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Quotes About Rubicon

I believe we are today crossing the Rubicon, Mr Chairman. In South Africa there can be no turning back. I have a manifesto for the future of our country and we must engage in positive action in the months and years that lie ahead.
~ Pieter Willem Botha
This river... it's a crossing over Rubicon.
~ Agatha Christie
river Rubicon in northern Italy, which separated his province of Cisalpine Gaul from Roman territory proper.
~ Anthony Everitt
With 'Rubicon,' Mark Long and Dan Capel have created the perfect environment for an intense action franchise.
~ Christopher McQuarrie
Meerlust Rubicon from South Africa, a suitably wintry red.
~ John Connolly
One of the things I love about 'Rubicon' is I really recognize the New York City that they're depicting in it, having lived here for 15 years.
~ Annie Parisse
Only in purpose can you find the strength to cross the Rubicon and march toward greatness. Goals are the milestones you create for your journey.
~ Sean Patrick
I kept secrets from you. I let you believe a lie. I am an impious son. But I made my choice, as C(aesar) did, and once the Rubicon is crossed, there can be no turning back (Meto, Caesar's scribe, to his father Gordianus the Finder)
~ Steven Saylor
One senses that all the Bolsheviks, even those who ended up as cold-blooded autocrats, had been on a journey from idealism to something else, and didn't notice - to mix periods - when the Rubicon was crossed.
~ Tom Stoppard
After crossing the Rubicon—the real one—in 49
~ John Lewis Gaddis
despite the efforts of ancient writers to embellish them with dramatic appearances of the gods, uncanny omens and prophetic dreams – the reality of the surroundings was probably mundane. For us, 'to cross the Rubicon' has come to mean 'to pass the point of no return'. It did not mean that to Caesar.
~ Mary Beard
I am counting on nothing but the facts about me. So come on, Future. I've my back against the past. Anyway, as you see, it is too late to argue. I've crossed the Rubicon, and can return only when I have built a new bridge.
~ Unknown