Favorite Quotations
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Famous Quotes for Today
Madonna
To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.
Yvette Gilbert, (1865-1944)
One cannot remain the same. Art is a mirror which should show many reflections, and the artist should not always show the same face, or the face becomes a mask.
Lucretius
Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.
Dick Cavett
It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.
Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass"
Was it doubted that those who corrupt their own bodies conceal themselves?
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Prague shares sink close to four-year low - Forbes
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:17:00 GMT
PRAGUE, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Prague shares plunged in early trade, tracking overnight losses on U.S.and Asian markets. The PX index fell as much as 8 percent to 918.9 points at the ...
India FIMMDA-REUTERS 3 Mths Commercial Paper Benchmark 13.9375% - Reuters India
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:15:00 GMT
Oct 16 Thursday (Reuters) - The FIMMDA-REUTERS 3 mths Commercial Paper Benchmark is 13.9375% compared with 14.4350% on Wednesday 15 Oct TENORS BENCHMARK ----- ----- 1 Month ...
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Madonna
To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.
Yvette Gilbert, (1865-1944)
One cannot remain the same. Art is a mirror which should show many reflections, and the artist should not always show the same face, or the face becomes a mask.
Lucretius
Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.
Dick Cavett
It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.
Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass"
Was it doubted that those who corrupt their own bodies conceal themselves?
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Prague shares sink close to four-year low - Forbes
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:17:00 GMT
PRAGUE, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Prague shares plunged in early trade, tracking overnight losses on U.S.and Asian markets. The PX index fell as much as 8 percent to 918.9 points at the ...
India FIMMDA-REUTERS 3 Mths Commercial Paper Benchmark 13.9375% - Reuters India
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:15:00 GMT
Oct 16 Thursday (Reuters) - The FIMMDA-REUTERS 3 mths Commercial Paper Benchmark is 13.9375% compared with 14.4350% on Wednesday 15 Oct TENORS BENCHMARK ----- ----- 1 Month ...
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Great Quotes
Christopher Morley
Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective an awareness that some things are really important, others not and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs.
John Philpot Curran, in a speech July 10, 1790
The condition upon which God has given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
Samuel Johnson
A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
When a book and a head collide and there is a hollow sound, is it always from the book?
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Georgian Threat to Moscow Uncovered - Kommersant
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:21:00 GMT
A terrorist war may break out in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sochi , Izvestia newspaper wrote today. The publication has in its possession copies of telegrams sent to all Moscow ...
TOPWRAP 2-Global markets tumble on recession fears - Reuters
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:15:00 GMT
* Bernanke says U.S. economy faces "significant threat" * Tokyo shares fall 11.2 percent, oil hits 13-month low. * UBS, Credit Suisse get emergency funding * Japan manufacturing ...
Quotations of the day - Charleston Gazette
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:35:00 GMT
"This is for the city for Philadelphia. We have one more step, one big step -- then we're going to make a grand parade.'' -- Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel after his ...
An opera that hovers on threshold of the nuclear age - Boston Globe
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:15:00 GMT
NEW YORK - The composer John Adams writes operas that exist at the junction of history and modern mythology. Taking an event such as Nixon's visit to China, or the creation of the ...
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Straight to the Quotes ...
Christopher Morley
Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective an awareness that some things are really important, others not and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs.
John Philpot Curran, in a speech July 10, 1790
The condition upon which God has given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
Samuel Johnson
A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
When a book and a head collide and there is a hollow sound, is it always from the book?
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Georgian Threat to Moscow Uncovered - Kommersant
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:21:00 GMT
A terrorist war may break out in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sochi , Izvestia newspaper wrote today. The publication has in its possession copies of telegrams sent to all Moscow ...
TOPWRAP 2-Global markets tumble on recession fears - Reuters
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:15:00 GMT
* Bernanke says U.S. economy faces "significant threat" * Tokyo shares fall 11.2 percent, oil hits 13-month low. * UBS, Credit Suisse get emergency funding * Japan manufacturing ...
Quotations of the day - Charleston Gazette
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:35:00 GMT
"This is for the city for Philadelphia. We have one more step, one big step -- then we're going to make a grand parade.'' -- Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel after his ...
An opera that hovers on threshold of the nuclear age - Boston Globe
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:15:00 GMT
NEW YORK - The composer John Adams writes operas that exist at the junction of history and modern mythology. Taking an event such as Nixon's visit to China, or the creation of the ...
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Famous Quotations Update
Sophocles
What you cannot enforce, do not command.
George McGovern
I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.
Paul Eldridge
In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled.
