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  • NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its preparation is lost, but the modern Kentuckians believe that they come pretty near to a knowledge of its chief ingredient.

    Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.84, Courier Corporation
  • The Romans called the Christians atheists. Why? Well, the Christians had a god of sorts, but it wasn't a real god. They didn't believe in the divinity of apotheosized emperors or Olympian gods. They had a peculiar, different kind of god. So it was very easy to call people who believed in a different kind of god atheists. And that general sense that an atheist is anybody who doesn't believe exactly as I do prevails in our own time.

  • There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties. If you ever get a choice go for the Olympian.

    Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”
  • If you look at the Olympic Games as a whole, if we would say we didn't want to interject politics into the games, then why are we using nation's flags? Why don't we use one Olympic flag to encompass all the Olympians, as opposed to being separatists in terms of China versus Russia or Russia versus the United States? Why don't we just say man versus man?

    Men   Russia   Games  
    Source: www.pbs.org
  • Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand, then played his pipes. They rearranged themselves in a pattern that made no sense to me, but Grover looked concerned. "That's us," he said. "Those five nuts right there." "Which one is me?" I asked. "The little deformed one," Zoe suggested. "Oh, shut up.

    Wind   Nuts   Patterns  
    Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”
  • You're the last Olympian,' I said. 'And the most important.' And why is that, Percy Jackson?' Because Hope survives best at the hearth,' I said.

  • And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.

  • To be passionate in today's world is not politically correct... Nowadays we are supposed to cope. This was not Mahler's problem. He saw it, he heard it, and he expressed it. He was a kaleidoscopic, Olympian figure.

  • I kind of like to think of myself as the bad girl Olympian that would get kicked out of the Miss America pageant.

    Girl   Thinking   America  
    Source: bleacherreport.com
  • I turned and faced the Olympians. "We need a shroud," I announced, my voice cracking. "A shroud for the son of Hermes.

    Son   Voice   Needs  
  • If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

  • When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore.

  • Well . . . sure good to be together again. Arguing. Almost dying. Abject terror. Oh, look. It's our floor.

    Rick Riordan (2009). “Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian”, p.216, Penguin UK
  • Being an Olympian is the ultimate test of one's sporting ability.

  • The "Great Walk to Beijing" was a fundraiser for my cancer center. It was a three-week trek with fellow cancer "thrivers," including celebrities ranging from Joan Rivers to Leeza Gibbons, and Olympians.

    Cancer   Rivers   Three  
    Interview with Jessie Sholl, www.everydayhealth.com. September 29, 2008.
  • I am never, ever, going to make things easy for you, Seaweed Brain. Get used to it.

    Brain   Annabeth   Easy  
    Rick Riordan (2013). “Percy Jackson: The Complete Series”, p.1196, Penguin UK
  • Erre es korakas, Blinky!" Dionysus cursed. "I will have your soul!

    Soul   Dionysus   Cursed  
  • Hope survives best at the hearth.

    "Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian". Book by Rick Riordan, books.google.ru. May 5, 2009.
  • I played softball at George Washington University and then I played professionally for the Mid-Michigan Ice. I had a couple of tryouts with the US Olympic Team but I don't know if I have a word to describe how bad one of the tryouts was. It was the worst tryout in the history of tryouts. It was that bad. So I totally bombed it and thought my chances of being an Olympian were over.

    Softball   Couple   Team  
    Source: www.beliefnet.com
  • An athlete gains so much knowledge by just participating in a sport. Focus, discipline, hard work, goal setting and, of course, the thrill of finally achieving your goals. These are all lessons in life.

  • I'm pretty lazy. My wife always says, "you're the laziest, most successful Olympian I've ever seen." How does that make sense? Honestly, if I have downtime, I'm really, really good at not doing anything.

    Successful   Wife   Lazy  
    Source: www.popsugar.com
  • Happy is the house that shelters a friend! It might well be built, like a festal bower or arch, to entertain him a single day. Happier, if he know the solemnity of that relation, and honor its law! He offers himself a candidate for that covenant comes up, like an Olympian, to the great games, where the first- born of the world are the competitors.

    Friendship   Law   Games  
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1937). “Essays, First and Second Series”, p.65, Jazzybee Verlag
  • I am thrilled to be an Olympian, and I think that although we will be underdogs we can beat many teams and will be a surprise in Sydney.

  • Can you surf really well, then?" I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh. "Jeez, Nico," I said. "I've never really tried." He went on asking questions. Did I fight a lot with Thalia, since she was a daughter of Zeus? (I didn't answer that one.) If Annabeth's mother was Athena, the goddess of wisdom, then why didn't Annabeth know better than to fall off a cliff? (I tried not to strangle Nico for asking that one.) Was Annabeth my girlfriend? (At this point, I was ready to stick the kid in a meat-flavored sack and throw him to the wolves.)

  • Northwestern's alumni list is truly impressive. This university has graduated best-selling authors, Olympians, presidential candidates, Grammy winners, Peabody winners, Emmy winners, and that's just me!

  • To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

    "Pre: Americas Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine". Book by Tom Jordan, 1977.
  • About the prophecy that Rachel did at the end of "The Last Olympian," Percy Jackson will participate this prophecy, along with Annabeth? Sorry for spelling errors

    Sorry   Errors   Annabeth  
  • Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about.

  • That’s us,” he said. “Those five nuts right there.” Which one is me?” I asked. The little deformed one,” Zoe suggested. Oh, shut up.

    Nuts   Littles   Acorns  
    Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”
  • We'll have to work on your bunny phobia later.

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