Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Daily Famous Quotations
John Holt
...since we can't know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned.
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.
James Branch Cabell
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
Barbara Sher
Isolation is a dream killer.
Sophocles
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be When there's no help in truth
Richard Jeni
It is a sad fact that 50 percent of marriages in this country end in divorce. But hey, the other half end in death. You could be one of the lucky ones!
John Haldane
So many new ideas are at first strange and horrible, though ultimately valuable that a very heavy responsibility rests upon those who would prevent their dissemination.
More Quotations
Posted Monday, September 29, at 11:54 PM - Fort Scott Tribune
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:38:00 GMT
My grandfather is a "retired" roofer. Why the quotations around retired? Well, that is because the only thing retirement changed is one word of his vocabulary -- work. That's right ...
Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:23:00 GMT
SINGAPORE, Sept 30 (Reuters) - U.S crude oil futures fell by more than $2.00 a barrel on Tuesday, extending losses after U.S. lawmakers rejected a $700 billion plan to end ...
Prize-Winners as Pioneers of Sustainable Management: Ernst Ulrich von ... - Yahoo Finance
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:25:00 GMT
OSNABRüCK, Germany, September 30 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2008, the German Environmental Award, presented by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), focuses on the careful treatment ...
Canadian dollar is trading 0.34 of a cent lower at 96.48 cents US at ... - Canada East
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:28:00 GMT
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar traded at 96.48 cents US, down 0.34 of a cent on Monday. The U.S. dollar was trading at 103.65 cents Cdn, up 0.37 of a cent. Pound sterling was at C$1 ...
Grain quotes, High Plains & Gulf - Houston Chronicle
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:43:00 GMT
— Texas High Plains cash grain markets closed: mostly 51 cents to 54 cents lower on grain sorghum, mostly 35 cents to 41 cents lower on wheat, 65 cents to 70 cents lower on ...
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Here are the Famous Quotations ...
John Holt
...since we can't know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned.
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.
James Branch Cabell
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
Barbara Sher
Isolation is a dream killer.
Sophocles
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be When there's no help in truth
Richard Jeni
It is a sad fact that 50 percent of marriages in this country end in divorce. But hey, the other half end in death. You could be one of the lucky ones!
John Haldane
So many new ideas are at first strange and horrible, though ultimately valuable that a very heavy responsibility rests upon those who would prevent their dissemination.
More Quotations
Posted Monday, September 29, at 11:54 PM - Fort Scott Tribune
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:38:00 GMT
My grandfather is a "retired" roofer. Why the quotations around retired? Well, that is because the only thing retirement changed is one word of his vocabulary -- work. That's right ...
Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:23:00 GMT
SINGAPORE, Sept 30 (Reuters) - U.S crude oil futures fell by more than $2.00 a barrel on Tuesday, extending losses after U.S. lawmakers rejected a $700 billion plan to end ...
Prize-Winners as Pioneers of Sustainable Management: Ernst Ulrich von ... - Yahoo Finance
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:25:00 GMT
OSNABRüCK, Germany, September 30 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2008, the German Environmental Award, presented by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), focuses on the careful treatment ...
Canadian dollar is trading 0.34 of a cent lower at 96.48 cents US at ... - Canada East
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:28:00 GMT
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar traded at 96.48 cents US, down 0.34 of a cent on Monday. The U.S. dollar was trading at 103.65 cents Cdn, up 0.37 of a cent. Pound sterling was at C$1 ...
Grain quotes, High Plains & Gulf - Houston Chronicle
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:43:00 GMT
— Texas High Plains cash grain markets closed: mostly 51 cents to 54 cents lower on grain sorghum, mostly 35 cents to 41 cents lower on wheat, 65 cents to 70 cents lower on ...
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