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Jules RenardBe modest It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.
Spanish ProverbHe who is caught in a lie is not believed when he tells the truth.
Claude A. HelvetiusEvery man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
Gaius PetroniusOne good turn deserves another.
Henry Wallace, Speech in New York City, May 8, 1942The century which we are entering can be and must be the century of the common man.
Paul SadlerIt has been said that God's gift is also indescribable because of the grace by which it is given. God, who is rich in mercy, gave the world the gift of His dear Son while we were at enmity with Him. Paul says 'But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us' (Rom. 58). Therefore, in Him we are freely given all things redemption, forgiveness of sins, righteousness, peace, hope, wisdom and knowledge.
Otto von BismarckPolitics is the art of the possible.
(originally, "Die Politik ist die Lehre von M�glichen.")
BiasMake wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions.
More QuotesQuotes from Pa. lawmakers about State of the Union addressTue, 29 Jan 2008 02:23:00 GMT
Times-Leader - "I think the White House and the Congress have gotten the message from the American people that they are sick and tired of the bickering, and it's really sort of a race to the bottom. Right now the ...
Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:37:25 GMT
Frankfurt - Frankfurt Stock Exchange closing prices in euros. In brackets the point movement of index/price movement of stocks against previous quotation: DAX 6,818.85 (+ 2.11) MDAX8,499.21 (- 145.73) Adidas 40.82 (-0.68) Allianz 123.78 (+2.16) BASF ...
In quotes: State of Union reactionTue, 29 Jan 2008 04:54:00 GMT
BBC Americas - US President George W Bush has delivered his final regular State of the Union address, with fears of economic slowdown a key issue. Mr Bush acknowledged "uncertainty" in the economy and called for ...
EnlightenMon, 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. ...]
Month QuotesTue, 15 Jan 2008 21:23:00 +0000
We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up. - Phyllis
…simple fact that any land looks like Eden after months at sea. - Robert Hughes, Fatal Shore
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Albert EinsteinWhy does this magnificent applied science, which saves work and makes life easier, bring us little happiness The simple answer runs because we have not yet learned to make sensible use of it.
Roger LewinToo often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.
William BlakeAlways be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.
Henry David ThoreauThat man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
Rabindranath TagoreIn the world's audience hall, the simple blade of grass sits on the same carpet with the sunbeams, and the stars of midnight.
VoltaireEvery man is guilty of all the good he didn't do.
Harold StephensThere is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem.
Woody AllenBisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night.
Robert OppenheimerThe optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.
More QuotesWhy Milton needs restoring to gloryMon, 28 Jan 2008 16:51:00 GMT
Daily Telegraph - Perhaps for the first time in more than three centuries, the educated classes in this country could read quotations and not recognise them. Their eyes might come across the words on the page, but they would create no frisson of recognition: "Casting ...
6 Quotes about EyesThu, 10 Jan 2008 21:51:00 +0000
John Johnson Now this is something the other tour guides won’t tell you. In this particular cell-block, Machine Gun Kelly had what we call in the prison system, a bitch. And one night in a jealous rage Kelly took a make-shift knife or shiv, and cut out the bitch’s eyes. And as if this wasn’t ...]
6 Singular QuotesSat, 12 Jan 2008 21:58:00 +0000
I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive epochs is like omitting Hamlet from the play which is named after him. . . But it is certainly analogous to cutting out the part of Ophelia. This simile is ...]
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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Mahatma GandhiThe weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Stephen Butler LeacockMost people tire of a lecture in 10 minutes clever people can do it in 5. Sensible people never go to lectures at all.
Mark TwainThe first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.
Brigham YoungNature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere.
James ThurberHumor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
William BlakeWhen thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius lift up thy head
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Quotations of the dayMon, 28 Jan 2008 13:59:00 GMT
Oakland Press - "We have moved out to revenge the deaths of our brothers and sisters who have been killed, and nothing will stop us. For every one Kikuyu killed, we shall avenge their killing with three." -- Anthony ...
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Coleman CoxKeeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed.
Henri Frdric AmielYou desire to know the art of living, my friend It is contained in one phrase make use of suffering.
George Jean NathanA ready way to lose your friend is to lend him money. Another equally ready way to lose him is to refuse to lend him money. It is six of one and a half dozen of the other.
Maitri UpanishadsAs one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.
Hellen KellerThe highest result of education is tolerance.
More QuotesWhy Milton needs restoring to gloryMon, 28 Jan 2008 16:51:00 GMT
Daily Telegraph - Perhaps for the first time in more than three centuries, the educated classes in this country could read quotations and not recognise them. Their eyes might come across the words on the page, but they would create no frisson of recognition: "Casting ...
Bush Quote: “There’s no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will say …”Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:55:01 +0000
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“There’s no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will say . . .” - George W. Bush
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International stock market quotationsMon, 28 Jan 2008 17:19:00 GMT
Earthtimes - Frankfurt - The following index quotations were noted on the world's major stock markets. 28 January25 Januarydifference New York Dow Jones 12,270.9012,207.17(+63.73) New York NASDAQ Comp.2,334.19 2,326.20(+ 7.99) TokyoNikkei13,087.9113,629.16(- 541 ...
Moody's buys BQuotes, provide securities pricingMon, 28 Jan 2008 16:29:00 GMT
Forbes - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Moody's Corp , the parent of credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service, Monday said it acquired BQuotes for undisclosed terms to provide better price quotations for fixed-income securities, especially complex structured ...
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Lord BillingsleyThe true fanatic is a theocrat, someone who sees himself as acting on behalf of some super personal force the Race, the Party, History, the proletariat, the Poor, and so on. These absolve him from evil, hence he may safely do anything in their service.
Marcel OphulsPuritanism...helps us enjoy our misery while we are inflicting it on others.
Ashley MontaguBecause women live creatively, they rarely experience the need to depict or write about that which to them is a primary experience and which men know only at a second remove. Women create naturally, men create artificially.
Dame Edith SitwellI wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.
Jim MillerThe road to success is always under construction.
Rosalind RussellActing is standing up naked and turning around very slowly.
Dan QuayleRepublicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.
James Barrett Scotty RestonAn election is a bet on the future, not a popularity test of the past.
John Paul JonesI wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast for I intend to go in harm�s way.
Homer McLinA humorist is a fellow who realizes, first, that he is no better than anybody else, and, second, that nobody else is either.
More QuotationsFine silver quotations Wednesday: $17.081 ounce (Canadian Business)Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:47:11 GMT
The Canadian Press January 23, 2008 - 12:31 a.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Wednesday $17.081 oz., $549.15 kg.; Tuesday $17.184 oz., $552.47 kg.
The Sikh Diaspora: The Search for StatehoodMon, 28 Jan 2008 08:08:00 GMT
Indolink - This is apparent from a generous sprinkling of quotations throughout the book from various well-known scholars in the field of “Sikh studies” all over the world.
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Eds: By The Associated Press. "We have moved out to revenge the deaths of our brothers and sisters who have been killed, and nothing will stop us. For every one Kikuyu killed, we shall avenge their killing with three."
TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Macroeconomics highlights to 10:10 GMTMon, 28 Jan 2008 10:24:00 GMT
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His own words: A sampling of quotes from President Hinckley (Deseret Morning News)Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:37:29 GMT
A sampling of quotes from President Hinckley: