Heinrich Schliemann quotes

“I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon,”
-- Heinrich Schliemann

#Agamemnon Quotes #Faces Quotes

“No, this customary aim of research by excavators is completely foreign to the historical work with which I am occupied... my sole and only aim is to be able to establish a historical fact, on which I disagree with some eminent historians and geographers.”
-- Heinrich Schliemann

#Historical Quotes #Able Quotes #Facts Quotes

“We could imagine nothing pleasanter than to spend all of our lives digging for relics of the past.”
-- Heinrich Schliemann

Source : Leo Deuel, Heinrich Schliemann (1977). “Memoirs of Heinrich Schliemann: a documentary portrait drawn from his autobiographical writings, letters, and excavation reports”, HarperCollins Publishers

#Past Quotes #Digging Quotes #Imagine Quotes

“Talent means energy and persistence and nothing more!”
-- Heinrich Schliemann

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“I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon,”

“Our constitution, in short, is a judge-made constitution, and it bears on its face all the features, good and bad, of judge-made law.”

Source : A.V. Dicey, J.W.F. Allison (2013). “The Law of the Constitution”, p.230, Oxford University Press

“It doesn't have to be the Grand Canyon, it could be a city street, it could be the face of another human being - Everything is full of wonder.”

“At which time the repulsor puts out its final effort and slows you down so you crash quite slowly into the surface." "Crash." "Quite slowly." Face & Luke”

“Let's face it, space is a risky business. I always considered every launch a barely controlled explosion.”

“War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.”

“A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say if you're not in the room.”

Source : "Aaron Sorkin: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 14, 2010.

“As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. March 23, 2012.

“We have got to abandon the sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle if anybody created anything.”

“It looks better when you do your own stunts, because seeing somebody's face when they're doing them is fun for the audience.”