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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Quotations for Today
Nicholas Chamfort
An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living.
Anton Chekhov
Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
Thomas Carlyle
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
Elbert Hubbard
Live truth instead of professing it.
Detronius Arbiter
I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
Erica Jong
Take your life in your own hands and what happens A terrible thing no one to blame.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.
Buddha
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing.
Golda Meir
As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
More Quotations
Oprah Winfrey was uncomfortable with Rev. Jeremiah Wright's sermons ... - Chicago Tribune
Mon, 05 May 2008 22:54:00 GMT
Associates of Oprah Winfrey tell Newsweek that she stopped attending the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.'s Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago during the 1990s in ...
North Block, RBI oppose monthly WPI plan - Business Standard
Mon, 05 May 2008 18:36:00 GMT
The finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are opposed to reporting the widely tracked wholesale price index (WPI) every month instead of the existing practice of ...
OFZ prices move negligibly in light trading - Interfax Information Agency
Mon, 05 May 2008 14:33:00 GMT
MOSCOW. May 5 (Interfax) - Quotations on the Federal Loan Bonds (OFZ) market saw insignificant fluctuations in low trade activity on Monday as investors await Wednesday's auctions ...
International stock market quotations (EARTHtimes.org)
Mon, 05 May 2008 16:48:17 GMT
Frankfurt - The following index quotations were noted on the world's major stock markets.May 5May 4Difference New York Dow Jones 12,987.9413,058.20(-70.26) New York NASDAQ Comp.2,469.62 2,476.99(- 7.37) Tokyo* Nikkei14,049.2613,766.86(+ 282.40) Sydne...
Enkhuizen, The Netherlands May 5, 2008 Please allow us to introduce to you a new face at Seed Processing Holland . (SeedQuest)
Mon, 05 May 2008 20:32:49 GMT
Her name is Tally Zangy and will reinforce the sales department on Monday, Tuesday and Friday. On these days she will, besides making quotations, order confirmations and all other kind of activities, also answer the phone.
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Nicholas Chamfort
An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living.
Anton Chekhov
Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
Thomas Carlyle
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
Elbert Hubbard
Live truth instead of professing it.
Detronius Arbiter
I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
Erica Jong
Take your life in your own hands and what happens A terrible thing no one to blame.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.
Buddha
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing.
Golda Meir
As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
More Quotations
Oprah Winfrey was uncomfortable with Rev. Jeremiah Wright's sermons ... - Chicago Tribune
Mon, 05 May 2008 22:54:00 GMT
Associates of Oprah Winfrey tell Newsweek that she stopped attending the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.'s Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago during the 1990s in ...
North Block, RBI oppose monthly WPI plan - Business Standard
Mon, 05 May 2008 18:36:00 GMT
The finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are opposed to reporting the widely tracked wholesale price index (WPI) every month instead of the existing practice of ...
OFZ prices move negligibly in light trading - Interfax Information Agency
Mon, 05 May 2008 14:33:00 GMT
MOSCOW. May 5 (Interfax) - Quotations on the Federal Loan Bonds (OFZ) market saw insignificant fluctuations in low trade activity on Monday as investors await Wednesday's auctions ...
International stock market quotations (EARTHtimes.org)
Mon, 05 May 2008 16:48:17 GMT
Frankfurt - The following index quotations were noted on the world's major stock markets.May 5May 4Difference New York Dow Jones 12,987.9413,058.20(-70.26) New York NASDAQ Comp.2,469.62 2,476.99(- 7.37) Tokyo* Nikkei14,049.2613,766.86(+ 282.40) Sydne...
Enkhuizen, The Netherlands May 5, 2008 Please allow us to introduce to you a new face at Seed Processing Holland . (SeedQuest)
Mon, 05 May 2008 20:32:49 GMT
Her name is Tally Zangy and will reinforce the sales department on Monday, Tuesday and Friday. On these days she will, besides making quotations, order confirmations and all other kind of activities, also answer the phone.
