Favorite Quotations
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Great Famous Quotations
Confucius
Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
Albert Guerard
Doubt 'til thou canst doubt no more...doubt is thought and thought is life. Systems which end doubt are devices for drugging thought.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
Berthe Morisot
The love of nature is consolation against failure.
Cato the Elder, from Seneca the Elder, Controversiae
An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
Groucho Marx
Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
We are born to inquire into truth it belongs to a greater to possess it.
Oliver L. North
I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance ... was a neat idea.
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Lesson Quotes
Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:36:00 +0000
When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind, and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. - Phyllis Bottome
If someone breaks your heart, forgive them. For they have helped you ...]
Democrats' debate quotes
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:02:00 GMT
Buffalo News - -"I think I can deliver change. I think I understand how to make it possible for more people to live up to their God-given potential. I get impatient. I get, you know, really frustrated when people ...
Defining Israeli Zionist racism -- part 8 of 12
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:55:00 GMT
Online Journal - SECTION 1: C ontinuation: G: Israeli Zionist racism in their own words ] Analysis: Zionist media vs. Israeli racist quotations. It is normal that people reject negative accusations -- especially in ... ¶ 12:20 AM 0 comments
Check out these Famous Quotations:
Confucius
Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
Albert Guerard
Doubt 'til thou canst doubt no more...doubt is thought and thought is life. Systems which end doubt are devices for drugging thought.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
Berthe Morisot
The love of nature is consolation against failure.
Cato the Elder, from Seneca the Elder, Controversiae
An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.
Groucho Marx
Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
We are born to inquire into truth it belongs to a greater to possess it.
Oliver L. North
I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance ... was a neat idea.
More Quotations
Lesson Quotes
Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:36:00 +0000
When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind, and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. - Phyllis Bottome
If someone breaks your heart, forgive them. For they have helped you ...]
Democrats' debate quotes
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:02:00 GMT
Buffalo News - -"I think I can deliver change. I think I understand how to make it possible for more people to live up to their God-given potential. I get impatient. I get, you know, really frustrated when people ...
Defining Israeli Zionist racism -- part 8 of 12
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:55:00 GMT
Online Journal - SECTION 1: C ontinuation: G: Israeli Zionist racism in their own words ] Analysis: Zionist media vs. Israeli racist quotations. It is normal that people reject negative accusations -- especially in ... ¶ 12:20 AM 0 comments
Quotes Update
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Never for me the lowered banner, never the last endeavour.
Igor Stravinski
Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
Bette Davis, The Lonely Life, 1962
There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains. the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
Author Unknown
Age withers only the outside.
Vincent McNabb
Beauty is the radiance of truth, and the frangrance of goodness.
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Skinny is sexy at CES
Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:31:00 GMT
Stuff - Sharp's new AQUOS range, for instance, can receive content such as stock quotes, news and weather forecasts directly from the net, and users can obtain live customer support without getting off the ...
Ukrainian News Agency
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:50:00 GMT
Ukrainian News - According to dealers of commercial banks, at the beginning of the trading session the quotations fluctuated within 5.0480-5.0550 UAH/USD, then rose to 5.0500-5.0580 UAH/USD and by the end of the ...
Defining Israeli Zionist racism -- part 8 of 12
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:55:00 GMT
Online Journal - SECTION 1: C ontinuation: G: Israeli Zionist racism in their own words ] Analysis: Zionist media vs. Israeli racist quotations. It is normal that people reject negative accusations -- especially in ... ¶ 12:20 AM 0 comments
Today's Quotes:
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Never for me the lowered banner, never the last endeavour.
Igor Stravinski
Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
Bette Davis, The Lonely Life, 1962
There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains. the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
Author Unknown
Age withers only the outside.
Vincent McNabb
Beauty is the radiance of truth, and the frangrance of goodness.
More Quotes
Skinny is sexy at CES
Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:31:00 GMT
Stuff - Sharp's new AQUOS range, for instance, can receive content such as stock quotes, news and weather forecasts directly from the net, and users can obtain live customer support without getting off the ...
Ukrainian News Agency
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:50:00 GMT
Ukrainian News - According to dealers of commercial banks, at the beginning of the trading session the quotations fluctuated within 5.0480-5.0550 UAH/USD, then rose to 5.0500-5.0580 UAH/USD and by the end of the ...
