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“Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city.”

“The Democrats planned to fiddle while Rome burned. The Republicans were going to burn Rome, then fiddle.”

Humor Funny Party Republican Humorous Democrat Rome Burned Fiddle

Book:Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

Source: Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

“Streets crowded with people strolling, or sitting at outdoor cafes. And always, talking, gesturing, singing, laughing. I liked Rome immediately.Everybody was a performer.”

People Humor Funny Talking Laughing Streets Singing Humorous Sitting Italian Performers Rome Crowded Strolling Cafes

Author:Kirk Douglas

“Yes, I have finally arrived to this Capital of the World! I now see all the dreams of my youth coming to life... Only in Rome is it possible to understand Rome.”

World Dream Youth Rome

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“From the dome of St. Peter's one can see every notable object in Rome... He can see a panorama that is varied, extensive, beautiful to the eye, and more illustrious in history than any other in Europe.”

Eye Beautiful Objects Europe Rome Peter Notable Domes Panorama St Peter

Book:The Innocents Abroad; Or, The New Pilgrim's Progress ...

Source: The Innocents Abroad; Or, The New Pilgrim's Progress ...

“Rome's just a city like anywhere else. A vastly overrated city, I'd say. It trades on belief just as Stratford trades on Shakespeare.”

Belief Cities Atheism Trade Positive Atheism Rome Overrated

Author:Anthony Burgess

“"He mentioned it!" one of the ghosts whimpered.”

Ghost Rome

Book:The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus Book 2)

Source: The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus Book 2)

“I would rather be the first man in a barbarian village than the second man in Rome.”

Men Firsts Village Rome Barbarians

Author:Julius Caesar

“So you set out to travel to Rome... and end up in Istanbul. You set off for Japan... and you end up on a train across Siberia. The journey, not the destination, becomes a source of wonder.”

Ends Wonder Journey Source Train Japan Destination Rome Istanbul Siberia

Author:Loreena McKennitt

“It's not evil that's ruining the earth, but mediocrity. The crime is not that Nero played while Rome burned, but that he played badly.”

Earth Evil Perfect Crime Mediocrity Rome Burned Nero

Author:Ned Rorem

“But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome.”

Men Mother Father Study Rome Elephants Scholarship Elephant Man

Author:Isabella Rossellini

“The history of the Church of Rome is a constant leakage of members into such breakaway cults, which go on splitting.”

Church Goes On Members Constant Rome Cult Splitting Leakage Breakaway

Author:Mary Douglas

“I went to the Conservatory of Music in school in Rome.”

School Rome Conservatory Music In Schools

Author:Cecilia Bartoli

“Rome is magic, it's like being in Hollywood. But the difference between Hollywood and Rome is that here you don't have just the movie business. The movie business is so little, so you also have the choice to hang out with people who do different kinds of business.”

People Kind Littles Different Choices Differences Magic Hollywood Hanging Out Rome Different Kinds Movie Business

Author:Maria Grazia Cucinotta

“The problem for Rome, then, is how and when the intervention should be done with a sense of the possibility of going too far in limiting the freedom of theologians. This is not an easy time - neither for Rome nor for the theologians.”

Should Done Problem Easy Possibility Rome Theologian Intervention

Author:Godfried Danneels

“The science, the art, the jurisprudence, the chief political and social theories, of the modern world have grown out of Greece and Rome-not by favour of, but in the teeth of, the fundamental teachings of early Christianity, to which science, art, and any serious occupation with the things of this world were alike despicable.”

Source: Collected essays

“Where do you learn how to act? Not at church. America is a lot more like pagan Rome than we think. We still sacrifice to objects to gain our social goals.”

Thinking Stills America Social Goal Church Sacrifice Objects Gains Rome Pagan

Author:Dave Hickey

“It was my proudest moment as a manager when England drew 0-0 with Italy in Rome to qualify for the World Cup finals. Fifteen years later, the stakes are equally high for both countries as they go head-to-head for a semi-final place at the European Championship.”

World Years Country Moments England Finals Cups Managers Rome Stakes Fifteen Championship World Cup Fifteen Years Cup Finals Proudest Moments

Author:Glenn Hoddle

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