Roman Emperor Henry

Famous quotes containing the words roman, emperor and/or henry:

“As no one can tell what was the Roman pronunciation, each nation makes the Latin conform, for the most part, to the rules of its own language; so that with us of the vowels only A has a peculiar sound.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Even the emperor has straw-sandaled relatives.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Whenever we needed money, we robbed the airport. To us it was better than Citibank.”
—Nicholas Pileggi, U.S. screenwriter, and Martin Scorsese. Henry Hill (Ray Liotta)