Monday, May 05, 2008
Famous Quotes Update
Danish proverb
If you would be pope, you must think of nothing else.
Anon.
Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique.
Virgil
As the twig is bent the tree inclines.
Blaise Pascal
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.
Robert Louis Stephenson
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
Vince Lombardi
After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the enduring things that are left are the dedication to excellence, the dedication to victory, and the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place in which to live.
Robert Pirsig
Even though quality cannot be defined, you know what quality is.
Edward R. Murrow
To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful.
Napolean Hill
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, Just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Finley Peter Dunne
An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.
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.
Theodore Roosevelt
If I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness.
More Quotes
Moms Say the Darndest Things (Provo Daily Herald)
Sat, 03 May 2008 07:13:38 GMT
Does your mom have a favorite saying that you've heard over and over again? Ever catch yourself saying something that sounds just like your mother? With Mother's Day just around the corner, we'd like to record some of those familiar quotations as a way to pay tribute to Mom on her special day. We'd love for you to share that favorite saying, as well as a few words about what it means to you, for ...
Fine silver quotations Wednesday: $17.424 ounce (Canadian Business)
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:28:49 GMT
The Canadian Press April 30, 2008 - 1:09 p.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Wednesday $17.424 oz., $560.18 kg.; Tuesday $17.493 oz., $562.40 kg.
Obama's new pastor quotes 'F--- AmeriKKKa' rap song (WorldNet Daily)
Mon, 05 May 2008 02:47:53 GMT
JERUSALEM – Otis Moss, the man slated to become the new chief pastor at the Trinity United Church of Christ, referenced a rap song during one of his recent sermons that includes among its lyrics "F--- America" and states the U.S. is "still with triple K" – referring to the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan.
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Here are the Famous Quotes ...
Danish proverb
If you would be pope, you must think of nothing else.
Anon.
Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique.
Virgil
As the twig is bent the tree inclines.
Blaise Pascal
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.
Robert Louis Stephenson
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
Vince Lombardi
After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the enduring things that are left are the dedication to excellence, the dedication to victory, and the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place in which to live.
Robert Pirsig
Even though quality cannot be defined, you know what quality is.
Edward R. Murrow
To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful.
Napolean Hill
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, Just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Finley Peter Dunne
An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.
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.
Theodore Roosevelt
If I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness.
More Quotes
Moms Say the Darndest Things (Provo Daily Herald)
Sat, 03 May 2008 07:13:38 GMT
Does your mom have a favorite saying that you've heard over and over again? Ever catch yourself saying something that sounds just like your mother? With Mother's Day just around the corner, we'd like to record some of those familiar quotations as a way to pay tribute to Mom on her special day. We'd love for you to share that favorite saying, as well as a few words about what it means to you, for ...
Fine silver quotations Wednesday: $17.424 ounce (Canadian Business)
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:28:49 GMT
The Canadian Press April 30, 2008 - 1:09 p.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Wednesday $17.424 oz., $560.18 kg.; Tuesday $17.493 oz., $562.40 kg.
Obama's new pastor quotes 'F--- AmeriKKKa' rap song (WorldNet Daily)
Mon, 05 May 2008 02:47:53 GMT
JERUSALEM – Otis Moss, the man slated to become the new chief pastor at the Trinity United Church of Christ, referenced a rap song during one of his recent sermons that includes among its lyrics "F--- America" and states the U.S. is "still with triple K" – referring to the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan.
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