Quotes about Ulysses
On several occasions during the war he came to the relief of the Union army by means of his superior military genius.
- Ulysses S. Grant
Neither of these speculations is unreasonable, and they are mentioned to show how little men control their own destiny.
- Ulysses S. Grant
I knew the enemy were ready to break and only wanted a little encouragement from us to go quickly and join their friends who had started earlier.
- Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses was not comely, but he was eloquent, Yet he fired two goddesses of the sea with love
- Soren Kierkegaard
That from genus to species i.e.emplified in 'Here stands my ship'; for lying at anchor is the 'standing' of a particular kind of thing. That from species to genus in 'Truly ten thousand good deeds has Ulysses wrought', where 'ten thousand', which is a particular large number, is put in place of the generic 'a large number'.
- Aristotle
Ulysses was not comely, but he was eloquent, Yet he fired two goddesses of the sea with love
- Soren Kierkegaard
APLUSTRE (APLU'STRE) n.s.[Latin.]The ancient ensign carried in sea vessels. The one holds a sword in her hand, to represent the Iliad, as the other has an aplustre, to represent the Odyssey, or voyage of Ulysses.Addison.
- Samuel Johnson
It does look like a very good exercise. But what is the little white ball for?
- Ulysses S. Grant