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H. L. MenckenHappiness is the china shop; love is the bull.
AnonymousSome people get angry because God put thorns on roses, while others praise him for putting roses among thorns.
Antoine De Saint-ExuperyAll men have the stars, but they do not mean the same things for different people. For some they are guides, for others, no more than little lights in the sky. But all these are silent. You--you alone have the stars as no one else has them
Charles Haddon SpurgeonHumility is to make a right estimate of one's self it is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought, though it might rather puzzle him to do that.
Michel de MontaigneThere is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.
Alexander Graham BellThe most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion... It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider - and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation - persevering in what he knows to be practical, and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.
SallustBefore you act consider when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
Jessamyn WestWe want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.
HomerA decent boldness ever meets with friends.
Albert CamusLife can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.
More QuotationsQuotes & Comments (Western Herald)Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:50:37 GMT
"For us, it's Florida... We'll think about New York, California, Missouri... we'll think about everything on the morning of Jan. 30." - Former New York City mayor and candidate for president Rudy Giuliani told the New York Times yesterday.
Lesson QuotesWed, 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
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4 Lift QuotesFri, 11 Jan 2008 21:11:00 +0000
Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help lift him up. - Ecclesiastes 4910 Bible
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Benjamin DisraeliYouth is a blunder Manhood a struggle Old Age a regret.
Francis Saint De SalesIf we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can it be done so quickly as to hinder the harm of our success.
Erica JongAdvice is what you ask for when you already know the answer but wish you didn't.
H Hahn BlavatskyMeditation has been defined as the cessation of active eternal thought.
Penn Jillette, in a Compuserve chatMy favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them.
Abraham J. HerschelLife is not meaningful to us unless serving an end beyond itself, unless it is of value to someone else.
The BuddhaDo not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
Aldus Manutius, Placard on the door of the Aldine PressTalk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly.
More QuotationsReview urged of comparison websites (Channel 4)Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:53:50 GMT
The City watchdog urgently needs to review its regulation of price comparison websites to prevent consumers buying unsuitable products, an insurance trade body has said.
Iraq more secure, needs political consensus-UN (AlertNet)Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:23:19 GMT
Source: Reuters (Adds quotes, U.S. and Russian ambassadors, background) By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The United Nations' chief envoy in Iraq gave a mixed report on the situation on ...
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Jiddu KrishnamurtiWhat is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.
Douglas Adams, "So Long and Thanks For All The Fish"This is an important announcement. This is flight 121 to Los Angeles. If your travel plans today do not include Los Angeles, now would be a perfect time to disembark.
Joseph AddisonWhen men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
Henry GeorgeMan is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed the only animal that is never satisfied.
Edward R. Murrow, television broadcast, December 31, 1955Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
Sam LevensonInsanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.
More QuotationsSCO n'est désormais plus listé au NASDAQWed, 02 Jan 2008 15:20:00 GMT
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Erika : ce que vont toucher les victimesTue, 15 Jan 2008 23:54:00 GMT
Le Point - Une condamnation solidaire permet aux parties civiles de réclamer leurs dommages à un des condamnés, à charge pour ce dernier de se faire rembourser les quotes-parts auprès ...
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Roger H. LincolnThere are two rules for success:
1) Never tell everything you know.
William Arthur WardA well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
Jack Handey Deep ThoughtsI wish there was a disease where you're afraid of clouds, because I think I could cure it. First, you sit the patient down and have a long personal talk. After that, I'm not sure, but maybe you could throw some water in his face or something.
Jerry SeinfeldSometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.
Anne BradstreetIf we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Anatole FranceIf a million people say a foolish thing, is it still a foolish thing.
Mark TwainWhenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
Happy GilmoreHappy Son of a bitch ball. Why can't you go home Aren't you good enough for your home Answer me. Suck my white ass ball.
More QuotationsTodays QuotesWed, 16 Jan 2008 21:03:00 +0000
Memories, important yesterdays, were once todays. Treasure and notice today. - Gloria Gaither
Do not be so quick to judge or label, for one day the objects of ridicule may become what they are ever so used to being seen as. And when this happens it is too late, another soul has fallen to the cruel ...]
Fine silver quotations Friday: $17.028 ounce (Canadian Business)Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:48:05 GMT
The Canadian Press January 18, 2008 - 12:36 a.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Friday $17.028 oz., $547.45 kg.; Thursday $16.88 oz., $542.69 kg.
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Sir Walter ScottOh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive
Dag HammarskjoldLife only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away.
Jeff PesisHardware the parts of a computer that can be kicked.
I ChingWater, everywhere over the earth, flows to join together. A single natural law controls it. Each human is a member of a community and should work within it.
Branch Rickey/ Dogers GM (1943-50)Thou shall not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, thou shall steal and thou must.
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Argus Leader - One-thousand adults act as mentors to 1,000 school children in Sioux Falls. But if every child in the city who needs a mentor had one, it would take another 1,500 adults willing to help. Says Todd ...
comments on: Post Fight Quotes: Jones Jr, Trinidad, Goloto, BunemaMon, 21 Jan 2008 09:07:00 GMT
East Side Boxing - Excellent Card Excellent fights all in all worth the money! Golota got a very good win as the old fighter brought in to make a young fighter look good. Tito and Roy both looked Great and fought like ...