charles Godfrey Leland
There are many reasons why Mitt Romney should not become president, but perhaps the most important of all is the narrowness of his experience, perspective and vision. Charles Schumer
J. Paul Getty quote: "To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must..."
To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business. J. Paul Getty
Heinrich Heine quote: "Of course God will forgive me; that's His job."
Of course God will forgive me; that's His job. Heinrich Heine
Peter Fonda quote: "When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful..."
When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful children those two kids are to be that nasty about their father. Peter Fonda
Dennis Rodman quote: "My feet are like gnarled old tree branches."
My feet are like gnarled old tree branches. Dennis Rodman
I used to be a mean maniac. Someone once threw a firecracker at a show and I jumped off the side of the stage and whacked 'em on the side of the head. Dick Dale
Let me be the first to admit that the naked truth about me is to the naked truth about Salvador Dali as an old ukulele in the attic is to a piano in a tree, and I mean a piano with breasts. Senor Dali has the jump on me from the beginning. He remembers and describes in detail what it was like in the womb. My own earliest memory is of accompanying my father to a polling booth in Columbus, Ohio, where he voted for William McKinley. James Thurber
I worry about the kids who have too much. As a parent living in a so-called good neighborhood with children who went to private high school, I found myself spending much time in parent groups worrying about alcohol, unsupervised parties, and parents not being parents. Marian Wright Edelman
Scott Adams quote: "Awareness is about unlearning. It is the recognition that you..."
Awareness is about unlearning. It is the recognition that you don’t know as much as you thought you knew. Scott Adams
Nina Blackwood quote: "First of all, you needed a budget to do the video. The record..."
First of all, you needed a budget to do the video. The record companies would pick and choose who got videos. Nina Blackwood