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Sunday, February 10, 2008
Famous Quotes for Today
Thales, (The Seven Sages) from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Know thyself.
William James
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Trey and Matt Stone Parker
I just realized that there's going to be a lot of painful times in life, so I better learn to deal with it the right way.
Charles Rosin
There's something intrinsically therapeutic about choosing to spend your time in a wide, open park- like setting that non-golfers can never truly understand.
Napoleon Bonaparte
There are two levers for moving men interest and fear.
William Arthur Wood
Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation.
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Jermain Taylor workout quotes
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:07:00 GMT
Boxing Insider - "When I win, I'll be walking out of there with everything he took from me. I'm walking out of there with my pride." Is it working out better without Emanuel? "It feels great. It's just like the old ...
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Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:05:00 GMT
Reuters UK - LIMA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Spain secured a straight-sets victory in the doubles on Saturday to take a winning 3-0 lead over Peru and a place in the Davis Cup quarter-finals. Feliciano Lopez and Fernando ... ¶ 3:12 PM 0 comments
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Thales, (The Seven Sages) from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Know thyself.
William James
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Trey and Matt Stone Parker
I just realized that there's going to be a lot of painful times in life, so I better learn to deal with it the right way.
Charles Rosin
There's something intrinsically therapeutic about choosing to spend your time in a wide, open park- like setting that non-golfers can never truly understand.
Napoleon Bonaparte
There are two levers for moving men interest and fear.
William Arthur Wood
Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation.
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Jermain Taylor workout quotes
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:07:00 GMT
Boxing Insider - "When I win, I'll be walking out of there with everything he took from me. I'm walking out of there with my pride." Is it working out better without Emanuel? "It feels great. It's just like the old ...
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Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:05:00 GMT
Reuters UK - LIMA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Spain secured a straight-sets victory in the doubles on Saturday to take a winning 3-0 lead over Peru and a place in the Davis Cup quarter-finals. Feliciano Lopez and Fernando ... ¶ 3:12 PM 0 comments
Latest greatest Famous Quotes
Edmund Burke
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have right that these wants should be provided for, including the want of a sufficient restraint upon their passions.
Spanish Proverb
He who is caught in a lie is not believed when he tells the truth.
Kelvin Throop
To get the attention of a large animal, be it an elephant or a bureaucracy, it helps to know what part of it feels pain. Be very sure, though, that you want its full attention.
Marcel Marceau
I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.
Leon Botstein
Marriage is the wastepaper basket of the emotions.
Cynthia Ozick
Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at the end of a journey.
Bruce Barton
Conceit is God's gift to little men.
Thomas Fuller
Rigid justice is the greatest injustice.
Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
I bet what happened was, they discovered fire and invented the wheel on the same day. Then, that night, they burned the wheel.
Charles Ives
Awards are merely the badges of mediocrity.
Thomas Wolfe
Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.
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Noted social reformer Baba Amte passes away
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:51:00 GMT
Zee News - He had a habit of collecting quotations in his diary. One of them was, "When you give roses to others, the perfume is bound to linger on your hands!" His life proved to be that rose whose fragrance ...
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Edmund Burke
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have right that these wants should be provided for, including the want of a sufficient restraint upon their passions.
Spanish Proverb
He who is caught in a lie is not believed when he tells the truth.
Kelvin Throop
To get the attention of a large animal, be it an elephant or a bureaucracy, it helps to know what part of it feels pain. Be very sure, though, that you want its full attention.
Marcel Marceau
I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.
Leon Botstein
Marriage is the wastepaper basket of the emotions.
Cynthia Ozick
Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at the end of a journey.
Bruce Barton
Conceit is God's gift to little men.
Thomas Fuller
Rigid justice is the greatest injustice.
Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
I bet what happened was, they discovered fire and invented the wheel on the same day. Then, that night, they burned the wheel.
Charles Ives
Awards are merely the badges of mediocrity.
Thomas Wolfe
Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.
