We think we’ve come so far. Torture of heretics, burning of witches, is all ancient history. Then, before you can blink an eye, suddenly, it threatens to start all over again. – Capt. Jean-Luc Picard Star Trek: The Next Generation, ‘The Drumhead’.
I learned to interpret the ancient pictograph codices and read Nahuatl, the Aztec language. – Gary Jennings
When you’re 16, 30 seems ancient. When you’re 30, 45 seems ancient. When you’re 45, 60 seems ancient. When you’re 60, nothing seems ancient. – Helen Mirren
Not unless I do all these ancient and Italian or French or Baroque in the beginnning, I do German. – Victoria de los Angeles
