Favorite Quotations
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Daily Famous Quotes
Voltaire
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
Wystan Hugh Auden
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
La Rochefoucauld
Our minds are lazier than our bodies.
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building.
Jimi Hendrix, Quoted in Charles Shaar Murray,Crosstown Traffic, ch. 6 (1989).
Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.
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(Adds charges, background, quotes) - Reuters
Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:27:00 GMT
CHICAGO, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on criminal charges on Tuesday, including trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by fellow Democrat ...
PRIVATE BIN: Is Fletcher Building’s Eden Park build feeling the ... - National Business Review
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:13:00 GMT
Fletcher Building is asking some of its subcontractors working on the Eden Park upgrade to resubmit their quotes just a month into the construction as the company tightens its belt ...
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Today's Famous Quotes:
Voltaire
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
Wystan Hugh Auden
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
La Rochefoucauld
Our minds are lazier than our bodies.
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building.
Jimi Hendrix, Quoted in Charles Shaar Murray,Crosstown Traffic, ch. 6 (1989).
Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.
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(Adds charges, background, quotes) - Reuters
Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:27:00 GMT
CHICAGO, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on criminal charges on Tuesday, including trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by fellow Democrat ...
PRIVATE BIN: Is Fletcher Building’s Eden Park build feeling the ... - National Business Review
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:13:00 GMT
Fletcher Building is asking some of its subcontractors working on the Eden Park upgrade to resubmit their quotes just a month into the construction as the company tightens its belt ...
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Quotations for Today
Angus N. Wilson
The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they've been at other times.
Henry David Thoreau
The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way.
Seneca
The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
Publilius Syrus
Any plan is bad which is incapable of modification.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
Florence Nightingale
Volumes are now being written and spoken about the effect of the mind on the body -- I wish more was thought of the effect of the body on the mind.
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More JUTC drama - Jamaica Observer
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:11:00 GMT
THE Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) board has uncovered at least two other contracts that, it said, the state-run bus company's late executive chairman, Douglas Chambers ...
Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:23:00 GMT
LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Oil leapt 6 percent on Monday to more than $43 a barrel, as a rebound in global equity markets and further evidence of supply cuts by top exporter Saudi ...
The Top 10 Everything of 2008 - Time
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:01:00 GMT
Albums Animal Stories Awkward Moments Best Biz Deals Best Performances Breakups Buzzwords Campaign Gaffes Campaign Video Moments Children's Books Crime Stories Editorial Cartoons ...
HK dollar in a tight range, interbank rates fall - CNBC
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:09:00 GMT
HONG KONG, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The following is a snapshot of the Hong Kong foreign exchange and money markets in late trade on Monday. Close Morning Previous Close At 0842 GMT At ...
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Give me Quotations now!
Angus N. Wilson
The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they've been at other times.
Henry David Thoreau
The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way.
Seneca
The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
Publilius Syrus
Any plan is bad which is incapable of modification.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
Florence Nightingale
Volumes are now being written and spoken about the effect of the mind on the body -- I wish more was thought of the effect of the body on the mind.
More Quotes
More JUTC drama - Jamaica Observer
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:11:00 GMT
THE Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) board has uncovered at least two other contracts that, it said, the state-run bus company's late executive chairman, Douglas Chambers ...
Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:23:00 GMT
LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Oil leapt 6 percent on Monday to more than $43 a barrel, as a rebound in global equity markets and further evidence of supply cuts by top exporter Saudi ...
The Top 10 Everything of 2008 - Time
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:01:00 GMT
Albums Animal Stories Awkward Moments Best Biz Deals Best Performances Breakups Buzzwords Campaign Gaffes Campaign Video Moments Children's Books Crime Stories Editorial Cartoons ...
HK dollar in a tight range, interbank rates fall - CNBC
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:09:00 GMT
HONG KONG, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The following is a snapshot of the Hong Kong foreign exchange and money markets in late trade on Monday. Close Morning Previous Close At 0842 GMT At ...
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