Barbara Kingsolver Quotes

Caesar recognized the omens, but he didn't believe they applied to him.

A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.

I thought that my invincible power would hold the world captive, leaving me in a freedom undisturbed. Thus night and day I worked at the chain with huge fires and cruel hard strokes. When at last the work was done and the links were complete and unbreakable, I found that it held me in its grip.

Man may live and man may die searching for the question why. But if he tries to rule the sky, he must fall.

Little by little, the old world crumbled, and not once did the king imagine that some of the pieces might fall on him.

We thought we were done with these things but we were wrong. We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

The taller they are, the longer they fall.

It is with nations as with individuals, those who know the least of others think the highest of themselves; for the whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other.

Those that know the least of others think the highest of themselves.

Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured.

And on the pedestal these words appear:
 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
 Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' 
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
 Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
 The lone and level sands stretch far away.

So, if I were arrested or if I were killed, then after me the issues that American fears about me wouldn't exist anymore - and I couldn't tell you what those issues are

We have been proud and thought we were better than any other race, any other people. Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to stumble into hell because of our pride.

They that soar too high, often fall hard.

The tyrant is a child of pride.

The path marked Pride will lead you over a cliff.

Arrogance rides triumphantly through the gates, barely glancing at the old woman about to cut the rope and spring shut the trap.

I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.

The higher up, the harder the fall.

The bones of the Dead will be seen to govern the fortunes of him who moves them.

Just remember, Callum when you’re floating up and up in your bubble, that bubbles have a habit of bursting. The higher you climb, the further you have to fall’ - Lynette McGregor

The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to the dust of hope.

Careful the spell you cast, not just on children. Sometimes the spell may last Past what you can see And turn against you... Careful the tale you tell. That is the spell.

He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool.