Favorite Quotations
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Daily Quotes
Theodore Roosevelt, The Man in the Arena
Far better is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Cynthia Ozick, O Magazine, September 2002
To want to be what one can be is purpose in life.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry that is prose words in their best order-poetry the best words in the best order.
H Hahn Blavatsky
After 3, a body has a mind of its own.
Andr Maurois
Modesty and unselfishness--these are the virtues which men praise--and pass by.
Martin Terman
In the Norse mythology Loki originally was on the side of the rest of the gods, helping them once or twice using a particularly nast forms of trickery. He was a cunning negotiator with a talent for technicalities. He was sort of the Norse equivalent of a lawyer, no doubt the reason they tied him down in a pit dripping acidic venom on him.
Oscar Wilde, In Life of Oscar Wilde, H. Pearson
Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
More Quotes
Poor storage threatens food security - Tribune
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:52:00 GMT
The Centre, it is learnt, has rejected the request of the Punjab government to allow it to export surplus wheat stock to Pakistan and Afghanistan to provide storage space for paddy ...
Aakib Khaled - Hoya
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:45:00 GMT
Me. My. Mine. I. For Generation Y, self-definition has changed from a contemplative personal journey to a sort of game most clearly visible in social networking utilities like ...
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Theodore Roosevelt, The Man in the Arena
Far better is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Cynthia Ozick, O Magazine, September 2002
To want to be what one can be is purpose in life.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry that is prose words in their best order-poetry the best words in the best order.
H Hahn Blavatsky
After 3, a body has a mind of its own.
Andr Maurois
Modesty and unselfishness--these are the virtues which men praise--and pass by.
Martin Terman
In the Norse mythology Loki originally was on the side of the rest of the gods, helping them once or twice using a particularly nast forms of trickery. He was a cunning negotiator with a talent for technicalities. He was sort of the Norse equivalent of a lawyer, no doubt the reason they tied him down in a pit dripping acidic venom on him.
Oscar Wilde, In Life of Oscar Wilde, H. Pearson
Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
More Quotes
Poor storage threatens food security - Tribune
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:52:00 GMT
The Centre, it is learnt, has rejected the request of the Punjab government to allow it to export surplus wheat stock to Pakistan and Afghanistan to provide storage space for paddy ...
Aakib Khaled - Hoya
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:45:00 GMT
Me. My. Mine. I. For Generation Y, self-definition has changed from a contemplative personal journey to a sort of game most clearly visible in social networking utilities like ...
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More Famous Quotations
Lithuanian Proverb
God gave teeth He will give bread.
Moorish Proverb
He who fears something gives it power over him.
Sandra Swinney
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
Oscar Wilde
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
Oliver Goldsmith
The dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other downThe swain mistrustless of his smutted face,While secret laughter titter'd round the placeThe bashful virgin's side-long looks of love,The matrons glance that would those looks reproveThese were thy charms, sweet village sports like these,With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to pleaseThese were thy bowers their cheerful influence shed,These were thy charms -- but all these charms are fled.
Sir Thomas More
Friendship demands attention.
Allison Poler
Happiness isn't the easiest thing to find, but one place you're guaranteed to find it is in a friend's smile.
Corazn Cojuangco Aquino
Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.
Henry David Thoreau
Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.
William Shakespeare
And since you know you cannot see yourself, so well as by reflection, I, your glass, will modestly discover to yourself, that of yourself which you yet know not of.
Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear
Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.
A. E. Housman
And malt does more than Milton can To justify God's ways to man.
More Quotes
Linssen boat show generates strong sales - International Boat Industry
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:17:00 GMT
Dutch boatbuilder Linssen Yachts has reported a 'considerable increase' in the number of direct private sales that were made at its annual in-house boat show. Some 23 orders were ...
prev article - MacWorld UK
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:43:00 GMT
Adobe made a critical change to the algorithm used to password-protect PDF documents in Acrobat 9, making it much easier to recover a password and raising concern over the safety ...
