Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Famous Quotations Update
Miguel de Cervantes
The more thou stir it, the worse it will be.
Benjamin Disraeli
Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
Clare Booth Luce
They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
Henry David Thoreau
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is in prison.
Virgil
As the twig is bent the tree inclines.
Aeschylus
I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.
The Rock
I never wanted to be the biggest guy. I just wanted to be the best.
Bertrand Russell
The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy - I mean that if you are happy you will be good.
Mark Twain, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", Chapter 2
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.
More Quotes
Fine silver quotations Monday: C$16.719 ounce (Canadian Business)
Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:07:46 GMT
The Canadian Press March 10, 2008 - 2:51 p.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Monday $20.071 oz., $645.28 kg.; Friday $20.665 oz., $664.38 kg.
Reporting: London
Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:56:00 GMT
American Reporter - The paper is known to invent stories and quotations on occasion, however. The project would be "a big blow to al-Qaeda," as it would send the message that the heart of terrorism ...
Stock & fund quotes
Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:11:00 GMT
ninemsn - TOKYO, March 12 (Reuters) - Japan's Agriculture Ministry bought 36,400 tonnes of food wheat from Canada and 20,000 tonnes of food barley from Australia through a tender under the ...
London Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)
Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:36:05 GMT
London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange today. In brackets movement against previous quotation....
Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)
Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:51:09 GMT
Frankfurt - Frankfurt Stock Exchange closing prices in euros. In brackets the point movement of index/price movement of stocks against previous quotation: ...
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Today's Famous Quotations:
Miguel de Cervantes
The more thou stir it, the worse it will be.
Benjamin Disraeli
Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
Clare Booth Luce
They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
Henry David Thoreau
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is in prison.
Virgil
As the twig is bent the tree inclines.
Aeschylus
I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.
The Rock
I never wanted to be the biggest guy. I just wanted to be the best.
Bertrand Russell
The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy - I mean that if you are happy you will be good.
Mark Twain, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", Chapter 2
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.
More Quotes
Fine silver quotations Monday: C$16.719 ounce (Canadian Business)
Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:07:46 GMT
The Canadian Press March 10, 2008 - 2:51 p.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Monday $20.071 oz., $645.28 kg.; Friday $20.665 oz., $664.38 kg.
Reporting: London
Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:56:00 GMT
American Reporter - The paper is known to invent stories and quotations on occasion, however. The project would be "a big blow to al-Qaeda," as it would send the message that the heart of terrorism ...
Stock & fund quotes
Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:11:00 GMT
ninemsn - TOKYO, March 12 (Reuters) - Japan's Agriculture Ministry bought 36,400 tonnes of food wheat from Canada and 20,000 tonnes of food barley from Australia through a tender under the ...
London Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)
Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:36:05 GMT
London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange today. In brackets movement against previous quotation....
Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)
Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:51:09 GMT
Frankfurt - Frankfurt Stock Exchange closing prices in euros. In brackets the point movement of index/price movement of stocks against previous quotation: ...
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