Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Great Quotations
Oscar Wilde
Genius is born--not paid.
Johann von Schiller
He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.
Joseph Addison
It is folly for an eminent person to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected by it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age, have passed through this fiery persecution. There is no defense against reproach but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph.
Kaleel Jamison
Relationships--of all kinds--are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an open hand, the sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly to hold on, the sand trickles through your fingers. You may hold onto some of it, but most will be spilled. A relationship is like that. Held loosely, with respect and freedom for the other person, it is likely to remain intact. But hold too tightly, too possessively, and the relationship slips away and is lost.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.
Greek proverb
A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.
Celeste Holm
We live by encouragement and die without it--slowly, sadly, angrily.
Aldous Huxley
Art is one of the means whereby man seeks to redeem a life which is experienced as chaotic, senseless, and largely evil.
Ambrose Bierce
Marriage: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
More Quotations
Stock & fund quotes
Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:24:00 GMT
ninemsn - Shares in Allco Finance Group Ltd rose almost 30 per cent on Wednesday on speculation that its founders could team up with another party to take the struggling finance house ...
Stock & fund quotes
Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:28:00 GMT
ninemsn - Forget about complimenting the boss' tie or her choice in shoes. And if you're thinking of picking the head honcho up a scone and coffee on your way into work, think again. There's ...
Don Banks: Illinois RB Mendenhall runs into NFL draft spotlight (Sports Illustrated)
Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:21:54 GMT
A heaping helping of notes and quotes that remained in my notebook after a four-day stay at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, an event that seems to grow exponentially larger each and every February ...
¶ 9:05 PM
Straight to the Quotations ...
Oscar Wilde
Genius is born--not paid.
Johann von Schiller
He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.
Joseph Addison
It is folly for an eminent person to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected by it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age, have passed through this fiery persecution. There is no defense against reproach but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph.
Kaleel Jamison
Relationships--of all kinds--are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an open hand, the sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly to hold on, the sand trickles through your fingers. You may hold onto some of it, but most will be spilled. A relationship is like that. Held loosely, with respect and freedom for the other person, it is likely to remain intact. But hold too tightly, too possessively, and the relationship slips away and is lost.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.
Greek proverb
A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.
Celeste Holm
We live by encouragement and die without it--slowly, sadly, angrily.
Aldous Huxley
Art is one of the means whereby man seeks to redeem a life which is experienced as chaotic, senseless, and largely evil.
Ambrose Bierce
Marriage: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
More Quotations
Stock & fund quotes
Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:24:00 GMT
ninemsn - Shares in Allco Finance Group Ltd rose almost 30 per cent on Wednesday on speculation that its founders could team up with another party to take the struggling finance house ...
Stock & fund quotes
Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:28:00 GMT
ninemsn - Forget about complimenting the boss' tie or her choice in shoes. And if you're thinking of picking the head honcho up a scone and coffee on your way into work, think again. There's ...
Don Banks: Illinois RB Mendenhall runs into NFL draft spotlight (Sports Illustrated)
Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:21:54 GMT
A heaping helping of notes and quotes that remained in my notebook after a four-day stay at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, an event that seems to grow exponentially larger each and every February ...
¶ 9:05 PM
