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Thursday, November 20, 2008
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Plato
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
Jim Hightower
Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make a small fortune in agriculture. Problem is, you got to start with a large one.
Sir Arthur Keith
The course of human history is determined, not by what happens in the skies, but what takes place in our hearts.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour.
John Henry Newman
In this world no one rules by love if you are but amiable, you are no hero to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.
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Roger Clemens Sues Accuser - The Smoking Gun
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:17:00 GMT
JANUARY 7--Tarred as a steroid-using cheater in the Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens last night filed a defamation lawsuit against his former trainer, who has told investigators that ...
(Adds San Francisco quotes, dateline) - Reuters
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:00:00 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - San Francisco Bay Area cities promised to build the electric car capital of the United States, announcing a plan on Thursday to work with start-up ...
There's no T.O. in the NHL, but these quotes make our quarterly list - ESPN.com
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:53:00 GMT
"We have only one person to blame, and that's each other." -- New York Rangers defenseman Barry Beck, once upon a time The world of quotes. Yes, indeed, they do make the world go ...
Jewish settlers prepare for battle to remain in Hebron’s House of ... - Times Online
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:19:00 GMT
Jewish settlers in Hebron spray-painted insults to the Prophet Muham-mad on a mosque and defaced Muslim gravestones with the Star of David yesterday as they defied a court order to ...
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Check out these Quotes:
Plato
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
Jim Hightower
Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make a small fortune in agriculture. Problem is, you got to start with a large one.
Sir Arthur Keith
The course of human history is determined, not by what happens in the skies, but what takes place in our hearts.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour.
John Henry Newman
In this world no one rules by love if you are but amiable, you are no hero to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.
More Quotes
Roger Clemens Sues Accuser - The Smoking Gun
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:17:00 GMT
JANUARY 7--Tarred as a steroid-using cheater in the Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens last night filed a defamation lawsuit against his former trainer, who has told investigators that ...
(Adds San Francisco quotes, dateline) - Reuters
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:00:00 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - San Francisco Bay Area cities promised to build the electric car capital of the United States, announcing a plan on Thursday to work with start-up ...
There's no T.O. in the NHL, but these quotes make our quarterly list - ESPN.com
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:53:00 GMT
"We have only one person to blame, and that's each other." -- New York Rangers defenseman Barry Beck, once upon a time The world of quotes. Yes, indeed, they do make the world go ...
Jewish settlers prepare for battle to remain in Hebron’s House of ... - Times Online
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:19:00 GMT
Jewish settlers in Hebron spray-painted insults to the Prophet Muham-mad on a mosque and defaced Muslim gravestones with the Star of David yesterday as they defied a court order to ...
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Today's Quotes
J. R. R. Tolkien, Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last...
The great battle of our time.
William Blake
To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.
Garry Kasparov, Baltic Development Forum, Hamburg, September 13, 2004
It�s more easy to win a chess game in five minutes than it is to talk about Russia�s problems in 15 minutes
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, speech? in 1994
I believe that to meet the challenge of the next century, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for his or her own self, family or nation, but for the benefit of all mankind.
Ralph Kiner
Solo homers usually come with no one on base.
Mike Ditka
Success is never permanent, and failure is never final.
Germaine Greer
Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. It has no mother.
Nelia Gardner White
Some people just don't seem to realize, when they're moaning about not getting prayers answered, that no is the answer.
There's Something About Mary
Hitchhiker No No, no, not 6 I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who works out in 6 minutes You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel. Ted That -- good point. Hitchhiker 7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 doors. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office. Ted Why Hitchhiker 'Cause you're fired
Sydney Harris
The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones-which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones.
Clarence Darrow
The law is a horrible business.
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Microsoft dissed Intel's 915 chip set before making 'Vista Capable ... - Computerworld Australia
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:47:00 GMT
Months before it bowed to pressure from Intel and relaxed the requirements for its "Vista Capable" marketing program, Microsoft published an article on its TechNet Web site ...
Grain quotes, High Plains & Gulf - El Paso Times
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:04:00 GMT
Texas High Plains cash grain markets closed 26 cents to 27 cents lower on grain sorghum, 11 cents to 12 cents lower on wheat, 41 cents lower on soybeans and 15 cents lower on corn ...
Cullen releases grim Treasury figures - Stuff
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:54:00 GMT
FALSE HOPE: Finance Minister Michael Cullen says the bad economic news means it is no time for 'risky and reckless' promises' or additional tax cuts. Treasury has painted a very ...
(Adds quotes, details) - Reuters
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:21:00 GMT
BERLIN, Nov 20 (Reuters) - World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Thursday there was a risk that a new economic bubble could be created by excess liquidity on markets. In an ...
