Humor is the offspring of man; it comes forth like Minerva, fully armed from the brain.
Minerva save us from the cloying syrup of coercive compassion! What feminism does not need, it seems to me, is an endless recycling of Doris Day Fifties clichés about noble womanhood.
He was too good to be Where ill men were, and was the best of all Amongst the rar'st of good ones- sitting sadly Hearing us praise our loves of Italy For beauty that made barren the swell'd boast Of him that best could speak; for feature, laming The shrine of Venus or straight-pight Minerva, Postures beyond brief nature; for condition, A shop of all the qualities that man Loves woman for; besides that hook of wiving, Fairness which strikes the eye- CYMBELINE.
O you virtuous owle, The wise Minerva's only fowle.
Jesus. Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. Delilah, Jezebel, Salome, Judith, Eve. Trouble, every last one. Add Minerva Highwood to the list.
The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk.
I liked that Larry King didn't know who Minerva was.
I even had success with commercials, which is strange, because out of the six ideas, two won the platinum Minerva in France - it's the Oscar for their commercials. One was about the Renault diesel and the other about the regular Renault.
As Hegel put it, only when it is dark does the owl of Minerva begin its flight. Only in extinction is the collector comprehend.
Minerva save us from the cloying syrup of coercive compassion!
Holly frowned at her. "Glad to see you've forgiven yourself so quickly. " "Harboring feelings of guilt can have a negative affect on mental health. " "Child geniuses," growled Holly. "Genii," said Minerva.