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Great Quotes
Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail (1979)
We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We have affection We have genes for usefulness, and usefulness is about as close to a "common goal" of nature as I can guess at. And finally, and perhaps best of all, we have music.
Aimee Mullins
Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.
Richard Phillips Feynman
If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part.
W.H. Auden
Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.
Henry David Thoreau
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Hanna Arendt, 1906 - 1975
Under conditions of tyranny it is far easer to act than to think.
Theodore Roosevelt
Speak softly and carry a big stick you will go far.
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Tour Insider (TheGolfChannel.com)
Mon, 05 May 2008 11:41:43 GMT
Editor's Note: In our Parting Shots feature, the GOLFCHANNEL.com team offers up the best quotes from the most recent week in golf. "After what Butch said…my marketability went right down.
Enkhuizen, The Netherlands May 5, 2008 Please allow us to introduce to you a new face at Seed Processing Holland . (SeedQuest)
Mon, 05 May 2008 20:32:49 GMT
Her name is Tally Zangy and will reinforce the sales department on Monday, Tuesday and Friday. On these days she will, besides making quotations, order confirmations and all other kind of activities, also answer the phone.
Extreme Motorsports Quotations Department Goes Crazy! (The Auto Channel)
Mon, 05 May 2008 16:36:09 GMT
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., May 5, 2008 -- Extreme Motorsports of California, Inc. (Pink Sheets: EMOC) ("Xtreme" or the "Company"), the world's only publicly traded sandcar manufacturer sees a 1056% spike in quotations upon release of Electric Sandcar Technology.
Extreme Motorsports Quotations Department Goes Crazy! - MSN MoneyCentral
Mon, 05 May 2008 12:03:00 GMT
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Extreme Motorsports of California, Inc. (Pink Sheets: EMOC) ("Xtreme" or the "Company"), the world's only publicly traded ...
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Check out these Quotes:
Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail (1979)
We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We have affection We have genes for usefulness, and usefulness is about as close to a "common goal" of nature as I can guess at. And finally, and perhaps best of all, we have music.
Aimee Mullins
Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.
Richard Phillips Feynman
If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part.
W.H. Auden
Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.
Henry David Thoreau
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Hanna Arendt, 1906 - 1975
Under conditions of tyranny it is far easer to act than to think.
Theodore Roosevelt
Speak softly and carry a big stick you will go far.
More Quotes
Tour Insider (TheGolfChannel.com)
Mon, 05 May 2008 11:41:43 GMT
Editor's Note: In our Parting Shots feature, the GOLFCHANNEL.com team offers up the best quotes from the most recent week in golf. "After what Butch said…my marketability went right down.
Enkhuizen, The Netherlands May 5, 2008 Please allow us to introduce to you a new face at Seed Processing Holland . (SeedQuest)
Mon, 05 May 2008 20:32:49 GMT
Her name is Tally Zangy and will reinforce the sales department on Monday, Tuesday and Friday. On these days she will, besides making quotations, order confirmations and all other kind of activities, also answer the phone.
Extreme Motorsports Quotations Department Goes Crazy! (The Auto Channel)
Mon, 05 May 2008 16:36:09 GMT
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., May 5, 2008 -- Extreme Motorsports of California, Inc. (Pink Sheets: EMOC) ("Xtreme" or the "Company"), the world's only publicly traded sandcar manufacturer sees a 1056% spike in quotations upon release of Electric Sandcar Technology.
Extreme Motorsports Quotations Department Goes Crazy! - MSN MoneyCentral
Mon, 05 May 2008 12:03:00 GMT
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Extreme Motorsports of California, Inc. (Pink Sheets: EMOC) ("Xtreme" or the "Company"), the world's only publicly traded ...
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Latest greatest Famous Quotes
Periander
Practice is everythingThis is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.
Alvin Dark, former baseball coach
Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a communist.