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Quotes:
J. R. R. Tolkien, Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last...
The great battle of our time.
William Blake
To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.
Garry Kasparov, Baltic Development Forum, Hamburg, September 13, 2004
It�s more easy to win a chess game in five minutes than it is to talk about Russia�s problems in 15 minutes
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, speech? in 1994
I believe that to meet the challenge of the next century, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for his or her own self, family or nation, but for the benefit of all mankind.
Ralph Kiner
Solo homers usually come with no one on base.
Mike Ditka
Success is never permanent, and failure is never final.
Germaine Greer
Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. It has no mother.
Nelia Gardner White
Some people just don't seem to realize, when they're moaning about not getting prayers answered, that no is the answer.
There's Something About Mary
Hitchhiker No No, no, not 6 I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who works out in 6 minutes You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel. Ted That -- good point. Hitchhiker 7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 doors. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office. Ted Why Hitchhiker 'Cause you're fired
Sydney Harris
The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones-which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones.
Clarence Darrow
The law is a horrible business.
More Quotations
Microsoft dissed Intel's 915 chip set before making 'Vista Capable ... - Computerworld Australia
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:47:00 GMT
Months before it bowed to pressure from Intel and relaxed the requirements for its "Vista Capable" marketing program, Microsoft published an article on its TechNet Web site ...
Grain quotes, High Plains & Gulf - El Paso Times
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:04:00 GMT
Texas High Plains cash grain markets closed 26 cents to 27 cents lower on grain sorghum, 11 cents to 12 cents lower on wheat, 41 cents lower on soybeans and 15 cents lower on corn ...
Cullen releases grim Treasury figures - Stuff
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:54:00 GMT
FALSE HOPE: Finance Minister Michael Cullen says the bad economic news means it is no time for 'risky and reckless' promises' or additional tax cuts. Treasury has painted a very ...
(Adds quotes, details) - Reuters
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:21:00 GMT
BERLIN, Nov 20 (Reuters) - World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Thursday there was a risk that a new economic bubble could be created by excess liquidity on markets. In an ...
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Quotes for Today
Old School
Beanie Well, let me be the first to say congratulations to you man you have one vagina for the rest of your life. Real smart man.
Denis Watley
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
Aeschylus
I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.
Jim Bishop
True love is night jasmine, a diamond in darkenss, the heartbeat no cardiologist has ever heard. It is the most common of miracles, fashioned of fleecy clouds, a handful of stars tossed into the night sky.
Ovid
The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.
Virginia Woolf
Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Don't simply retire from something have something to retire to.
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(Adds quotes, details) - Reuters
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:21:00 GMT
BERLIN, Nov 20 (Reuters) - World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Thursday there was a risk that a new economic bubble could be created by excess liquidity on markets. In an ...
Roger Clemens Sues Accuser - The Smoking Gun
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:17:00 GMT
JANUARY 7--Tarred as a steroid-using cheater in the Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens last night filed a defamation lawsuit against his former trainer, who has told investigators that ...
Cullen releases grim Treasury figures - Stuff
Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:57:00 GMT
FALSE HOPE: Finance Minister Michael Cullen says the bad economic news means it is no time for 'risky and reckless' promises' or additional tax cuts. Treasury has painted a very ...
Jewish settlers prepare for battle to remain in Hebron’s House of ... - Times Online
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:19:00 GMT
Jewish settlers in Hebron spray-painted insults to the Prophet Muham-mad on a mosque and defaced Muslim gravestones with the Star of David yesterday as they defied a court order to ...
Roger Clemens Sues Accuser - The Smoking Gun
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:17:00 GMT
JANUARY 7--Tarred as a steroid-using cheater in the Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens last night filed a defamation lawsuit against his former trainer, who has told investigators that ...
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Old School
Beanie Well, let me be the first to say congratulations to you man you have one vagina for the rest of your life. Real smart man.
Denis Watley
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
Aeschylus
I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.
Jim Bishop
True love is night jasmine, a diamond in darkenss, the heartbeat no cardiologist has ever heard. It is the most common of miracles, fashioned of fleecy clouds, a handful of stars tossed into the night sky.
Ovid
The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.
Virginia Woolf
Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Don't simply retire from something have something to retire to.
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(Adds quotes, details) - Reuters
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:21:00 GMT
BERLIN, Nov 20 (Reuters) - World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Thursday there was a risk that a new economic bubble could be created by excess liquidity on markets. In an ...
Roger Clemens Sues Accuser - The Smoking Gun
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:17:00 GMT
JANUARY 7--Tarred as a steroid-using cheater in the Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens last night filed a defamation lawsuit against his former trainer, who has told investigators that ...