Defining Israeli Zionist racism -- part 8 of 12
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:55:00 GMT
Online Journal - SECTION 1: C ontinuation: G: Israeli Zionist racism in their own words ] Analysis: Zionist media vs. Israeli racist quotations. It is normal that people reject negative accusations -- especially in ... ¶ 12:20 AM 0 comments
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John Ciardi
The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.
Alexander Graham Bell
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
Jules Feiffer
Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them
Odell Shepard
It is always wise, as it is also fair, to test a man by the standards of his own day, and not by those of another.
Aldous Huxley
The older dictators fell because they could never supply their subjects with enough bread, enough circuses, enough miracles and mysteries. Nor did they posses a really effective system of mind-manipulation. Under a scientific dictator, education will rea
Erica Jong
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow talent to the dark place where it leads.
H.L. Mencken
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace in a continual state of alarm (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing them with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
Dale Carnegie
When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bustling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.
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Update: Halle Berry poses for InStyle and discusses her 'geriatric ...
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:38:00 GMT
Celebrity Baby Blog - Update : Quotations and photos added. Originally posted January 7th : Actress Halle Berry , 41, poses for the February issue of InStyle magazine. She and boyfriend Gabriel Aubry expect their first ...
In quotes: Michigan primary result
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:05:00 GMT
BBC News - Mitt Romney's decisive victory in Michigan Tuesday throws an already confused GOP race onto the verge of chaos. With an unprecedented three different winners in the first three major contests, the ...
Skinny is sexy at CES
Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:31:00 GMT
Stuff - Sharp's new AQUOS range, for instance, can receive content such as stock quotes, news and weather forecasts directly from the net, and users can obtain live customer support without getting off the ... ¶ 12:20 AM 0 comments
Famous Quotes:
John Ciardi
The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.
Alexander Graham Bell
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
Jules Feiffer
Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them
Odell Shepard
It is always wise, as it is also fair, to test a man by the standards of his own day, and not by those of another.
Aldous Huxley
The older dictators fell because they could never supply their subjects with enough bread, enough circuses, enough miracles and mysteries. Nor did they posses a really effective system of mind-manipulation. Under a scientific dictator, education will rea
Erica Jong
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow talent to the dark place where it leads.
H.L. Mencken
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace in a continual state of alarm (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing them with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
Dale Carnegie
When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bustling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.
More Quotes
Update: Halle Berry poses for InStyle and discusses her 'geriatric ...
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:38:00 GMT
Celebrity Baby Blog - Update : Quotations and photos added. Originally posted January 7th : Actress Halle Berry , 41, poses for the February issue of InStyle magazine. She and boyfriend Gabriel Aubry expect their first ...
In quotes: Michigan primary result
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:05:00 GMT
BBC News - Mitt Romney's decisive victory in Michigan Tuesday throws an already confused GOP race onto the verge of chaos. With an unprecedented three different winners in the first three major contests, the ...
Skinny is sexy at CES
Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:31:00 GMT
Stuff - Sharp's new AQUOS range, for instance, can receive content such as stock quotes, news and weather forecasts directly from the net, and users can obtain live customer support without getting off the ... ¶ 12:20 AM 0 comments
Latest greatest Quotations
Italian Proverb
Love rules without rules.
Bertrand Russell
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
John Wesley
There is no such thing as a solitary Christian.
Bob Edwards
Now I know what a statesman is he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.
Proverbs Bible
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat.
Frederick Nietzsche
Religiously strict people, who judge themselves without mercy, are also those who have most often spoken ill of mankind in general.
John Ruskin
Quality is never an accident it is always the result of intelligent effort.
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Enlighten
Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:10:00 +0000
Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility. - George Orwell
Sexual enlightenment is justified insofar as girls cannot learn too soon how children do not come into the world. - Karl Kraus
In order to deserve, we must pay our dues and steadily work for perfection. We must relish in struggle, and relinquish pride. ...]
Bond Quotes
Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:50:00 +0000
The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real state, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith. - Bertrand Russell V. Delong
Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. ...]
Quotes about Architecture
Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:02:00 +0000
All architecture is great architecture after sunset perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks. - Gilbert Keith Chesterton
In short, the building becomes a theatrical demonstration of its functional ideal. In this romanticism, High-Tech architecture is, of course, no different in spirit-if totally different in form-from all the romantic architecture of ...]
