Thursday, January 24, 2008
Quotes for Today
George Santayana
The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.
Unknown
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
George Eliot, Middlemarch, Ch 8
But pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.
Aristotle
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is slow-ripening fruit.
Edgar Allen Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.
Ausonius
Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what you don't believe yourself.
Alfred Edward Perlman
Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, page 62
I hold a creed, which no one ever taught me, and which I seldon mention, but in which I delight, and to which I cling, for it extends hope to all; it makes eternity a rest - a mighty home - not a terror and an abyss. With this creed, I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime, I can so sincerly forgive the first while I abhor the last; with this creed, revenge never worries my heart, degredation never too deeply disgusts me, injustice bever crushes me too low; I live in calm, looking to the end.
Bertrand Russell
Whereas in art nothing worth doing can be done without genius, in science even a very moderate capacity can contribute to a supreme achievement.
Virgil
Happy is he who gets to know the reasons for things.
Jacques Prvert
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
More Quotations
4 Lift Quotes
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:11:00 +0000
Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help lift him up. - Ecclesiastes 4910 Bible
I hold before you my hand with each ...]
Fine silver quotations Tuesday: $17.184 ounce (Canadian Business)
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:47:10 GMT
The Canadian Press January 22, 2008 - 12:41 a.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Tuesday $17.184 oz., $552.47 kg.; Friday $17.028 oz., $547.45 kg.
Bush Quote: “There’s no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will say …”
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:55:01 +0000
Courtesy of onegoodmove and “The Daily Show” …
“There’s no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will say . . .” - George W. Bush
Check out the link above for the video.
Heath Ledger found dead, aged 28
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:03:00 GMT
Stuff - What a shock! Reports of Aussie Oscar-nominee Heath Ledger’s death from a possible drug overdose seem to have come out of the blue. Pills were found by his body. The New York Times quotes the New ... ¶ 5:03 PM
Today's Quotes:
George Santayana
The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.
Unknown
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
George Eliot, Middlemarch, Ch 8
But pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.
Aristotle
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is slow-ripening fruit.
Edgar Allen Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.
Ausonius
Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what you don't believe yourself.
Alfred Edward Perlman
Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, page 62
I hold a creed, which no one ever taught me, and which I seldon mention, but in which I delight, and to which I cling, for it extends hope to all; it makes eternity a rest - a mighty home - not a terror and an abyss. With this creed, I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime, I can so sincerly forgive the first while I abhor the last; with this creed, revenge never worries my heart, degredation never too deeply disgusts me, injustice bever crushes me too low; I live in calm, looking to the end.
Bertrand Russell
Whereas in art nothing worth doing can be done without genius, in science even a very moderate capacity can contribute to a supreme achievement.
Virgil
Happy is he who gets to know the reasons for things.
Jacques Prvert
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
More Quotations
4 Lift Quotes
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:11:00 +0000
Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help lift him up. - Ecclesiastes 4910 Bible
I hold before you my hand with each ...]
Fine silver quotations Tuesday: $17.184 ounce (Canadian Business)
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:47:10 GMT
The Canadian Press January 22, 2008 - 12:41 a.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Tuesday $17.184 oz., $552.47 kg.; Friday $17.028 oz., $547.45 kg.
Bush Quote: “There’s no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will say …”
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:55:01 +0000
Courtesy of onegoodmove and “The Daily Show” …
“There’s no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will say . . .” - George W. Bush
Check out the link above for the video.
Heath Ledger found dead, aged 28
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:03:00 GMT
Stuff - What a shock! Reports of Aussie Oscar-nominee Heath Ledger’s death from a possible drug overdose seem to have come out of the blue. Pills were found by his body. The New York Times quotes the New ... ¶ 5:03 PM
