Favorite Quotations
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Latest Quotes
Thomas Jefferson
One man with courage is a majority.
Carl Jung
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Judith Pugh
Motherhood is a wonderful thing - what a pity to waste it on children.
William Shakespeare, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", Act 1 scene 3
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day!
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News reports: Russian navy says more than 20 killed in accident on ... - MSN UK News
Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:29:00 GMT
Russian news agencies are citing the navy as saying an accident aboard a nuclear-powered submarine has killed more than 20 people. State-run RIA-Novosti has quoted navy spokesman ...
Crowned on Saddam - Kommersant
Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:38:00 GMT
George Bush was elected 43rd president of the United States with a record low result: less than half the voters who took part in the elections voted for him. This is a rare ...
Quotations of the day - Charleston Daily Mail
Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:31:00 GMT
"When Obama won, I felt it was the return of the American dream. I just cried through the whole thing, because it gave me hope that the good guy will win, in a world where good ...
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Quotes:
Thomas Jefferson
One man with courage is a majority.
Carl Jung
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Judith Pugh
Motherhood is a wonderful thing - what a pity to waste it on children.
William Shakespeare, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", Act 1 scene 3
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day!
More Quotations
News reports: Russian navy says more than 20 killed in accident on ... - MSN UK News
Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:29:00 GMT
Russian news agencies are citing the navy as saying an accident aboard a nuclear-powered submarine has killed more than 20 people. State-run RIA-Novosti has quoted navy spokesman ...
Crowned on Saddam - Kommersant
Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:38:00 GMT
George Bush was elected 43rd president of the United States with a record low result: less than half the voters who took part in the elections voted for him. This is a rare ...
Quotations of the day - Charleston Daily Mail
Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:31:00 GMT
"When Obama won, I felt it was the return of the American dream. I just cried through the whole thing, because it gave me hope that the good guy will win, in a world where good ...
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Quotes for Today
Hellen Keller
I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days during his early adult life. Darkness would make him appreciate sight silence would teach him the joys of sound.
H. L. Mencken
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
Robert Graves
The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.
Benjamin Franklin
He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
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Crowned on Saddam - Kommersant
Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:38:00 GMT
George Bush was elected 43rd president of the United States with a record low result: less than half the voters who took part in the elections voted for him. This is a rare ...
Memorable quotes from Labour's third term - New Zealand Herald
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:26:00 GMT
"In our view the Government has thrown the regulatory book at Telecom and in doing so has realised our worst concerns and more. We expect the share price to trade sharply lower and ...
Webster iPhone App Exorbitantly Priced at $60 - Wired
Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:30:00 GMT
Merriam Webster pontificates that its dictionary should be appraised an exorbitant amount in the iPhone App Store. The unabridged dictionary, of the international variant, contains ...
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Here are the Quotes ...
Hellen Keller
I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days during his early adult life. Darkness would make him appreciate sight silence would teach him the joys of sound.
H. L. Mencken
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
Robert Graves
The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.
Benjamin Franklin
He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
More Quotations
Crowned on Saddam - Kommersant
Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:38:00 GMT
George Bush was elected 43rd president of the United States with a record low result: less than half the voters who took part in the elections voted for him. This is a rare ...
Memorable quotes from Labour's third term - New Zealand Herald
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:26:00 GMT
"In our view the Government has thrown the regulatory book at Telecom and in doing so has realised our worst concerns and more. We expect the share price to trade sharply lower and ...
Webster iPhone App Exorbitantly Priced at $60 - Wired
Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:30:00 GMT
Merriam Webster pontificates that its dictionary should be appraised an exorbitant amount in the iPhone App Store. The unabridged dictionary, of the international variant, contains ...
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Famous Quotations Update
Henry Kissinger
When you meet the president, you ask yourself, How did it ever occur to anybody that he should be governor much less president
William Blake
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
Katharine Graham
To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun
Saint Jerome
Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, 'Why do you not practice what you preach'
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. ... The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission. (Announcing blockade of Cuba)
Carl Jung
We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
Abraham Lincoln
If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may fool all of the people some of the time you can even fool some of the people all the time but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Latin Proverb
Love is a kind of military service.
Alicia Barnhart
True love never dies for it is lust that fades away. Love bonds for a lifetime but lust just pushes away.
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
We have not seen great things done in our time except by those who have been considered mean; the rest have failed.
Brian Tracy
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
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Crowned on Saddam - Kommersant
Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:38:00 GMT
George Bush was elected 43rd president of the United States with a record low result: less than half the voters who took part in the elections voted for him. This is a rare ...