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Noted social reformer Baba Amte passes away
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:51:00 GMT
Zee News - He had a habit of collecting quotations in his diary. One of them was, "When you give roses to others, the perfume is bound to linger on your hands!" His life proved to be that rose whose fragrance ...
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Latest Quotations
Russell Baker
Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.
Dean Gordon Brown
Engineering is not merely knowing and being knowledgeable, like a walking encyclopedia engineering is not merely analysis engineering is not merely the possession of the capacity to get elegant solutions to non-existent engineering problems engineering is practicing the art of the organized forcing of technological change... Engineers operate at the interface between science and society...
Alvin Toffler
Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock.
Walt Disney
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me. . . . You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
George Bernard Shaw
I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.
Jules Feiffer
Getting out of bed in the morning is an act of false confidence.
Arthur Schopenhauer
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party when the masks are dropped.
Ralph Carl Eichelberger
Sure, you're entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong you are.
Denis Leary, No Cure for Cancer
Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct.
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G-7 finance chiefs in Japan
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:00:00 GMT
KUTV - France's minister quotes U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as expressing concern about the state of the U.S. economy and property market but says he did not use the word "recession.
London Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)
Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:42:26 GMT
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Russell Baker
Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.
Dean Gordon Brown
Engineering is not merely knowing and being knowledgeable, like a walking encyclopedia engineering is not merely analysis engineering is not merely the possession of the capacity to get elegant solutions to non-existent engineering problems engineering is practicing the art of the organized forcing of technological change... Engineers operate at the interface between science and society...
Alvin Toffler
Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock.
Walt Disney
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me. . . . You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
George Bernard Shaw
I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.
Jules Feiffer
Getting out of bed in the morning is an act of false confidence.
Arthur Schopenhauer
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party when the masks are dropped.
Ralph Carl Eichelberger
Sure, you're entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong you are.
Denis Leary, No Cure for Cancer
Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct.
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G-7 finance chiefs in Japan
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:00:00 GMT
KUTV - France's minister quotes U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as expressing concern about the state of the U.S. economy and property market but says he did not use the word "recession.
London Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)
Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:42:26 GMT
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Today's Famous Quotations
Nora Ephron
Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.
Igor Stravinsky
My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint diminishes strength. The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self of the chains that shackle the spirit.
Helen Keller
When all you can feel are the shadows, turn your face towards the sun.
Albert Einstein
As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.
Veronica - "Heathers"
My teen angst has a body count.
Deepak Chopra
You cannot stand anywhere in the universe that is outside of yourself.
Fran Lebowitz
The controversial overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
Henry David Thoreau
Heroes are often the most ordinary of men.
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Sir Edmund Hillary 1919-2008
Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:09:00 GMT
New Zealand Herald - Heavy breather hassles grieving Lady June 5:00AM Saturday February 09, 2008 By Keith Perry ... Sir Edmund's widow 'blown away' by response to funeral Quotes from Sir Edmund's ...
Reporting: London
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:17:00 GMT
American Reporter - The paper is known to invent stories and quotations on occasion, however. The project would be "a big blow to al-Qaeda," as it would send the message that the heart of terrorism has become a ...
Jermain Taylor workout quotes (Boxing Insider)
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:33:12 GMT
Jermain Taylor: You're OK not fighting for a belt this time? "When I win, I'll be walking out of there with everything he took from me. I'm walking out of there with my pride."
Stock & fund quotes
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:05:00 GMT
ninemsn - DUBAI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A Mauritanian affiliate of Industries Qatar is set build an iron ore plant in the Saharan state although rising costs were likely to top $2 billion, according to a feasibility ...
Reaction in quotes: Sharia law row
Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:11:00 GMT
BBC UK News - "I think Sharia law as we know it, or as it's portrayed to us, has no place at all but I don't actually think that's what the archbishop is saying. "I think he's saying parts of Sharia law, and I ... ¶ 7:43 AM 0 comments
Check out these Famous Quotations:
Nora Ephron
Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.
Igor Stravinsky
My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint diminishes strength. The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self of the chains that shackle the spirit.
Helen Keller
When all you can feel are the shadows, turn your face towards the sun.
