Monday, February 04, 2008
Latest greatest Famous Quotes
Chuang-tzu
Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
Lewis Thomas
We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We have affection We have genes for usefulness, and usefulness is about as close to a 'common goal' of nature as I can guess at. And finally, and perhaps best of all, we have music.
Henry Bromel
Sometimes when you look back on a situation, you realize it wasn't all you thought it was. A beautiful girl walked into your life. You fell in love. Or did you Maybe it was only a childish infatuation, or maybe just a brief moment of vanity.
Auguste Rodin
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated.
H. Allen Smith
When there are two conflicting versions of a story, the wise course is to believe the one in which people appear at their worst.
Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder
Keep right on to the end of the road.
Rudyard Kipling
Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.
Rose Dorothy Franken
Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.
Robert Charles Benchley
A boy can learn a lot from a dog obedence, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.
More Quotes
Quotes of the week (Aspen Daily News)
Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:33:04 GMT
“If he lifted up that gun, I was jumping over the counter.” John Chaplin, a clerk at Of Grape & Grain, after a man entered the store with a rifle. Chaplin asked the man to put down the gun, which he did before shopping for wine.
Stock & fund quotes
Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT
ninemsn - TOKYO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks rose on Monday, led by exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp 7203.T>, tracking gains on Wall Street last week. Yahoo Japan Corp 4689.T> was flooded with buy ...
Giants postgame quotes (Bradenton Herald)
Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:01:09 GMT
Postgame quotes from the New York Giants after their 24-14 wild-card playoff victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday:
Cross gives history of Gullah community
Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:09:00 GMT
Island Packet Online - While Cross has done a good job of explaining the Gullahs and their heritage, his book is often repetitive and depends heavily on quotations from other published works, and could have benefitted from ...
Somber tribute by Sontag's son
Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:54:00 GMT
Philadelphia Inquirer - She constantly read (she didn't own a TV), made "lists of restaurants and books, quotations and facts, writing projects and travel schedules," and took in any information available. Still a "rock-hard ... ¶ 1:22 PM
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Chuang-tzu
Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
Lewis Thomas
We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We have affection We have genes for usefulness, and usefulness is about as close to a 'common goal' of nature as I can guess at. And finally, and perhaps best of all, we have music.
Henry Bromel
Sometimes when you look back on a situation, you realize it wasn't all you thought it was. A beautiful girl walked into your life. You fell in love. Or did you Maybe it was only a childish infatuation, or maybe just a brief moment of vanity.
Auguste Rodin
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated.
H. Allen Smith
When there are two conflicting versions of a story, the wise course is to believe the one in which people appear at their worst.
Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder
Keep right on to the end of the road.
Rudyard Kipling
Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.
Rose Dorothy Franken
Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.
Robert Charles Benchley
A boy can learn a lot from a dog obedence, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.
More Quotes
Quotes of the week (Aspen Daily News)
Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:33:04 GMT
“If he lifted up that gun, I was jumping over the counter.” John Chaplin, a clerk at Of Grape & Grain, after a man entered the store with a rifle. Chaplin asked the man to put down the gun, which he did before shopping for wine.
Stock & fund quotes
Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT
ninemsn - TOKYO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks rose on Monday, led by exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp 7203.T>, tracking gains on Wall Street last week. Yahoo Japan Corp 4689.T> was flooded with buy ...
Giants postgame quotes (Bradenton Herald)
Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:01:09 GMT
Postgame quotes from the New York Giants after their 24-14 wild-card playoff victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday:
Cross gives history of Gullah community
Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:09:00 GMT
Island Packet Online - While Cross has done a good job of explaining the Gullahs and their heritage, his book is often repetitive and depends heavily on quotations from other published works, and could have benefitted from ...
Somber tribute by Sontag's son
Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:54:00 GMT
Philadelphia Inquirer - She constantly read (she didn't own a TV), made "lists of restaurants and books, quotations and facts, writing projects and travel schedules," and took in any information available. Still a "rock-hard ... ¶ 1:22 PM