San Francisco Ballet's distinctive profile - Los Angeles Times Blogs
Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:16:00 GMT
Helgi Tomasson, who has been artistic director of San Francisco Ballet since 1985, previously spent 15 years as a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, and he is scarcely the ...
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Today's Famous Quotations:
Henry Kissinger
When you meet the president, you ask yourself, How did it ever occur to anybody that he should be governor much less president
William Blake
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
Katharine Graham
To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun
Saint Jerome
Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, 'Why do you not practice what you preach'
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. ... The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission. (Announcing blockade of Cuba)
Carl Jung
We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
Abraham Lincoln
If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may fool all of the people some of the time you can even fool some of the people all the time but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Latin Proverb
Love is a kind of military service.
Alicia Barnhart
True love never dies for it is lust that fades away. Love bonds for a lifetime but lust just pushes away.
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
We have not seen great things done in our time except by those who have been considered mean; the rest have failed.
Brian Tracy
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
More Quotes
Crowned on Saddam - Kommersant
Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:38:00 GMT
George Bush was elected 43rd president of the United States with a record low result: less than half the voters who took part in the elections voted for him. This is a rare ...
San Francisco Ballet's distinctive profile - Los Angeles Times Blogs
Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:16:00 GMT
Helgi Tomasson, who has been artistic director of San Francisco Ballet since 1985, previously spent 15 years as a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, and he is scarcely the ...
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Daily Famous Quotes
Mark Twain
Some people get an eduction without going to college the rest get it after they get out.
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.
Henri Frdric Amiel
Love is faith, and one faith leads to another.
Bradley Miller
Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar.
Finley Peter Dunne
An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.
Kelly Marshall
It matters not how tall you are, but how straight you grow.
Richard Jeni
It is a sad fact that 50 percent of marriages in this country end in divorce. But hey, the other half end in death. You could be one of the lucky ones!
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North American markets higher - Edmonton Sun
Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:10:00 GMT
TORONTO - North American markets were all higher Friday morning as employment figures disappointed in the United States but beat expectations in Canada on a boost from election ...
Canadian dollar opens at 83.33 cents US, down 0.59 of a cent - Canada East
Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:01:00 GMT
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar opened at 83.33 cents US this morning, down 0.59 of a cent from Thursday's close. The U.S. dollar stood at C$1.20 cents, up 0.84 of a cent. Pound ...
Spy story salutes two brave men - The London Free Press
Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:37:00 GMT
When Jonathan Vance stands silently on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the faces of two brave young men will be emblazoned in his mind. The University of Western ...
Voters Across Nation Hit by Dirty Tricks - AOL
Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:27:00 GMT
(Nov. 2) - In the hours before Election Day, as inevitable as winter, comes an onslaught of dirty tricks — confusing e-mails, disturbing phone calls and insinuating fliers left ...
TMX Group quotes stall at the open; problem not yet explained - News1130.com
Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:53:00 GMT
TORONTO - Financial market players were left without index quotations from the Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for nearly 10 minutes after the opening bell on ...
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Here are the Famous Quotes ...
Mark Twain
Some people get an eduction without going to college the rest get it after they get out.
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.
Henri Frdric Amiel
Love is faith, and one faith leads to another.
Bradley Miller
Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar.
Finley Peter Dunne
An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.
Kelly Marshall
It matters not how tall you are, but how straight you grow.
Richard Jeni
It is a sad fact that 50 percent of marriages in this country end in divorce. But hey, the other half end in death. You could be one of the lucky ones!
More Quotations
North American markets higher - Edmonton Sun
Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:10:00 GMT
TORONTO - North American markets were all higher Friday morning as employment figures disappointed in the United States but beat expectations in Canada on a boost from election ...
Canadian dollar opens at 83.33 cents US, down 0.59 of a cent - Canada East
Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:01:00 GMT
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar opened at 83.33 cents US this morning, down 0.59 of a cent from Thursday's close. The U.S. dollar stood at C$1.20 cents, up 0.84 of a cent. Pound ...
Spy story salutes two brave men - The London Free Press
Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:37:00 GMT
When Jonathan Vance stands silently on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the faces of two brave young men will be emblazoned in his mind. The University of Western ...
Voters Across Nation Hit by Dirty Tricks - AOL
Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:27:00 GMT
(Nov. 2) - In the hours before Election Day, as inevitable as winter, comes an onslaught of dirty tricks — confusing e-mails, disturbing phone calls and insinuating fliers left ...
TMX Group quotes stall at the open; problem not yet explained - News1130.com
Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:53:00 GMT
TORONTO - Financial market players were left without index quotations from the Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for nearly 10 minutes after the opening bell on ...
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