Centurion Quotes

“No," Frank said. "I'm only a centurion."

Jason cursed in Latin. "He means he can't control a whole legion. He's not of high enough rank."

Nico swung back his black sword at another gryphon. "Well, then, promote him!”
― Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

“Frank, how did you do that?" Jason yelled.

Frank's head swam with pain. He forced himself not to pass out. "I'm the ranking Roman officer," he said. "They- uh, they don't recognize you. Sorry."

Jason grimaced, but he didn't look particularly surprised. "How can we help?”
― Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

“A Roman centurion walks into a bar and orders a martinus.

The bartender says, "Don't you mean a martini?"

The centurion answers, "If I wanted a double I would have ordered it.”
― Harlan Wolff

“Century was an occasional thing in cricket, Sachin made it frequent.”
― Amit Kalantri, 5 Feet 5 Inch Run Machine – Sachin Tendulkar

“Septimus grinned. "It's not coins I seek. I seek the power of Hercules.”
― Jason Born, Wald Vengeance

“You're a throwback."
"To what?"
Jess considered this. Hi-tech at work, Emily was paradoxically old-fashioned in her life. She didn't even own a television. "The nineteenth century," Jess concluded. "No. Eighteenth. You can be eighteenth. I'll be nineteenth."
"I never pictured you as a Victorian."
"No, early nineteenth century," said Jess, who had always been a stickler when it came to imaginary games and books. The Blue Fairy, not Tinker Bell. Lucy, not Susan. Jo, not Amy. Austen, not the Brontes.”
― Allegra Goodman, The Cookbook Collector