Economic Prognosis - Kommersant
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:39:00 GMT
The fall of the Russian stock market can be easily rendered the key economic event of July. On July 18 the Russian Trading System – RTS – slashed by 3.96% - to 2135.38 points ...
UPDATE 3-Sarkozy defies China with Dalai Lama talks - Forbes
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:15:00 GMT
GDANSK, Poland, Dec 6 (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy defied China on Saturday by meeting the Dalai Lama and said Europe shared the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's ...
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Lithuanian Proverb
God gave teeth He will give bread.
Moorish Proverb
He who fears something gives it power over him.
Sandra Swinney
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
Oscar Wilde
Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
Oliver Goldsmith
The dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other downThe swain mistrustless of his smutted face,While secret laughter titter'd round the placeThe bashful virgin's side-long looks of love,The matrons glance that would those looks reproveThese were thy charms, sweet village sports like these,With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to pleaseThese were thy bowers their cheerful influence shed,These were thy charms -- but all these charms are fled.
Sir Thomas More
Friendship demands attention.
Allison Poler
Happiness isn't the easiest thing to find, but one place you're guaranteed to find it is in a friend's smile.
Corazn Cojuangco Aquino
Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.
Henry David Thoreau
Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.
William Shakespeare
And since you know you cannot see yourself, so well as by reflection, I, your glass, will modestly discover to yourself, that of yourself which you yet know not of.
Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear
Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.
A. E. Housman
And malt does more than Milton can To justify God's ways to man.
More Quotes
Linssen boat show generates strong sales - International Boat Industry
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:17:00 GMT
Dutch boatbuilder Linssen Yachts has reported a 'considerable increase' in the number of direct private sales that were made at its annual in-house boat show. Some 23 orders were ...
prev article - MacWorld UK
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:43:00 GMT
Adobe made a critical change to the algorithm used to password-protect PDF documents in Acrobat 9, making it much easier to recover a password and raising concern over the safety ...
Economic Prognosis - Kommersant
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:39:00 GMT
The fall of the Russian stock market can be easily rendered the key economic event of July. On July 18 the Russian Trading System – RTS – slashed by 3.96% - to 2135.38 points ...
UPDATE 3-Sarkozy defies China with Dalai Lama talks - Forbes
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:15:00 GMT
GDANSK, Poland, Dec 6 (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy defied China on Saturday by meeting the Dalai Lama and said Europe shared the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's ...
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Daily Famous Quotes
Alessandro Pronzato
The best way not to have people in your way is to let them into your heart.
Jean Rostand, Thoughts of a Biologist (1939)
Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.
Jonathan Berry
The tragic mistake of so many in the environmentalist movement is the belief that the rest of the world can afford to hold itself to our expensive green standards.
Erykah Badu, A line from the song "On & On"
Peace and blessings manifest with every lesson learned - and if your knowledge were your wealth then it would be well earned.
Aristotle
It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.
C. J. Jung
Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality.
Leona Helmsly
I don't hire people who have to be told to be nice. I hire nice people.
This Is Spinal Tap
Marty This tasteless cover is a good indication of the lack of musical invention within. The musical growth of this band cannot even be charted. They are treading water in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
The world of the happy is quite different from that of the unhappy.
La Rochefoucauld
Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it.
More Quotes
"We're a hoax" admit Facebook party crashers - Technology.timesonline
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:04:00 GMT
They claimed to have their own bus, gatecrashed parties across Britain, and engaged in extravagant orgies on washing machines. But now the Facebook Republican Army, a gang of ...
Chris Martin says Coldplay will never split - Top News India
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:51:00 GMT
New Delhi, Dec 6 : Coldplay’s lead vocalist Chris Martin has denied claims that the band will split within two years. Earlier quotes attributed to the singer suggested that the ...
"We're a hoax" admit Facebook party crashers - Technology.timesonline
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:04:00 GMT
They claimed to have their own bus, gatecrashed parties across Britain, and engaged in extravagant orgies on washing machines. But now the Facebook Republican Army, a gang of ...
