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Friday, October 17, 2008
Today's Quotes
Buddha
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
Edith Ann
They tell me I have got a mind of my own, but sometimes it's like my mind itself has its own mind.
Robert M. Pirsig
You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it is going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, its always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.
Sir John Denham
Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.
Robert Francis Kennedy
I thought they'd get one of us, but Jack, after all he's been through, never worried about it ... I thought it would be me.
Roger Zelazny
Some natural skepticism as to the purity of all human motives came and sat upon my chest...
Hillary Rodham Clinton
I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Learn to labour and to wait.
W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.
Abrahm Lincoln
No man has a good enough memory to be a sucessful liar.
E. B. White
Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
Robert Anton Wilson
Belief is the death of intelligence.
More Quotations
The man who changed Celtic so radically also had a lighter side - Herald
Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:51:00 GMT
The Official History of Celtic Football Club weighs in at four DVDs and more than seven hours. It is an impressive piece of journalism, a claim which cannot always be made for ...
Kevin Costner Knows Where That Ice Cream Is Going: His Thighs! - Defamer.com
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:25:00 GMT
Swing Vote star Kevin Costner’s moment of pleasure quickly turned into regret as Costner began to wonder where the ice cream would end up. After the ice cream cone failed to ...
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Straight to the Quotes ...
Buddha
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
Edith Ann
They tell me I have got a mind of my own, but sometimes it's like my mind itself has its own mind.
Robert M. Pirsig
You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it is going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, its always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.
Sir John Denham
Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.
Robert Francis Kennedy
I thought they'd get one of us, but Jack, after all he's been through, never worried about it ... I thought it would be me.
Roger Zelazny
Some natural skepticism as to the purity of all human motives came and sat upon my chest...
Hillary Rodham Clinton
I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Learn to labour and to wait.
W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.
Abrahm Lincoln
No man has a good enough memory to be a sucessful liar.
E. B. White
Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
Robert Anton Wilson
Belief is the death of intelligence.
More Quotations
The man who changed Celtic so radically also had a lighter side - Herald
Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:51:00 GMT
The Official History of Celtic Football Club weighs in at four DVDs and more than seven hours. It is an impressive piece of journalism, a claim which cannot always be made for ...
Kevin Costner Knows Where That Ice Cream Is Going: His Thighs! - Defamer.com
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:25:00 GMT
Swing Vote star Kevin Costner’s moment of pleasure quickly turned into regret as Costner began to wonder where the ice cream would end up. After the ice cream cone failed to ...
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Quotations for Today
Hesiod
Do not seek evil gains evil gains are the equivalent of disaster.
Voltaire
Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
Roy R. Gilson
Keep your faith in all beautiful things in the sun when it is hidden, in the Spring when it is gone.
Juliene Berk
Habits...the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction...You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way - by finding that it is a means of satisfaction.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy.
Roger Baldwin
The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention.
Dr.
I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate -- it's apathy.
Mahatma Gandhi
One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.
Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
Love inspires, illuminates, designates and leads the way.
Scott Adams, The Dilbert Future
There are many methods for predicting the future. For example, you can read horoscopes, tea leaves, tarot cards, or crystal balls. Collectively, these methods are known as "nutty methods." Or you can put well-researched facts into sophisticated computer models, more commonly referred to as "a complete waste of time."
John Fletcher, The Custom of the Country (1647)
Death hath so many doors to let out life.
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FXNEWS-Emerging markets nobody's darling anymore - Forbes
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:03:00 GMT
- Six of the top 20 worst days for the MSCI Emerging Markets index have been recorded in the past month, write strategists at State Street Global Markets, with flows into emerging ...
Quotes Of The Week - October 3 - Entertainment.uk.msn.com
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:24:00 GMT
In this week's top celebrity quotes, Roger Moore says he was too old to play Bond, Duffy frets about a possible breakdown and Russell Brand admits fancying a much older woman ...
What do Insurance Companies Look At? - Best Syndication
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:34:00 GMT
Before you go searching for an automobile insurance policy, you need to know what they are looking for. As a purchaser of insurance, you will need to know what benefits are ...
When right is wrong - Guardian Unlimited
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:20:00 GMT
John McCain ceded, the country, if not the election as a whole, on Wednesday night . The Senator gave in to the trend he's been moving towards for weeks now. He decided to go with ...
High quotations stall destitute housing scheme - Mmegi Online
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:05:00 GMT
Assistant Minister for Local Government, Ambrose Masalila has revealed that the state housing scheme for the destitute has stalled since 2002 because of exorbitant quotations from ...
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Today's Quotations:
Hesiod
Do not seek evil gains evil gains are the equivalent of disaster.
Voltaire
Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
Roy R. Gilson
Keep your faith in all beautiful things in the sun when it is hidden, in the Spring when it is gone.
Juliene Berk
Habits...the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction...You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way - by finding that it is a means of satisfaction.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy.
Roger Baldwin
The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention.
