Sunday, January 20, 2008
Quotations Update
Ludwig Mises
Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.
Moliere
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
Josh Billings
Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
Pam Brown
A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.
Elayne Boosler
When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country.
Cesare Pavese
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in the world.
Thomas Mann
As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence, I have formed during the last few years such close relations with this best and truest friend of mankind, that his image is not only no longer terrifying to me, but is indeed very soothing and consoling And I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity...of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.
Ronald Reagan
Some say it will bring war to the heavens, but its purpose is to deter war, in the heavens and on earth.
William Butler Yeats
The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.
More Quotations
(Adds detail, quotes)
Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:18:00 GMT
Reuters UK - TORONTO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index pared losses but still capped the week with another drop on Friday, in a four-day plunge that has rattled the market amid deepening ...
Students' nervous wait over despite postal delays
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:59:00 GMT
New Zealand Herald - One blot was a Shakespeare component, which she believed she didn't pass because she "forgot the quotes". Jess and Ange said they weren't competitive when it came to exams and each had their own ...
Quotations of the day
Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:33:00 GMT
Charleston Gazette - "I don't think in this day and age we can afford the honor system for entering the United States.'' --Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on new border-crossing rules that take effect in two ...
6 Singular Quotes
Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:58:00 +0000
I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive epochs is like omitting Hamlet from the play which is named after him. . . But it is certainly analogous to cutting out the part of Ophelia. This simile is ...]
Fine silver quotations Friday: $17.028 ounce
Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:31:00 GMT
Canada East - TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Friday $17.028 oz., $547.45 kg.; Thursday $16.88 oz., $542.69 kg. Log in to access premium content and features on this site. You ... ¶ 12:16 AM
Today's Quotations:
Ludwig Mises
Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.
Moliere
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
Josh Billings
Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
Pam Brown
A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.
Elayne Boosler
When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country.
Cesare Pavese
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in the world.
Thomas Mann
As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence, I have formed during the last few years such close relations with this best and truest friend of mankind, that his image is not only no longer terrifying to me, but is indeed very soothing and consoling And I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity...of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.
Ronald Reagan
Some say it will bring war to the heavens, but its purpose is to deter war, in the heavens and on earth.
William Butler Yeats
The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.
More Quotations
(Adds detail, quotes)
Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:18:00 GMT
Reuters UK - TORONTO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index pared losses but still capped the week with another drop on Friday, in a four-day plunge that has rattled the market amid deepening ...
Students' nervous wait over despite postal delays
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:59:00 GMT
New Zealand Herald - One blot was a Shakespeare component, which she believed she didn't pass because she "forgot the quotes". Jess and Ange said they weren't competitive when it came to exams and each had their own ...
Quotations of the day
Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:33:00 GMT
Charleston Gazette - "I don't think in this day and age we can afford the honor system for entering the United States.'' --Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on new border-crossing rules that take effect in two ...
6 Singular Quotes
Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:58:00 +0000
I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive epochs is like omitting Hamlet from the play which is named after him. . . But it is certainly analogous to cutting out the part of Ophelia. This simile is ...]
Fine silver quotations Friday: $17.028 ounce
Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:31:00 GMT
Canada East - TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Friday $17.028 oz., $547.45 kg.; Thursday $16.88 oz., $542.69 kg. Log in to access premium content and features on this site. You ... ¶ 12:16 AM