Alvin Price
Parents need to fill a child's bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can't poke enough holes in it to drain it dry.
Johann von Goethe
We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Richelieu
Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Don Snyder, Of Time and Memory
Let us hope that we are all preceded in this world by a love story.
Helen Hayes
We relish news of our heroes, Forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.
Benjamin H. Brewster
A lawyer starts life giving 500 worth of law for 5 and ends giving 5 worth for 500.
Stephen Wright
Black holes are where God divided by zero.
Rabbinical Saying
Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
Frank Lloyd Wright
If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.
More Quotes
Bilic extends contract and names Euro squad - Guardian Unlimited
Mon, 05 May 2008 13:29:00 GMT
(Adds quotes and details) ZAGREB, May 5 (Reuters) - Croatia coach Slaven Bilic named a 23-man squad for Euro 2008 with few surprises but only six defenders after extending his ...
Extreme Motorsports Quotations Department Goes Crazy! (The Auto Channel)
Mon, 05 May 2008 16:36:09 GMT
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., May 5, 2008 -- Extreme Motorsports of California, Inc. (Pink Sheets: EMOC) ("Xtreme" or the "Company"), the world's only publicly traded sandcar manufacturer sees a 1056% spike in quotations upon release of Electric Sandcar Technology.
Bill Clinton's Post-Presidential Life - Slate
Mon, 05 May 2008 16:42:00 GMT
Carol Felsenthal's new book about Bill Clinton's post-presidential years, Clinton in Exile , is often catty, occasionally malicious, and overly reliant on unnamed sources. It's ...
OFZ quotations fail to display unified trading trend - Interfax Information Agency
Sun, 04 May 2008 14:34:00 GMT
MOSCOW. May 4. (Interfax) - Federal Loan Bond (OFZ) quotations on Sunday did not display a unified trading trend. The average weighted price for OFZ 25060, which matures in 2009 ...
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Give me Famous Quotes now!
Periander
Practice is everythingThis is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.
Alvin Dark, former baseball coach
Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a communist.
Alvin Price
Parents need to fill a child's bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can't poke enough holes in it to drain it dry.
Johann von Goethe
We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Richelieu
Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Don Snyder, Of Time and Memory
Let us hope that we are all preceded in this world by a love story.
Helen Hayes
We relish news of our heroes, Forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.
Benjamin H. Brewster
A lawyer starts life giving 500 worth of law for 5 and ends giving 5 worth for 500.
Stephen Wright
Black holes are where God divided by zero.
Rabbinical Saying
Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
Frank Lloyd Wright
If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.
More Quotes
Bilic extends contract and names Euro squad - Guardian Unlimited
Mon, 05 May 2008 13:29:00 GMT
(Adds quotes and details) ZAGREB, May 5 (Reuters) - Croatia coach Slaven Bilic named a 23-man squad for Euro 2008 with few surprises but only six defenders after extending his ...
Extreme Motorsports Quotations Department Goes Crazy! (The Auto Channel)
Mon, 05 May 2008 16:36:09 GMT
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., May 5, 2008 -- Extreme Motorsports of California, Inc. (Pink Sheets: EMOC) ("Xtreme" or the "Company"), the world's only publicly traded sandcar manufacturer sees a 1056% spike in quotations upon release of Electric Sandcar Technology.
Bill Clinton's Post-Presidential Life - Slate
Mon, 05 May 2008 16:42:00 GMT
Carol Felsenthal's new book about Bill Clinton's post-presidential years, Clinton in Exile , is often catty, occasionally malicious, and overly reliant on unnamed sources. It's ...
OFZ quotations fail to display unified trading trend - Interfax Information Agency
Sun, 04 May 2008 14:34:00 GMT
MOSCOW. May 4. (Interfax) - Federal Loan Bond (OFZ) quotations on Sunday did not display a unified trading trend. The average weighted price for OFZ 25060, which matures in 2009 ...
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