Bertrand Russell
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
William Pickens
Living together is an art.
Warren Earl Burger
We must have a program to learn the way out of prison.
Charles Caleb Colton
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.
Juvenal
Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to love what makes life worth having.
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Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange - Monsters and Critics
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:36:00 GMT
London - Final prices in dollars per ton - cash and forward. Also given are the previous trading day's quotations. #> cash forward Copper 5,053.00 ( 5,320.00) 4,975.00 ( 5,245.00 ...
Every Day Is Ice Cream Sundae For Miley Cyrus - Defamer.com
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:34:00 GMT
Another day, another Mileuary celebration for Disney mega star Miley Cyrus at West Hollywood sweet spot, Millions of Shakes. Mileuary is a month long celebration of all things ...
Prague shares sink close to four-year low - Forbes
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:17:00 GMT
PRAGUE, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Prague shares plunged in early trade, tracking overnight losses on U.S.and Asian markets. The PX index fell as much as 8 percent to 918.9 points at the ...
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Sophocles
What you cannot enforce, do not command.
George McGovern
I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.
Paul Eldridge
In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled.
Bertrand Russell
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
William Pickens
Living together is an art.
Warren Earl Burger
We must have a program to learn the way out of prison.
Charles Caleb Colton
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.
Juvenal
Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to love what makes life worth having.
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Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange - Monsters and Critics
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:36:00 GMT
London - Final prices in dollars per ton - cash and forward. Also given are the previous trading day's quotations. #> cash forward Copper 5,053.00 ( 5,320.00) 4,975.00 ( 5,245.00 ...
Every Day Is Ice Cream Sundae For Miley Cyrus - Defamer.com
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:34:00 GMT
Another day, another Mileuary celebration for Disney mega star Miley Cyrus at West Hollywood sweet spot, Millions of Shakes. Mileuary is a month long celebration of all things ...
Prague shares sink close to four-year low - Forbes
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:17:00 GMT
PRAGUE, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Prague shares plunged in early trade, tracking overnight losses on U.S.and Asian markets. The PX index fell as much as 8 percent to 918.9 points at the ...
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated his doctrine.
John Adams
Statesmen may plan and speculate for liberty but it is religion and morality alone that can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand.
Rainer Maria Rilke
The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing.
Unknown
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered -- either by themselves or by others.
Ethel Perry Andrus
We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and our attention to something outside ourselves.
Godfather, The
Tessio It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Look well into thyself there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.
James Lileks
Ill feel that horrible feeling in my stomach you get when youve gone over to the Dark Side. But Ill be fine. Thats the good thing about the Dark Side. Eventually, your eyes adjust.
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Quotes from the candidates in their final debate - Houston Chronicle
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:48:00 GMT
We're sorry, but the article you requested is not currently available on Chron.com . If it's an older article that you had bookmarked, you may be able to find it in the archives ...
Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange - Monsters and Critics
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:36:00 GMT
London - Final prices in dollars per ton - cash and forward. Also given are the previous trading day's quotations. #> cash forward Copper 5,053.00 ( 5,320.00) 4,975.00 ( 5,245.00 ...
Every Day Is Ice Cream Sundae For Miley Cyrus - Defamer.com
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:34:00 GMT
Another day, another Mileuary celebration for Disney mega star Miley Cyrus at West Hollywood sweet spot, Millions of Shakes. Mileuary is a month long celebration of all things ...
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated his doctrine.
John Adams
Statesmen may plan and speculate for liberty but it is religion and morality alone that can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand.
Rainer Maria Rilke
The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing.
Unknown
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered -- either by themselves or by others.
Ethel Perry Andrus
We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and our attention to something outside ourselves.
Godfather, The
Tessio It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Look well into thyself there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.
James Lileks
Ill feel that horrible feeling in my stomach you get when youve gone over to the Dark Side. But Ill be fine. Thats the good thing about the Dark Side. Eventually, your eyes adjust.
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Quotes from the candidates in their final debate - Houston Chronicle
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:48:00 GMT
We're sorry, but the article you requested is not currently available on Chron.com . If it's an older article that you had bookmarked, you may be able to find it in the archives ...
Metal prices from London Commodities Exchange - Monsters and Critics
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:36:00 GMT
London - Final prices in dollars per ton - cash and forward. Also given are the previous trading day's quotations. #> cash forward Copper 5,053.00 ( 5,320.00) 4,975.00 ( 5,245.00 ...
