Achilles Quotes

Achilles Quote of the day

The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.

Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.

The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly.

Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the world's economic leader.

All interesting heroes have an Achilles heel.

Achilles, without his heel, you wouldn't even know his name today.

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.

If I had to think of what I would do different in my whole career, it's that I never would have picked up a beer, bottle of vodka. That definitely changed my life. That is an Achilles' heel for me.

Anybody who has political ambition has an Achilles heel.

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.

At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!

Achilles exists only through Homer . Take away the art of writing from this world , and you will probably take away its glory .

There is no law that gods must be fair, Achilles,” Chiron said. “And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone. Do you think?

Achilles was murdered with a poisoned arrow, and Jason died alone, killed by his own rotting ship. Such is the fate of heroes.

Alexander received more bravery of mind by the pattern of Achilles, than by hearing the definition of fortitude.

Achilles absent was Achilles still!

I ruptured my plantaris muscle. It runs through the calf and goes down the side of your achilles and stretches right to the heel.

For violence, like Achilles' lance, can heal the wounds it has inflicted.

I guess the solo from 'Achilles Last Stand' is in the same tradition as the solo from 'Stairway to Heaven'...it is on that level to me.

Fear, O Achilles, the wrath of heaven; think on your own father and have compassion upon me, who am the more pitiable

One of my biggest Achilles’ heels has been my ego. And if I, Kanye West, the very person, can remove my ego, I think there’s hope for everyone.

Themistocles being asked whether he would rather be Achilles or Homer, said, "Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?

Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will.

The difference between being Achilles and almost being Achilles is the difference between living and dying.

It's all about how bad you want to come back. (The Achilles' is) not tight anymore. I'm like a wild dog about getting back on the field. I'm hungrier than I've ever been.

Keep unscathed the good name; keep out of peril the honor without which even your battered old soldier who is hobbling into his grave on half-pay and a wooden leg would not change with Achilles.

Christ on a cracker. You raped Achilles!

We read about how Ajax and Achilles will die for each other, but very little about the friendship of women.

Nowadays people are born to find fault. When they look at Achilles, they see only his heel.

He ran his hand up and down his left achilles tendon. Very tender; better pay attention to it and back off if it gets any worse. Maybe ice it. The old Injury Evasion Fandango. Did it ever end?

An achilles, if it doesn't heal right, there could be a danger of not playing again.

There comes a point where certain things are becoming my Achilles heel; you know when you start repeating yourself and saying the same anecdotes over and over again you start slowly hating yourself.

But don't tell me I'm not sensitive to beauty. That's my Achilles' heel, and don't you forget it. To me, everything is beautiful. Show me a pink sunset and I'm limp, by God.

Love, why have you sought the horde of spearsmen, why the tent Achilles pitched beside the river-ford?

If I were Achilles I would put my foot in a f**k off block of concrete!

I think our dependence on foreign oil is a real problem, potential Achilles heel, and we have to do something about it.

A great industrial nation may conquer the world in the span of a single life, but its Achilles' heel is time. Its children, what of them?

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew.

I damaged my Achilles tendon, so I can't run.

Because you made me feel, Flick. Everyone is so predictable, but you? You showed up and rocked my world.

True devotion and humility is when you carelessly allow yourself to fall in love with things you consider will make you look inferior, which in essence, makes you superior.

He looked different in sleep, beautiful but cold as moonlight.

He looked different in sleep, beautiful but cold as moonlight. I found myself wishing he would wake so that I might watch the life return.

He knew, but it was not enough. The sorrow was so large it threatened to tear through my skin. When he died, all things swift and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.

We cannot say who will survive the holocaust of memory.

Patroclus, he says, Patroclus. Patroclus. Over and over until it is sound only.

Achilles’ eyes lift. They are bloodshot and dead. “I wish he had let you all die.

When I am dead, I charge you to mingle our ashes and bury us together.

Bury us, and mark our names above. Let us be free.

Achilles weeps. He cradles me, and will not eat, nor speak a word other than my name.