Thursday, January 01, 2009
Today's Famous Quotations
Friedrich Engels
An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
Epictetus
Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to an humble and grateful mind.
Dudley Field Malone
I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.
Johann von Goethe
Mathematicians are like Frenchmen whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different.
Henry Louis Mencken
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
Jane Austen
There is not one in a hundred of either sex who is not taken in when they marry . It is, of all transactions, the one in which people expect most from others, and are least honest themselves.
Gary Trudeau
I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.
Gordon R. Dickson
Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.
Danish proverb
To own is to fear.
Benjamin Franklin
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.
John Quinton
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, they go out and buy more tunnel.
More Quotes
Vikings report: Notes, quotes - CBS Sportsline
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:00:00 GMT
-- Vikings coach Brad Childress was the Eagles' offensive coordinator the last time these teams met in the playoffs. That also marked Minnesota's last postseason game. The Vikings had upset the Green Bay Packers, 31-17, at Lambeau Field in the ...
Revelers left 40 tons of trash in New York's Times Square - Houston Chronicle
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:14:00 GMT
NEW YORK — One million revelers packed into Times Square plus a ton of confetti and countless noisemakers equals a whole lot of garbage — about 40 tons, according to the city Department of Sanitation. Cleanup crews hit the streets today shortly ...
Palin's Daughter Gives Birth to Son - AOL
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:40:00 GMT
Bristol Palin, 18, gave birth to Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston on Saturday, People magazine reported online. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Colleen Jones, the sister of Bristol's grandmother, told the magazine that "the baby is fine and Bristol is ...
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Straight to the Famous Quotations ...
Friedrich Engels
An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
Epictetus
Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to an humble and grateful mind.
Dudley Field Malone
I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.
Johann von Goethe
Mathematicians are like Frenchmen whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different.
Henry Louis Mencken
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
Jane Austen
There is not one in a hundred of either sex who is not taken in when they marry . It is, of all transactions, the one in which people expect most from others, and are least honest themselves.
Gary Trudeau
I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.
Gordon R. Dickson
Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.
Danish proverb
To own is to fear.
Benjamin Franklin
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.
John Quinton
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, they go out and buy more tunnel.
More Quotes
Vikings report: Notes, quotes - CBS Sportsline
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:00:00 GMT
-- Vikings coach Brad Childress was the Eagles' offensive coordinator the last time these teams met in the playoffs. That also marked Minnesota's last postseason game. The Vikings had upset the Green Bay Packers, 31-17, at Lambeau Field in the ...
Revelers left 40 tons of trash in New York's Times Square - Houston Chronicle
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:14:00 GMT
NEW YORK — One million revelers packed into Times Square plus a ton of confetti and countless noisemakers equals a whole lot of garbage — about 40 tons, according to the city Department of Sanitation. Cleanup crews hit the streets today shortly ...
Palin's Daughter Gives Birth to Son - AOL
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:40:00 GMT
Bristol Palin, 18, gave birth to Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston on Saturday, People magazine reported online. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Colleen Jones, the sister of Bristol's grandmother, told the magazine that "the baby is fine and Bristol is ...
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