Albert Einstein
As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.
Veronica - "Heathers"
My teen angst has a body count.
Deepak Chopra
You cannot stand anywhere in the universe that is outside of yourself.
Fran Lebowitz
The controversial overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
Henry David Thoreau
Heroes are often the most ordinary of men.
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Sir Edmund Hillary 1919-2008
Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:09:00 GMT
New Zealand Herald - Heavy breather hassles grieving Lady June 5:00AM Saturday February 09, 2008 By Keith Perry ... Sir Edmund's widow 'blown away' by response to funeral Quotes from Sir Edmund's ...
Reporting: London
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:17:00 GMT
American Reporter - The paper is known to invent stories and quotations on occasion, however. The project would be "a big blow to al-Qaeda," as it would send the message that the heart of terrorism has become a ...
Jermain Taylor workout quotes (Boxing Insider)
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:33:12 GMT
Jermain Taylor: You're OK not fighting for a belt this time? "When I win, I'll be walking out of there with everything he took from me. I'm walking out of there with my pride."
Stock & fund quotes
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:05:00 GMT
ninemsn - DUBAI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A Mauritanian affiliate of Industries Qatar is set build an iron ore plant in the Saharan state although rising costs were likely to top $2 billion, according to a feasibility ...
Reaction in quotes: Sharia law row
Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:11:00 GMT
BBC UK News - "I think Sharia law as we know it, or as it's portrayed to us, has no place at all but I don't actually think that's what the archbishop is saying. "I think he's saying parts of Sharia law, and I ... ¶ 7:43 AM 0 comments
Great Famous Quotes
Og Mandino
The only certain means is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
Mary Catherine Bateson
The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction.
Eric Hoffer
The link between ideas and action is rarely direct. There is almost always an intermediate step in which the idea is overcome. De Tocqueville points out that it is at times when passions start to govern human affairs that ideas are most obviously translated into political action. The translation of ideas into action is usually in the hands of people least likely to follow rational motives. Hence, it is that action is often the nemesis of ideas, and sometimes of the men who formulate them. One of the marks of the truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.
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International stock market quotations (EARTHtimes.org)
Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:42:16 GMT
Frankfurt - The following index quotations were noted on the world's major stock markets.7 Februiary6 Februarydifference New York Dow Jones 12,178.6412,200.10(-21.46) New York NASDAQ Comp.2,275.49 2,278.75(- 3.26) TokyoNikkei13,207.1513,099.24(+ 107....
h0694 BC-SKI-WomensWorldCup 2ndLd-Writethru 02-09 0596 (Hays Daily News)
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:07:33 GMT
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Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:52:12 GMT
"I, at this point, can't envision a scenario where we would continue to engage in debates on that network." ¶ 4:54 AM 0 comments
Famous Quotes:
Og Mandino
The only certain means is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
Mary Catherine Bateson
The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction.
Eric Hoffer
The link between ideas and action is rarely direct. There is almost always an intermediate step in which the idea is overcome. De Tocqueville points out that it is at times when passions start to govern human affairs that ideas are most obviously translated into political action. The translation of ideas into action is usually in the hands of people least likely to follow rational motives. Hence, it is that action is often the nemesis of ideas, and sometimes of the men who formulate them. One of the marks of the truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.
More Quotations
International stock market quotations (EARTHtimes.org)
Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:42:16 GMT
Frankfurt - The following index quotations were noted on the world's major stock markets.7 Februiary6 Februarydifference New York Dow Jones 12,178.6412,200.10(-21.46) New York NASDAQ Comp.2,275.49 2,278.75(- 3.26) TokyoNikkei13,207.1513,099.24(+ 107....
h0694 BC-SKI-WomensWorldCup 2ndLd-Writethru 02-09 0596 (Hays Daily News)
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:07:33 GMT
Eds: UPDATES with new quotes.
p0214 BC-Quotes 02-09 0166 (Hays Daily News)
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:52:12 GMT
"I, at this point, can't envision a scenario where we would continue to engage in debates on that network." ¶ 4:54 AM 0 comments
