Favorite Quotations
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Quotations for Today
Harry Emerson Fosdick
The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.
Cesare Pavese
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in the world.
Frederick Bastiat, "Government" published in 1848
Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
Edgar Lee Masters
Genius is a bend in the creek where bright water has gathered, and which mirrors the trees, the sky and the banks. It just does that because it is there and the scenery is there. Talent is a fine mirror with a silver frame, with the name of the owner engraved on the back.
Confucius
He does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.
Carol Burnett
Celebrity was a long time in coming it will go away. Everything goes away.
Carl Gustav Jung
If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
Louis D. Brandeis
America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.
More Quotes
1972: Nixon makes historic visit to China
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:06:00 GMT
BBC News - Using one of Mao's own quotations, Mr Nixon said it was time to seize the day and seize the hour "for our two peoples to rise to the heights of greatness which can build a new and ...
China money brokers halt onshore FX swap quotes (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:25:46 GMT
SHANGHAI, Feb 21 - China's two biggest money brokers have stopped providing quotes for onshore foreign exchange forward contracts and swaps, apparently because of pressure from the country's foreign exchange regulator.
Northwestern reviews dean's use of anonymous quotes (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport)
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:17:01 GMT
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - Northwestern University says it's reviewing the use of unnamed sources and the veracity of quotes in writings by the dean of the Medill School of Journalism.
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Give me Quotations now!
Harry Emerson Fosdick
The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.
Cesare Pavese
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in the world.
Frederick Bastiat, "Government" published in 1848
Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
Edgar Lee Masters
Genius is a bend in the creek where bright water has gathered, and which mirrors the trees, the sky and the banks. It just does that because it is there and the scenery is there. Talent is a fine mirror with a silver frame, with the name of the owner engraved on the back.
Confucius
He does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.
Carol Burnett
Celebrity was a long time in coming it will go away. Everything goes away.
Carl Gustav Jung
If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
Louis D. Brandeis
America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.
More Quotes
1972: Nixon makes historic visit to China
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:06:00 GMT
BBC News - Using one of Mao's own quotations, Mr Nixon said it was time to seize the day and seize the hour "for our two peoples to rise to the heights of greatness which can build a new and ...
China money brokers halt onshore FX swap quotes (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:25:46 GMT
SHANGHAI, Feb 21 - China's two biggest money brokers have stopped providing quotes for onshore foreign exchange forward contracts and swaps, apparently because of pressure from the country's foreign exchange regulator.
Northwestern reviews dean's use of anonymous quotes (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport)
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:17:01 GMT
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - Northwestern University says it's reviewing the use of unnamed sources and the veracity of quotes in writings by the dean of the Medill School of Journalism.
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Daily Famous Quotes
Frank Herbert
Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
William Tecumseh Sherman
War is hell, and I mean to make it so.
Johathan Edwards
A man of a right spirit is not a man of narrow and private views, but is greatly interested and concerned for the good of the community to which he belongs, and particularly of the city or village in which he resides, and for the true welfare of the society of which he is a member.
George Sheehan
Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.
Leonardo DaVinci
As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself.
More Quotations
(Recasts; adds incentive plan, Reich quotes, analyst comment)
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:36:00 GMT
Reuters - WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - An incentive for lenders to refinance more mortgages is being considered by regulators who oversee the U.S. thrift industry, which suffered a record $5.24 billion loss ...
Brit Awards nominees: in quotes
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:31:00 GMT
BBC News - Newton Faulkner, up for British Male Solo Artist Newton Faulkner is up for Best British Male Solo Artist "It's amazing. I suspected I'd be nominated, the whole year has been completely insane. I'm ...
Northwestern reviews dean's use of anonymous quotes
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:38:00 GMT
KWQC - EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - Northwestern University says it's reviewing the use of unnamed sources and the veracity of quotes in writings by the dean of the Medill School of Journalism. John Lavine cited ...
Northwestern Reviews Quotes Used by Dean
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:58:00 GMT
Associated Press - EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) -- Northwestern University said it is reviewing the use of unnamed sources and "the veracity of quotations" in writings by the dean of its prestigious Medill School of Journalism ...
Northwestern reviews quotes used by dean (The Charlotte Observer)
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:07:05 GMT
Northwestern University said it is reviewing the use of unnamed sources and "the veracity of quotations" in writings by the dean of its prestigious Medill School of Journalism. John Lavine cited unnamed students in two introductory letters he wrote for Medill's alumni magazine last year. One of the quotes, attributed to a Medill junior, praised a particular advertising class, saying in part: ...
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Give me Famous Quotes now!
Frank Herbert
Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
William Tecumseh Sherman
War is hell, and I mean to make it so.