4 Quotes on Fields
Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:32:00 +0000
Uncultivated minds are not full of wild flowers, like uncultivated fields. Villainous weeds grow in them, and they are full of toads. - Logan Pearsall Smith
On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory. - General Douglas MacArthur
We shall defend our ...]
Quotes about Reach
Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:17:00 +0000
People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant. - Helen Keller
If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love’s reach. - Margaret Cho
I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that ...] ¶ 12:19 AM 0 comments
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Italian Proverb
Love rules without rules.
Bertrand Russell
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
John Wesley
There is no such thing as a solitary Christian.
Bob Edwards
Now I know what a statesman is he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.
Proverbs Bible
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat.
Frederick Nietzsche
Religiously strict people, who judge themselves without mercy, are also those who have most often spoken ill of mankind in general.
John Ruskin
Quality is never an accident it is always the result of intelligent effort.
More Quotes
Enlighten
Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:10:00 +0000
Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility. - George Orwell
Sexual enlightenment is justified insofar as girls cannot learn too soon how children do not come into the world. - Karl Kraus
In order to deserve, we must pay our dues and steadily work for perfection. We must relish in struggle, and relinquish pride. ...]
Bond Quotes
Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:50:00 +0000
The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real state, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith. - Bertrand Russell V. Delong
Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. ...]
Quotes about Architecture
Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:02:00 +0000
All architecture is great architecture after sunset perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks. - Gilbert Keith Chesterton
In short, the building becomes a theatrical demonstration of its functional ideal. In this romanticism, High-Tech architecture is, of course, no different in spirit-if totally different in form-from all the romantic architecture of ...]
4 Quotes on Fields
Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:32:00 +0000
Uncultivated minds are not full of wild flowers, like uncultivated fields. Villainous weeds grow in them, and they are full of toads. - Logan Pearsall Smith
On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory. - General Douglas MacArthur
We shall defend our ...]
Quotes about Reach
Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:17:00 +0000
People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant. - Helen Keller
If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love’s reach. - Margaret Cho
I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that ...] ¶ 12:19 AM 0 comments
Latest greatest Famous Quotes
Marlon Brando
If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.
Jerry Coleman
Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now.
Ivern Ball
A politician is a person who can make waves and then make you think he's the only one who can save the ship.
Marcel Proust
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Agnes Repplier
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
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Un socialiste français en mission pour réformer le FMI FR]
Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:46:00 GMT
EurActiv.com - La Belgique et les Pays-Bas, par exemple, reçoivent tous deux davantage de quotes-parts du FMI (qui déterminent les droits d’emprunt d’un pays membre) que la Chine, dont l ...
Giuliani quotes scripture in Florida (Gay.com)
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:14:20 GMT
In a state he needs badly to win, Rudy Giuliani asks an evangelical congregation for prayers instead of votes and quotes scripture on hope.
DSK au FMI : aller "plus vite et plus loin"
Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:56:00 GMT
Le Figaro - La révision de la répartition des quotes-parts devra ainsi être réalisée avant avril prochain. Elle règle l'équilibre des forces entre les 185 membres du FMI, et fait l ... ¶ 12:18 AM 0 comments
Here are the Famous Quotes ...
Marlon Brando
If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.
Jerry Coleman
Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now.
Ivern Ball
A politician is a person who can make waves and then make you think he's the only one who can save the ship.
Marcel Proust
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Agnes Repplier
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
More Quotes
Un socialiste français en mission pour réformer le FMI FR]
Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:46:00 GMT
EurActiv.com - La Belgique et les Pays-Bas, par exemple, reçoivent tous deux davantage de quotes-parts du FMI (qui déterminent les droits d’emprunt d’un pays membre) que la Chine, dont l ...
Giuliani quotes scripture in Florida (Gay.com)
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:14:20 GMT
In a state he needs badly to win, Rudy Giuliani asks an evangelical congregation for prayers instead of votes and quotes scripture on hope.
DSK au FMI : aller "plus vite et plus loin"
Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:56:00 GMT
Le Figaro - La révision de la répartition des quotes-parts devra ainsi être réalisée avant avril prochain. Elle règle l'équilibre des forces entre les 185 membres du FMI, et fait l ... ¶ 12:18 AM 0 comments