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Today's Famous Quotes:
Alessandro Pronzato
The best way not to have people in your way is to let them into your heart.
Jean Rostand, Thoughts of a Biologist (1939)
Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.
Jonathan Berry
The tragic mistake of so many in the environmentalist movement is the belief that the rest of the world can afford to hold itself to our expensive green standards.
Erykah Badu, A line from the song "On & On"
Peace and blessings manifest with every lesson learned - and if your knowledge were your wealth then it would be well earned.
Aristotle
It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.
C. J. Jung
Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality.
Leona Helmsly
I don't hire people who have to be told to be nice. I hire nice people.
This Is Spinal Tap
Marty This tasteless cover is a good indication of the lack of musical invention within. The musical growth of this band cannot even be charted. They are treading water in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
The world of the happy is quite different from that of the unhappy.
La Rochefoucauld
Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it.
More Quotes
"We're a hoax" admit Facebook party crashers - Technology.timesonline
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:04:00 GMT
They claimed to have their own bus, gatecrashed parties across Britain, and engaged in extravagant orgies on washing machines. But now the Facebook Republican Army, a gang of ...
Chris Martin says Coldplay will never split - Top News India
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:51:00 GMT
New Delhi, Dec 6 : Coldplay’s lead vocalist Chris Martin has denied claims that the band will split within two years. Earlier quotes attributed to the singer suggested that the ...
"We're a hoax" admit Facebook party crashers - Technology.timesonline
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:04:00 GMT
They claimed to have their own bus, gatecrashed parties across Britain, and engaged in extravagant orgies on washing machines. But now the Facebook Republican Army, a gang of ...
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Today's Famous Quotations
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.
John Sloan Dickey
There is no more vulnerable human combination than an undergraduate.
George Orwell
Freedom is the right to say two plus two make four. If granted, all else follows.
Czech Proverb
The big thieves hang the little ones.
Anatole France
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.
Peggy Fleming
The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.
Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Ernest
The very essence of love is uncertainty.
Robert Hutchins
Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes, in the nature of the case, different points of view.
More Quotes
Linssen boat show generates strong sales - International Boat Industry
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:17:00 GMT
Dutch boatbuilder Linssen Yachts has reported a 'considerable increase' in the number of direct private sales that were made at its annual in-house boat show. Some 23 orders were ...
Quotations of the day - International Herald Tribune
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:02:00 GMT
"There have been lapses. I would be less than truthful if I said there had been no lapses." — India's Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram after last week's massacre in Mumbai ...
Language is embiggened by words that don't exist - Stuff
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:53:00 GMT
While looking for the nine- letter word to solve The Dominion Post's Target puzzle, I came up with "goldthief". So, as anybody else would, I asked myself whether that was a word ...
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Famous Quotations:
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.
John Sloan Dickey
There is no more vulnerable human combination than an undergraduate.
George Orwell
Freedom is the right to say two plus two make four. If granted, all else follows.
Czech Proverb
The big thieves hang the little ones.
Anatole France
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.
Peggy Fleming
The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.
Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Ernest
The very essence of love is uncertainty.
Robert Hutchins
Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes, in the nature of the case, different points of view.
More Quotes
Linssen boat show generates strong sales - International Boat Industry
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:17:00 GMT
Dutch boatbuilder Linssen Yachts has reported a 'considerable increase' in the number of direct private sales that were made at its annual in-house boat show. Some 23 orders were ...
Quotations of the day - International Herald Tribune
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:02:00 GMT
"There have been lapses. I would be less than truthful if I said there had been no lapses." — India's Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram after last week's massacre in Mumbai ...
Language is embiggened by words that don't exist - Stuff
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:53:00 GMT
While looking for the nine- letter word to solve The Dominion Post's Target puzzle, I came up with "goldthief". So, as anybody else would, I asked myself whether that was a word ...
¶ 2:36 AM 0 comments