Every Day Is Ice Cream Sundae For Miley Cyrus - Defamer.com
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:34:00 GMT
Another day, another Mileuary celebration for Disney mega star Miley Cyrus at West Hollywood sweet spot, Millions of Shakes. Mileuary is a month long celebration of all things ...
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Quotes Update
Napoleon Bonaparte
There are two levers for moving men interest and fear.
Oriana Fallaci
Henry Kissinger may have wished I had presented him as a combination of Charles DeGaulle and Disraeli, but I didn't. . .out of respect for DeGaulle and Disraeli. I described him as a cowboy because thats how he described himself. If I were a cowboy I would be offended.
Bruce Lee
True refinement seeks simplicity.
George Sarton, History of Science
There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity.
John Haldane
So many new ideas are at first strange and horrible, though ultimately valuable that a very heavy responsibility rests upon those who would prevent their dissemination.
Edward R. Murrow
To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful.
E. M. Cioran
Does our ferocity not derive from the fact that our instincts are all too interested in other people If we attended more to ourselves and became the center, the object of our murderous inclinations, the sum of our intolerances would diminish.
Kelly Marshall
It matters not how tall you are, but how straight you grow.
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CORRECTED - UPDATE 1-Russia's PIK sticks to outlook despite crisis - Reuters
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:03:00 GMT
(Correcting paragraphs five and six to show $545 million in the third quarter came from residential real estate, not total cash collections) (Adds detail, quotes, background) MOSCOW, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Russian residential property developer PIK Group ...
Catch the inside scoop on L.A. celebrities - Detroit News
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:31:00 GMT
Living and working in La La land is a treat because I learn some of the most fascinating things about the TV stars I cover. Each season presents me with a fresh crop of unforgettable encounters, quotes and random facts. Here are a few of my fall ...
Adwatch: Amendment 2 opponents release 2nd Fla. ad - Miami Herald
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:41:00 GMT
LENGTH: 30 seconds. AIRING: Amendment 2 opponents could start airing it with their other ad in South Florida as early as this week. SCRIPT: Announcer: "All over Florida people are saying No on Amendment 2: the League of Women Voters, the Florida ...
SOKO Fitness & Spa Group, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2009 Financial ... - Yahoo Finance
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:32:00 GMT
-- SOKO opened 3 new facilities and remodeled a fourth. HARBIN, China, Oct. 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- Harbin Mege Union Beauty Management Ltd. today reported the operating results for SOKO Fitness & Spa Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SOKF ...
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Today's Quotes:
Napoleon Bonaparte
There are two levers for moving men interest and fear.
Oriana Fallaci
Henry Kissinger may have wished I had presented him as a combination of Charles DeGaulle and Disraeli, but I didn't. . .out of respect for DeGaulle and Disraeli. I described him as a cowboy because thats how he described himself. If I were a cowboy I would be offended.
Bruce Lee
True refinement seeks simplicity.
George Sarton, History of Science
There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity.
John Haldane
So many new ideas are at first strange and horrible, though ultimately valuable that a very heavy responsibility rests upon those who would prevent their dissemination.
Edward R. Murrow
To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful.
E. M. Cioran
Does our ferocity not derive from the fact that our instincts are all too interested in other people If we attended more to ourselves and became the center, the object of our murderous inclinations, the sum of our intolerances would diminish.
Kelly Marshall
It matters not how tall you are, but how straight you grow.
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CORRECTED - UPDATE 1-Russia's PIK sticks to outlook despite crisis - Reuters
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:03:00 GMT
(Correcting paragraphs five and six to show $545 million in the third quarter came from residential real estate, not total cash collections) (Adds detail, quotes, background) MOSCOW, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Russian residential property developer PIK Group ...
Catch the inside scoop on L.A. celebrities - Detroit News
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:31:00 GMT
Living and working in La La land is a treat because I learn some of the most fascinating things about the TV stars I cover. Each season presents me with a fresh crop of unforgettable encounters, quotes and random facts. Here are a few of my fall ...
Adwatch: Amendment 2 opponents release 2nd Fla. ad - Miami Herald
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:41:00 GMT
LENGTH: 30 seconds. AIRING: Amendment 2 opponents could start airing it with their other ad in South Florida as early as this week. SCRIPT: Announcer: "All over Florida people are saying No on Amendment 2: the League of Women Voters, the Florida ...
SOKO Fitness & Spa Group, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2009 Financial ... - Yahoo Finance
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:32:00 GMT
-- SOKO opened 3 new facilities and remodeled a fourth. HARBIN, China, Oct. 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- Harbin Mege Union Beauty Management Ltd. today reported the operating results for SOKO Fitness & Spa Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SOKF ...
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