Dr.
I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate -- it's apathy.
Mahatma Gandhi
One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.
Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
Love inspires, illuminates, designates and leads the way.
Scott Adams, The Dilbert Future
There are many methods for predicting the future. For example, you can read horoscopes, tea leaves, tarot cards, or crystal balls. Collectively, these methods are known as "nutty methods." Or you can put well-researched facts into sophisticated computer models, more commonly referred to as "a complete waste of time."
John Fletcher, The Custom of the Country (1647)
Death hath so many doors to let out life.
More Quotations
FXNEWS-Emerging markets nobody's darling anymore - Forbes
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:03:00 GMT
- Six of the top 20 worst days for the MSCI Emerging Markets index have been recorded in the past month, write strategists at State Street Global Markets, with flows into emerging ...
Quotes Of The Week - October 3 - Entertainment.uk.msn.com
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:24:00 GMT
In this week's top celebrity quotes, Roger Moore says he was too old to play Bond, Duffy frets about a possible breakdown and Russell Brand admits fancying a much older woman ...
What do Insurance Companies Look At? - Best Syndication
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:34:00 GMT
Before you go searching for an automobile insurance policy, you need to know what they are looking for. As a purchaser of insurance, you will need to know what benefits are ...
When right is wrong - Guardian Unlimited
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:20:00 GMT
John McCain ceded, the country, if not the election as a whole, on Wednesday night . The Senator gave in to the trend he's been moving towards for weeks now. He decided to go with ...
High quotations stall destitute housing scheme - Mmegi Online
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:05:00 GMT
Assistant Minister for Local Government, Ambrose Masalila has revealed that the state housing scheme for the destitute has stalled since 2002 because of exorbitant quotations from ...
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Chief Seattle
Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons and daughters of the earth. We did not weave the web of life We are merely a strand in it. What we do with the web, we do to ourselves...
Dr. Irwin Sarason
Good friends are good for your health.
Lily Tomlin
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
Ornette Coleman
It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.
Holbrook Jackson
Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.
E. B. White
I am often mad, but I would hate to be nothing but mad and I think I would lose what little value I may have as a writer if I were to refuse, as a matter of principle, to accept the warming rays of the sun, and to report them, whenever, and if ever, they happen to strike me.
Wendy Wasserstein
No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone.
Maitri Upanishads
As a spider emits and draws in its thread, As plants arise on the earth, As the hairs of the head and body from a living person, So from The Eternal arises everything here.
Joshua 19 Bible
Be strong and of good courage be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Benjamin Franklin
All cats are gray in the dark.
C. S. Lewis
The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.
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India FIMMDA-REUTERS-MIOCS for 3 years 4.30 pct - Reuters India
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:46:00 GMT
Share The above dollar rupee swap rates are a simple average of the bid and offer rates quoted by 11 market participants.The floating benchmark used here is the six month USD libor. For participants' names and quotes, please double-click on CRS01 or ...
FIRST HORIZON EXAMINING OPPS TO PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS OFFERED BY ... - Forbes
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:08:00 GMT
Copyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of ...
Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:39:00 GMT
LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index gained 2 percent by midday on Friday in volatile trade, with gains in energy and bank stocks outweighing falls in the beleaguered mining sector. By 1107 GMT, the FTSE 100 .FTSE> was up 95.0 points ...
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Chief Seattle
Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons and daughters of the earth. We did not weave the web of life We are merely a strand in it. What we do with the web, we do to ourselves...
Dr. Irwin Sarason
Good friends are good for your health.
Lily Tomlin
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
Ornette Coleman
It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.
Holbrook Jackson
Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.
E. B. White
I am often mad, but I would hate to be nothing but mad and I think I would lose what little value I may have as a writer if I were to refuse, as a matter of principle, to accept the warming rays of the sun, and to report them, whenever, and if ever, they happen to strike me.
Wendy Wasserstein
No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone.
Maitri Upanishads
As a spider emits and draws in its thread, As plants arise on the earth, As the hairs of the head and body from a living person, So from The Eternal arises everything here.
Joshua 19 Bible
Be strong and of good courage be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Benjamin Franklin
All cats are gray in the dark.
C. S. Lewis
The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.
More Quotations
India FIMMDA-REUTERS-MIOCS for 3 years 4.30 pct - Reuters India
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:46:00 GMT
Share The above dollar rupee swap rates are a simple average of the bid and offer rates quoted by 11 market participants.The floating benchmark used here is the six month USD libor. For participants' names and quotes, please double-click on CRS01 or ...
FIRST HORIZON EXAMINING OPPS TO PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS OFFERED BY ... - Forbes
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:08:00 GMT
Copyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of ...
Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:39:00 GMT
LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index gained 2 percent by midday on Friday in volatile trade, with gains in energy and bank stocks outweighing falls in the beleaguered mining sector. By 1107 GMT, the FTSE 100 .FTSE> was up 95.0 points ...
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