Johathan Edwards
A man of a right spirit is not a man of narrow and private views, but is greatly interested and concerned for the good of the community to which he belongs, and particularly of the city or village in which he resides, and for the true welfare of the society of which he is a member.
George Sheehan
Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.
Leonardo DaVinci
As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself.
More Quotations
(Recasts; adds incentive plan, Reich quotes, analyst comment)
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:36:00 GMT
Reuters - WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - An incentive for lenders to refinance more mortgages is being considered by regulators who oversee the U.S. thrift industry, which suffered a record $5.24 billion loss ...
Brit Awards nominees: in quotes
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:31:00 GMT
BBC News - Newton Faulkner, up for British Male Solo Artist Newton Faulkner is up for Best British Male Solo Artist "It's amazing. I suspected I'd be nominated, the whole year has been completely insane. I'm ...
Northwestern reviews dean's use of anonymous quotes
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:38:00 GMT
KWQC - EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - Northwestern University says it's reviewing the use of unnamed sources and the veracity of quotes in writings by the dean of the Medill School of Journalism. John Lavine cited ...
Northwestern Reviews Quotes Used by Dean
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:58:00 GMT
Associated Press - EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) -- Northwestern University said it is reviewing the use of unnamed sources and "the veracity of quotations" in writings by the dean of its prestigious Medill School of Journalism ...
Northwestern reviews quotes used by dean (The Charlotte Observer)
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:07:05 GMT
Northwestern University said it is reviewing the use of unnamed sources and "the veracity of quotations" in writings by the dean of its prestigious Medill School of Journalism. John Lavine cited unnamed students in two introductory letters he wrote for Medill's alumni magazine last year. One of the quotes, attributed to a Medill junior, praised a particular advertising class, saying in part: ...
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Quotes Update
Mary H. Waldrip
A laugh is a smile that bursts.
Milton Garland
Don't worry about anything. Worrying never solved anything. All it does is distort your mind.
Samuel Johnson
Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
Richard Buckminster Fuller
God, to me, it seems, is a verb, not a noun, proper or improper.
Epictetus
Practise yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things and thence proceed to greater.
Alice Walker
The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.
Mark Twain
We had the sky up there, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss whether they was made or just happened.
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Michael Parekowhai At Maori Hall
Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:44:00 GMT
Scoop - Ideas of camaraderie, tools of teaching and childhood learning, as well as quotes from the canon of modern art history and popular culture openly play out in many of Parekowhai's stories.
London Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:12:15 GMT
London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange today. In brackets movement against previous quotation....
Web Exclusive Quotations of the week
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:58:00 GMT
Oakland Press - "This is what we needed. I hope to God people have more freedom -- the freedom to have opinions and always speak their minds. People talk in the hallways or the back rooms. ... There's a lot of fear ...
Quotes from the 2008 candidates (AP via Yahoo! News)
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:51:11 GMT
Quotes from the Democratic and Republican candidates on Tuesday.
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Today's Quotes:
Mary H. Waldrip
A laugh is a smile that bursts.
Milton Garland
Don't worry about anything. Worrying never solved anything. All it does is distort your mind.
Samuel Johnson
Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
Richard Buckminster Fuller
God, to me, it seems, is a verb, not a noun, proper or improper.
Epictetus
Practise yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things and thence proceed to greater.
Alice Walker
The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.
Mark Twain
We had the sky up there, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss whether they was made or just happened.
More Quotes
Michael Parekowhai At Maori Hall
Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:44:00 GMT
Scoop - Ideas of camaraderie, tools of teaching and childhood learning, as well as quotes from the canon of modern art history and popular culture openly play out in many of Parekowhai's stories.
London Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:12:15 GMT
London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange today. In brackets movement against previous quotation....
Web Exclusive Quotations of the week
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:58:00 GMT
Oakland Press - "This is what we needed. I hope to God people have more freedom -- the freedom to have opinions and always speak their minds. People talk in the hallways or the back rooms. ... There's a lot of fear ...
Quotes from the 2008 candidates (AP via Yahoo! News)
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:51:11 GMT
Quotes from the Democratic and Republican candidates on Tuesday.
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More Famous Quotations
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear.
Charles Caleb Colton
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village If you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
Charles Darwin
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, -- a mere heart of stone.
Mother Theresa
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature--trees, flowers, grass--grows in silence see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...we need silence to be able to touch souls.
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Oklahoma Agriculture
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:31:00 GMT
Tulsa World - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Here are Monday's closing cattle and hog quotations from the Oklahoma National Stockyards: CATTLE -- Actual receipts: 6,529; last Monday: 9,751; last year: 11,041.
