Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Today's Famous Quotes
Jose Ortega y Gasset
We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its coerciveness it is always urgent, 'here and now,' without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank.
Crow, The
T-Bird You know, Lake Eerie actually caught on fire once from all the crap floating around in it. I wish I could've seen that.
William H. Borah
My boredom threshold is low at the best of times but I have spent more time being slowly and excruciatingly bored by children than any other section of the human race.
Oscar Wilde
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
Laurence J. Peter, "The Peter Principle"
Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.
C. Neil Strait
Friendship is not only doing something for someone, but it is caring for someone, which is what every person needs.
Demophilus
The beauty of a statue is in its outward form of a man in his conduct.
Frederick The Great
The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and the next is to shake off old prejudices.
More Quotes
GOTHIC TIGER - Irish novelist mines '60s, Joyce for black comedy - Missoulian
Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:29:00 GMT
At some point, there’s a large and interesting essay to be written on why so much of the most interesting new English-language fiction comes to us from Indian and Irish writers ...
Golden lady - New Zealand Herald
Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:14:00 GMT
Sarah Hutchings' passion for all things Italian is obvious, from the jewellery she sells to the clothes she wears. The former midwife launched Orsini Fine Jewellery after an ...
¶ 3:05 AM
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Jose Ortega y Gasset
We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its coerciveness it is always urgent, 'here and now,' without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank.
Crow, The
T-Bird You know, Lake Eerie actually caught on fire once from all the crap floating around in it. I wish I could've seen that.
William H. Borah
My boredom threshold is low at the best of times but I have spent more time being slowly and excruciatingly bored by children than any other section of the human race.
Oscar Wilde
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
Laurence J. Peter, "The Peter Principle"
Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.
C. Neil Strait
Friendship is not only doing something for someone, but it is caring for someone, which is what every person needs.
Demophilus
The beauty of a statue is in its outward form of a man in his conduct.
Frederick The Great
The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and the next is to shake off old prejudices.
More Quotes
GOTHIC TIGER - Irish novelist mines '60s, Joyce for black comedy - Missoulian
Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:29:00 GMT
At some point, there’s a large and interesting essay to be written on why so much of the most interesting new English-language fiction comes to us from Indian and Irish writers ...
Golden lady - New Zealand Herald
Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:14:00 GMT
Sarah Hutchings' passion for all things Italian is obvious, from the jewellery she sells to the clothes she wears. The former midwife launched Orsini Fine Jewellery after an ...
¶ 3:05 AM
