Syracuse Quotes

• Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

  Dionysius I of Syracuse

  Wisdom, Silence, Speech

  "Handy-book of Literary Curiosities". Book by William Shepard Walsh, 1892.

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• I would like somebody to be hated more than I am.

  Dionysius I of Syracuse

  Odiaba

  "Los tiranos: 2500 años de poder absoluto y corrupción". Libro de Clive Foss, 2006.

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• I'm reading George Saunders's story collection, "Tenth of December." He was my mentor at the University of Syracuse. The stories are mind-blowing like everyone says.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Reading, Mind Blowing, Mentor

  Interview with Amy Sutherland, www.bostonglobe.com. March 2, 2013.

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• Roma no se construyó en un día, ni tampoco Siracusa.

  Shemp Howard

  Rome, Watersheds, Built

  Biografía/Citas personales, www.imdb.com.

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• As a kid I said 'Bob Costas went to Syracuse, I'm going to Syracuse'

  Ian Eagle

  Kids, Bob, Said

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• El color y el espectáculo de las calles de México despertaron mi interés por el espacio y la experiencia impulsados por la comunidad, una pasión que empecé a desarrollar mientras estudiaba arquitectura en la Universidad de Siracusa y después en la Architectural Association School de Londres. Al haber estado inmersa en una gama tan diversa de entornos llenos de vida, me resultaría imposible no utilizar estos recuerdos y experiencias como inspiración para mi trabajo.

  David Rockwell

  Recuerdos, Inspiración, Pasión

  Fuente: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Too much sun after a Syracuse winter does strange things to your head, makes you feel strong, even if you aren't.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Strong, Spring, Winter

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.180, Macmillan

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• Hubo disturbios en casi todos los partidos que jugamos con Syracuse.

  Bob Cousy

  Basketball, Games, Riot

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• In presidential campaign I released a 65-page file from the Syracuse University College of Law that showed poor grades, back in college, also. If I were plagiarizing consistently, my grades would have been better.

  Joe Biden

  College, Law, Presidential

  "Chris Wallace Interviews Joe Biden: A Retrospective". spectator.org. October 22, 2015.

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• All roads lead to Wall Street, but we feel the effects of Wall Street on every street corner. Certainly in Syracuse, N.Y., where I live.

  Dana Spiotta

  Wall, Streets, Feels

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• Tus compañeros son personas del sector que te van a empujar hacia adelante. Por eso creo que es una de las razones por las que los estudiantes de Syracuse salen realmente preparados para el sector, porque nos hemos codeado con personas que tienen ideas afines y son tan "insistentes" o están tan preparadas como nosotros.

  Mike Tirico

  Thinking, People, Peers

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• One of the proudest things I see is, now, 25 years after I graduated, when I go to a Syracuse sporting event, there's a senior or a junior from WAER broadcasting sports just the way we did, and just the way it happened a couple generations before us. That's a great legacy for the university and a great tradition that still continues to this day, and makes those of us who were a small part of it very very proud.

  Mike Tirico

  Senior, Sports, Couple

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• En todas las ciudades hay un ambiente nocturno y todo el mundo tiene algo que hacer, ... He oído buenas historias sobre (Siracusa); es una ciudad muy fiestera, un buen lugar para beber. Definitivamente, me gustaría volver y comprobarlo más a fondo. Investigar un poco más, como yo lo llamo.

  Dave Attell

  Divertido, Fiesta, Beber

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• Hay algunas ciudades que sí me tomé el tiempo de estudiar, porque me encanta la historia y una de ellas fue Boston, y por supuesto Roma y todos esos lugares por el estilo. Pero, en Siracusa o Rochester, o cualquiera de esos lugares, no.

  Connie Francis

  Rome, Boston, Cities

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• I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns.

  Will McDonough

  Inspiración, Baloncesto, Fútbol

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• People didn't know certain things about me, which... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A. in English and wanted to write the great American novel but I also loved rock and roll. I was in bar bands all through college, playing fraternities and have to know all the songs in the top 10. That kind of thing.

  Lou Reed

  Song, School, Writing

  Fuente: blankonblank.org

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• It seems to us unwise to have insisted on teaching geometry to the younger Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, in order to make him a good king, but from Plato's point of view it was essential. He was sufficiently Pythagorean to think that without mathematics no true wisdom is possible.

  Bertrand Russell

  Kings, Plato, Teaching

  Bertrand Russell (2013). “History of Western Philosophy: Collectors Edition”, p.95, Routledge

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• You'd have to live in a cave not to know about the Carrier Dome. It put Syracuse on the map.

  Dick Vitale

  Maps, Domes, Caves

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• Mi abuela se licenció en Derecho por la Universidad de Siracusa aproximadamente en 1911 y más tarde cofundó con su marido una empresa de banca de inversión en Wall Street conocida como Lebenthal & Co.

  Buzz Bissinger

  Wall, Husband, Grandmother

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• Because I was single, there was a chance I was a homosexual. Because I went to Syracuse, wherever that was, then I was probably a Communist. Or worse, a Liberal. Because I was from Memphis, I was a subversive intent on embarrassing Ford County.

  John Grisham

  Memphis, Chance, Communist

  John Grisham (2004). "El último jurado", Doubleday Books

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• Mi padre era uno de 11. Era abogado. Mi madre trabajó para el periódico de Syracuse como columnista antes de convertirse en ama de casa.

  Siobhan Fallon Hogan

  Madre, Padre, Hogar

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