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In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

Terry Pratchett

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this. - Terry Pratchett

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this. Terry Pratchett

Pet, Ancient Times, Times

The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope. Wendell Berry

Worthy, Cherish, Renewal

In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization. Nikola Tesla

Slave, Robot, Which

In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring. Enid Bagnold

Marriage, Ring, Other

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. Vladimir Lenin

Always, Capitalist, Greek

The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn't been able to keep up. Andrew J. Bernstein

Life, Been, Our

Through consciousness, our minds have the power to change our planet and ourselves. It is time we heed the wisdom of the ancient indigenous people and channel our consciousness and spirit to tend the garden and not destroy it. Bruce Lipton

Consciousness, Through

A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt. Ray Bradbury

New, Egypt, Smells

We must teach our people the greatness of China's historical culture. In our educational program we must stress Chinese history and geography so that all may know and appreciate China's civilization of five thousand years and the far-flung boundaries of our ancient race. This will engender a greater faith in our own future. Chiang Kai-shek

Faith, Civilization, Own

Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it's not your own making. When you have a plane crash, it's not your fault. Werner Herzog

Making, Greek, Plane

Telling stories with visuals is an ancient art. We've been drawing pictures on cave walls for centuries. It's like what they say about the perfect picture book. The art and the text stand alone, but together, they create something even better. Kids who need to can grab onto those graphic elements and find their way into the story. Deborah Wiles

Perfect, Been, Telling

It is true that we aspire to our ancient land. But what we want in that ancient land is a new blossoming of the Jewish spirit. Theodor Herzl

Want, New, Aspire

Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time. Margaret Atwood

Soil, Own, Myths

An ancient Scythian nomad skeleton buried with an eagle was reportedly excavated near Aktobe Gorge, Kazakhstan. Ancient petroglyphs in the Altai region depict eagle hunters, and inscribed Chinese stone reliefs show eagles perched on the arms of hunters in tunics, trousers, and boots, identified as northern nomads (1st to 2nd century A.D.). Adrienne Mayor

Hunters, Depict, Buried

The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow. Niccolo Machiavelli

New, Laws, Foundations

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate? Will Rogers

Rome, Government, Happen

The Galapagos Islands provide a window on time. In a geologic sense, the islands are young, yet they appear ancient. Frans Lanting

Islands, Appear, Provide

When we look back at the Mayans or ancient Egypt, we look at their art. Robert Wilson

Art, Back, Egypt

An ancient dictum says that when Zeus wanted to destroy someone, he would first drive him mad. Jean-Marie Le Pen

Zeus, Him, Destroy

In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece. Nia Vardalos

Sons, Daughters, Ways

In archaeology, context is everything. Objects allow us to reconstruct the past. Taking artifacts from a temple or an ancient private house is like emptying out a time capsule. Sarah Parcak

Like, Allow, Private

I think ancient cultures incorporated death into the experience of life in a more natural way than we have done. In our obsessive focus on youth, on celebrity, our denial of death makes it harder for people who are grieving to find a place for that grief. Edward Hirsch

I Think, Celebrity, Denial

The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living. Thomas Hobbes

Envy, Mutual, Proceeds

In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible. Marina Abramovic

Culture, Soul, Mortify

In my office in Jerusalem, there's an ancient seal. It's a signet ring of a Jewish official from the time of the Bible. The seal was found right next to the Western Wall, and it dates back 2,700 years, to the time of King Hezekiah. Now, there's a name of the Jewish official inscribed on the ring in Hebrew. His name was Netanyahu. Benjamin Netanyahu

Ring, Next, Netanyahu

Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture windows, adopt pets and Boston ferns, and scent everything that touches our lives. Diane Ackerman

Boston, Gardens, Pets

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