187 Quotes by Mary Beard

What interests me is the idea that classics is actually quite democratic. It isn't only the toff, upper-class subject it's often thought to be. Every generation enjoys rediscovering it.

I have always hated fancy dress parties.

I was not much good as a waitress.

I was nearly struck by lightning on an excavation in Turkey.

If being a decent soul is being maternal, then fine.

All religions throughout history have been concerned about - and have sometimes fought over - what it means to represent God, and they have found elegant, intriguing, and awkward ways to confront that dilemma.

Wherever possible, I try to see things from the other side of the dividing line and to read civilisation 'against the grain.'