Cullen releases grim Treasury figures - Stuff
Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:57:00 GMT
FALSE HOPE: Finance Minister Michael Cullen says the bad economic news means it is no time for 'risky and reckless' promises' or additional tax cuts. Treasury has painted a very ...
Jewish settlers prepare for battle to remain in Hebron’s House of ... - Times Online
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:19:00 GMT
Jewish settlers in Hebron spray-painted insults to the Prophet Muham-mad on a mosque and defaced Muslim gravestones with the Star of David yesterday as they defied a court order to ...
Roger Clemens Sues Accuser - The Smoking Gun
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:17:00 GMT
JANUARY 7--Tarred as a steroid-using cheater in the Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens last night filed a defamation lawsuit against his former trainer, who has told investigators that ...
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Today's Famous Quotes
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations � Book Twelve
All the blessings which you pray to obtain hereafter could be yours today, if you did not deny them to yourself.
Thomas Merton
Love seeks one thing only the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.
Albert Einstein
Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth. (said of Mahatma Gandhi)
Charles Scribner, Jr.
Language is the soul of intellect, and reading is the essential process by which that intellect is cultivated beyond the commonplace experiences of everyday life.
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Life insurance - CNN Money
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:24:00 GMT
1. All policies fall into one of two camps. There are term policies, or pure insurance coverage. And there are the many variants of whole life, which combine an investment product ...
The Modern Wit - Popmatters.com
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:24:00 GMT
The dewy young actress and animal-rights activist Alicia Silverstone, commenting on the movie that made her famous, apparently once said, “I think that the film Clueless was very ...
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations � Book Twelve
All the blessings which you pray to obtain hereafter could be yours today, if you did not deny them to yourself.
Thomas Merton
Love seeks one thing only the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.
Albert Einstein
Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth. (said of Mahatma Gandhi)
Charles Scribner, Jr.
Language is the soul of intellect, and reading is the essential process by which that intellect is cultivated beyond the commonplace experiences of everyday life.
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Life insurance - CNN Money
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:24:00 GMT
1. All policies fall into one of two camps. There are term policies, or pure insurance coverage. And there are the many variants of whole life, which combine an investment product ...
The Modern Wit - Popmatters.com
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:24:00 GMT
The dewy young actress and animal-rights activist Alicia Silverstone, commenting on the movie that made her famous, apparently once said, “I think that the film Clueless was very ...
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Famous Quotes Update
Sam Walton
High expectations are the key to everything.
Charles M. Schwab
In my wide association in life, meeting with many and great men in various parts of the world, I have yet to find the man, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.
A. A. Milne
"How long does getting thin take?" Pooh asked anxiously.
Stephen R. Covey, First things First
If there is no gardener there is no garden.
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Heaven-born, the soul a heavenward course must hold beyond the world she soars the wise man, I affirm, can find no rest in that which perishes, nor will he lend his heart to ought that doth time depend.
William Shakespeare
When holy and devout religious men Are at their beads, 'tis hard to draw them thence So sweet is zealous contemplation.
Andre Gide
Dare to be yourself.
Seneca
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
Tom Stoppard
The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say.
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Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:17:00 GMT
SYDNEY, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 4.19 percent on Thursday as concerns about a prolonged global recession triggered sharp losses in leading miners BHP Billiton
Tina Brown In Beastly Hoax - The Smoking Gun
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:17:00 GMT
NOVEMBER 10--Welcome to the Internet, Tina Brown. Barely a month into her stewardship of a new web site, the venerable editor has fallen for a hoax and published a bogus design for ...
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Today's Famous Quotes:
Sam Walton
High expectations are the key to everything.
Charles M. Schwab
In my wide association in life, meeting with many and great men in various parts of the world, I have yet to find the man, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.
A. A. Milne
"How long does getting thin take?" Pooh asked anxiously.
Stephen R. Covey, First things First
If there is no gardener there is no garden.
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Heaven-born, the soul a heavenward course must hold beyond the world she soars the wise man, I affirm, can find no rest in that which perishes, nor will he lend his heart to ought that doth time depend.
William Shakespeare
When holy and devout religious men Are at their beads, 'tis hard to draw them thence So sweet is zealous contemplation.
Andre Gide
Dare to be yourself.
Seneca
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
Tom Stoppard
The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say.
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Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:17:00 GMT
SYDNEY, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 4.19 percent on Thursday as concerns about a prolonged global recession triggered sharp losses in leading miners BHP Billiton
Tina Brown In Beastly Hoax - The Smoking Gun
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:17:00 GMT
NOVEMBER 10--Welcome to the Internet, Tina Brown. Barely a month into her stewardship of a new web site, the venerable editor has fallen for a hoax and published a bogus design for ...
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