Monday, April 14, 2008
Quotations for Today
William James
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
Willa Sibert Cather
Writing ought either to be the manufacture of stories for which there is a market demand -- a business as safe and commendable as making soap or breakfast foods -- or it should be an art, which is always a search for something for which there is no market demand, something new and untried, where the values are intrinsic and have nothing to do with standardized values.
Britney Spears, on her web site, October 2004
My prerogative right now is to just chill and let all the other overexposed blondes on the cover of Us Weekly (magazine) be your entertainment.
George Walden
A country losing touch with its own history is like an old man losing his glasses, a distressing sight, at once vulnerable, unsure, and easily disoriented.
Francesco Petrarch
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us--avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
Al Jaffee
Book dedication To myself, without whose inspired and tireless efforts this book would not have been possible.
Sir Winston Churchill
A love of tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril but the new view must come, the world must roll forward.
Mickey Rooney
You always pass failure on the way to success.
Morley Saefer
Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that.
Oscar Wilde
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
If you want to be the popular one at a party, here's a good thing to do Go up to some people who are talking and laughing and say, 'Well, technically that's illegal.' It might fit in with what somebody just said. And even if it doesn't, so what, I hate this stupid party.
More Quotes
Overheard: The best quotes from the U-M spring game (Detroit Free Press)
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:15:32 GMT
Rich Rodriguez
Now hear this: Entertainment quotes (The Globe Gazette)
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:31:20 GMT
“I really can never put myself in the category of people who have not only revolutionized music but also changed the world. That’s a completely different era and time ... I’m just feeling really happy and grateful.” — Mariah Carey, on surpassing Elvis Presley for the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100.
Fine silver quotations Wednesday: $19.282 ounce (Canadian Business)
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:55:24 GMT
The Canadian Press April 9, 2008 - 1:39 p.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Wednesday $19.282 oz., $619.92 kg.; Tuesday $18.64 oz., $599.28 kg.
International stock market quotations (EARTHtimes.org)
Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:37:13 GMT
Frankfurt - The following index quotations were noted on the world's major stock markets.11 April10 April difference New York Dow Jones 12,438.9212,581.98(- 143.06) New York NASDAQ Comp.2,320.36 2,351.70(-31.34) TokioNikkei13,323.7312,945.30(+ 378.43...
Quotations of the day (Charleston Daily Mail)
Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:46:22 GMT
"Our conflict with the Dalai clique is not an ethnic problem, not a religious problem, nor a human rights problem. It is a problem either to safeguard national unification or to split the motherland.'' -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on relations with the Dalai Lama and recent unrest in Tibet.
¶ 11:47 AM
Today's Quotations:
William James
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
Willa Sibert Cather
Writing ought either to be the manufacture of stories for which there is a market demand -- a business as safe and commendable as making soap or breakfast foods -- or it should be an art, which is always a search for something for which there is no market demand, something new and untried, where the values are intrinsic and have nothing to do with standardized values.
Britney Spears, on her web site, October 2004
My prerogative right now is to just chill and let all the other overexposed blondes on the cover of Us Weekly (magazine) be your entertainment.
George Walden
A country losing touch with its own history is like an old man losing his glasses, a distressing sight, at once vulnerable, unsure, and easily disoriented.
Francesco Petrarch
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us--avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
Al Jaffee
Book dedication To myself, without whose inspired and tireless efforts this book would not have been possible.
Sir Winston Churchill
A love of tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril but the new view must come, the world must roll forward.
Mickey Rooney
You always pass failure on the way to success.
Morley Saefer
Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that.
Oscar Wilde
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
If you want to be the popular one at a party, here's a good thing to do Go up to some people who are talking and laughing and say, 'Well, technically that's illegal.' It might fit in with what somebody just said. And even if it doesn't, so what, I hate this stupid party.
More Quotes
Overheard: The best quotes from the U-M spring game (Detroit Free Press)
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:15:32 GMT
Rich Rodriguez
Now hear this: Entertainment quotes (The Globe Gazette)
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:31:20 GMT
“I really can never put myself in the category of people who have not only revolutionized music but also changed the world. That’s a completely different era and time ... I’m just feeling really happy and grateful.” — Mariah Carey, on surpassing Elvis Presley for the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100.
Fine silver quotations Wednesday: $19.282 ounce (Canadian Business)
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:55:24 GMT
The Canadian Press April 9, 2008 - 1:39 p.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Wednesday $19.282 oz., $619.92 kg.; Tuesday $18.64 oz., $599.28 kg.
International stock market quotations (EARTHtimes.org)
Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:37:13 GMT
Frankfurt - The following index quotations were noted on the world's major stock markets.11 April10 April difference New York Dow Jones 12,438.9212,581.98(- 143.06) New York NASDAQ Comp.2,320.36 2,351.70(-31.34) TokioNikkei13,323.7312,945.30(+ 378.43...
Quotations of the day (Charleston Daily Mail)
Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:46:22 GMT
"Our conflict with the Dalai clique is not an ethnic problem, not a religious problem, nor a human rights problem. It is a problem either to safeguard national unification or to split the motherland.'' -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on relations with the Dalai Lama and recent unrest in Tibet.
¶ 11:47 AM