16 Medill faculty members pressure journalism dean on anonymous quotes (Chicago Tribune)
Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:50:12 GMT
Northwestern University begins investigation of John Lavine's use of unnamed sources and 'veracity of the quotations' Faculty at Northwestern University 's journalism school said Tuesday that they "are deeply troubled" about their dean's use of anonymous sources in his alumni magazine columns and called on him to provide proof that he didn't fabricate the quotes.
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Famous Quotations:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear.
Charles Caleb Colton
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village If you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
Charles Darwin
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, -- a mere heart of stone.
Mother Theresa
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature--trees, flowers, grass--grows in silence see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...we need silence to be able to touch souls.
More Quotations
Oklahoma Agriculture
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:31:00 GMT
Tulsa World - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Here are Monday's closing cattle and hog quotations from the Oklahoma National Stockyards: CATTLE -- Actual receipts: 6,529; last Monday: 9,751; last year: 11,041.
16 Medill faculty members pressure journalism dean on anonymous quotes (Chicago Tribune)
Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:50:12 GMT
Northwestern University begins investigation of John Lavine's use of unnamed sources and 'veracity of the quotations' Faculty at Northwestern University 's journalism school said Tuesday that they "are deeply troubled" about their dean's use of anonymous sources in his alumni magazine columns and called on him to provide proof that he didn't fabricate the quotes.
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Latest greatest Quotes
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable.
Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts (1931) "Other People"
When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.
John Kenneth Galbraith
Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations
Very little is needed to make a happy life.
David Lloyd George
The finest eloquence is that which gets things done the worst is that which delays them.
Coco Chanel
There is time for work. And there is time for love. That leaves no other time.
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Bundesrat Blocher übergibt an Widmer-Schlumpf
Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:46:00 GMT
Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Schulnoten, Bonussysteme, Leistungslöhne, Businesspläne, Leistungsvorgaben. < http://www.deming.ch/quotations.html >! Toyota als Nr.1, hat soeben der Welt bewiesen, dass Deming ...
Spoofing-Schwachstelle im Webbrowser Firefox
Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:55:00 GMT
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Bundesrat Blocher übergibt an Widmer-Schlumpf
Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:46:00 GMT
Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Schulnoten, Bonussysteme, Leistungslöhne, Businesspläne, Leistungsvorgaben. < http://www.deming.ch/quotations.html >! Toyota als Nr.1, hat soeben der Welt bewiesen, dass Deming ...
Spoofing-Schwachstelle im Webbrowser Firefox
Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:55:00 GMT
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Der Bonus ist für die UBS ein Malus
Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:50:00 GMT
Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Zitat wortwörtlich "Bonussysteme zerstören unsere Unternehmen" < http://www.deming.ch/quotations.html > Nun ist Deming nicht irgendein ein Wirtschaftswissenaschafter, sondern der ...
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Give me Quotes now!
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable.
Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts (1931) "Other People"
When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.
John Kenneth Galbraith
Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations
Very little is needed to make a happy life.
David Lloyd George
The finest eloquence is that which gets things done the worst is that which delays them.
Coco Chanel
There is time for work. And there is time for love. That leaves no other time.
More Quotes
Bundesrat Blocher übergibt an Widmer-Schlumpf
Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:46:00 GMT
Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Schulnoten, Bonussysteme, Leistungslöhne, Businesspläne, Leistungsvorgaben. < http://www.deming.ch/quotations.html >! Toyota als Nr.1, hat soeben der Welt bewiesen, dass Deming ...
Spoofing-Schwachstelle im Webbrowser Firefox
Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:55:00 GMT
Heise - Mit Single Quotes und Spaces lässt sich laut Raff ein Dialog darstellen, der dem Anwender vorgaukelt, von einer ihm vertrauten Seite zu stammen, obwohl er von einer Phishing-Seite ...
Bundesrat Blocher übergibt an Widmer-Schlumpf
Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:46:00 GMT
Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Schulnoten, Bonussysteme, Leistungslöhne, Businesspläne, Leistungsvorgaben. < http://www.deming.ch/quotations.html >! Toyota als Nr.1, hat soeben der Welt bewiesen, dass Deming ...
Spoofing-Schwachstelle im Webbrowser Firefox
Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:55:00 GMT
Heise - Mit Single Quotes und Spaces lässt sich laut Raff ein Dialog darstellen, der dem Anwender vorgaukelt, von einer ihm vertrauten Seite zu stammen, obwohl er von einer Phishing-Seite ...
Der Bonus ist für die UBS ein Malus
Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:50:00 GMT
Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Zitat wortwörtlich "Bonussysteme zerstören unsere Unternehmen" < http://www.deming.ch/quotations.html > Nun ist Deming nicht irgendein ein Wirtschaftswissenaschafter, sondern der ...
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