“Many causes produce war. There are ancient hatreds, turbulent frontiers, the "legacy of old forgotten, far-off things, and battles long ago." There are new-born fanaticisms. Convictions on the part of certain peoples that they have become the unique depositories of ultimate truth and right.” LongWarCertainCausesBornProduceBattleUniqueHatredUltimateForgottenAncientConvictionLegacyLong AgoFrontiersFanaticismUltimate Truth Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“A war is coming, a battle that will stretch from the prehistoric forests of the ancient past to the cutting-edge research labs of today, all to reveal a true mystery buried deep within our DNA, a mystery that will leave readers changed forever .” WarTodayPastForeverCuttingMysteryChangedReaderBattleResearchAncientEdgesForestsBuriedDnaLabsDeep WithinCutting EdgePrehistoric Author:James Rollins
“My ancient history teacher, Millie Lloyd, should have worn a medal for her performance at the battle of Thermopylae. She was excited and we were excited.” ShouldTeacherBattleShould HavePerformancesAncientExcitedWornMedalAncient HistoryHistory TeacherThermopylae Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.” MenShouldLiteratureSpeakStruggleBattleSoldierAncientErasCommandersMoralist Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“What they forget is that, from Ancient Greece on, the people who returned from battle were either dead on their shields or stronger, despite and because of their scars.” PeopleForgetBattleStrongerAncientDespiteScarGreeceShieldsAncient Greece Book:The Witch of Portobello Source: The Witch of Portobello
“Medicine, electronic communications, space travel, genetic manipulation . . . these are the miracles about which we now tell our children. These are the miracles we herald as proof that science will bring us the answers. The ancient stories of immaculate conceptions, burning bushes, and parting seas are no longer relevant. God has become obsolete. Science has won the battle.” ChildrenStoriesSpaceAnswersSeaCommunicationBattleMiracleOur ChildrenMedicineAncientProofBurningManipulationConceptionRelevantPartingObsoleteSpace TravelImmaculateBurning BushImmaculate ConceptionElectronic Communication Book:Angels & Demons Source: Angels & Demons
“Occasionally, there are battles in the sky. One likes to imagine the angels are always triumphant. One does not like to think of the ancient and terrible scales balancing the infernal and divine as wobbling back and forth. Tilting freely, to and fro. One does not like to think that sometimes it is the angel that falls.” ThinkingDoeSometimesFallImagineSkyDivineTerribleBattleAngelAncientScalesLikesBack And ForthTriumphant Author:Holly Black
“Yes...how else could Demandred explain the skill of the enemy general? Only a man with the experience of an ancient was so masterly at the dance of battlefields. At their core, many battle tactics were simple. Avoid being flanked, meet heavy force with pikes, infantry with a well-trained line, channelers with other channelers. And yet, the finesse of it...the little details...these took centuries to master. No man from this Age had lived long enough to learn the details with such care.” MenWellsLittlesLongEnoughCareAgeForceLinesSimpleEnemyCenturyMastersBattleSkillsAncientDetailsHeavyCoreTacticsBattlefieldsInfantryFinesse Author:Robert Jordan