Favorite Quotations
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Quotations for Today
Rodney Dangerfield
I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.
Kahlil Gibran
If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
Socrates
Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.
Agnes Repplier
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
Lillian Hellman
Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view.
William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar", Act 3 scene 2
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones.
Frank Herbert, Dune
Truth is subject to too much analysis.
Alan Bleasdale
Nature uses as little as possible of anything.
Delores Seats
Inquisitiveness and strength make me want to rise above my valley-bound brothers. I must reach the summit to see the truth.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Chapter 7
There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind.
James Barrie
We are all failures--at least, the best of us are.
Agnes de Mille
The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie.
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Olympic Posters
Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:14:04 +0000
FOLON SARJEVO OLYMPIC GAMES original lithograph poster
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Nigeria militant group says behind attack on vessels - Khaleej Times
Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:59:00 GMT
LAGOS - Nigeria's main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), said on Sunday its "affiliates" had carried out an attack on vessels at the Bonny crude oil loading platform late on Saturday. "The central command ...
Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:19:00 GMT
Total personal finance commitments fell 1.8 per cent in November, seasonally adjusted, to $6.095 billion, compared with $6.205 billion in October, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said on Monday. Total commercial finance fell 10.4 per cent ...
'Open Here' to Peek at Esquire's Articles and Ad - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT
ESQUIRE magazine is offering readers — and advertisers — a window into its front covers, literally and figuratively. The February issue of Esquire, on its way now to subscribers and to newsstands, has a window, or flap, in the middle of the cover ...
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Today's Quotations:
Rodney Dangerfield
I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.
Kahlil Gibran
If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
Socrates
Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.
Agnes Repplier
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
Lillian Hellman
Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view.
William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar", Act 3 scene 2
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones.
Frank Herbert, Dune
Truth is subject to too much analysis.
Alan Bleasdale
Nature uses as little as possible of anything.
Delores Seats
Inquisitiveness and strength make me want to rise above my valley-bound brothers. I must reach the summit to see the truth.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Chapter 7
There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind.
James Barrie
We are all failures--at least, the best of us are.
Agnes de Mille
The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie.
More Quotes
Olympic Posters
Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:14:04 +0000
FOLON SARJEVO OLYMPIC GAMES original lithograph poster
US $450.00
click for more information
...]
Nigeria militant group says behind attack on vessels - Khaleej Times
Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:59:00 GMT
LAGOS - Nigeria's main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), said on Sunday its "affiliates" had carried out an attack on vessels at the Bonny crude oil loading platform late on Saturday. "The central command ...
Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:19:00 GMT
Total personal finance commitments fell 1.8 per cent in November, seasonally adjusted, to $6.095 billion, compared with $6.205 billion in October, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said on Monday. Total commercial finance fell 10.4 per cent ...
'Open Here' to Peek at Esquire's Articles and Ad - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT
ESQUIRE magazine is offering readers — and advertisers — a window into its front covers, literally and figuratively. The February issue of Esquire, on its way now to subscribers and to newsstands, has a window, or flap, in the middle of the cover ...
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Great Quotations
G.K. Chesterton
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.
Dag Hammarskjold
The longest journey is the journey inward.
Protagoras, Fragment 1
Man is the measure of all things.
Vincent Van Gogh
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything
H. G. Wells
The past is but the past of a beginning.
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Evolutionary road - Boston Globe
Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:47:00 GMT
February 12 marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, so brace yourself for an avalanche of all things Darwin: lectures, bumper stickers, DVDs, baby outfits. Stanford ...
Series class winner's quotes - Motorsport.com
Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:03:00 GMT
"This Dakar was really hard. One of the difficulties came from the fact that I was in the lead by almost 30' from the first day onward. In that case, you are the reference and your ...
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Quotations:
G.K. Chesterton
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.
Dag Hammarskjold
The longest journey is the journey inward.
Protagoras, Fragment 1
Man is the measure of all things.
Vincent Van Gogh
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything
H. G. Wells
The past is but the past of a beginning.
More Quotations
Evolutionary road - Boston Globe
Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:47:00 GMT
February 12 marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, so brace yourself for an avalanche of all things Darwin: lectures, bumper stickers, DVDs, baby outfits. Stanford ...
Series class winner's quotes - Motorsport.com
Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:03:00 GMT
"This Dakar was really hard. One of the difficulties came from the fact that I was in the lead by almost 30' from the first day onward. In that case, you are the reference and your ...
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Today's Famous Quotes
Scott Adams
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
Edmund Waller, Go, Lovely Rose: stanza 1
Go, lovely rose!
Tell her that wastes her time and me
That now she knows,
When I resemble her to thee,
How sweet and fair she seems to be.
William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating
...greatness sympathises with greatness, and littleness shrinks into itself.
Clive Staples Lewis
I was not born to be free. I was born to adore and to obey.
Napoleon Bonaparte
[Medicine is] a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.
More Quotations
Biden pays tribute to working people of America - Newsweek
Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:19:00 GMT
Recommended (6) Perspectives: Quotes From the Week of January 11 Perspectives: Quotes For The Week Of January 5 Clift: Another Kennedy in the Senate? James L. Jones as National Security Adviser? Letters to the Editor: Russia's Power Play Opinion: Can ...
Jackson denies Senate bribe - The Washington Times
Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:14:00 GMT
Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. vehemently denied Wednesday trying to bribe Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich to name him to President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat, as Mr. Obama and all 50 members of the Senate Democratic caucus called on the ...
Quotations of the day - Charleston Daily Mail
Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:39:00 GMT
"My thanks goes out to the pilot -- for his quick reaction and putting us down like he did. There could not have been a better scenario to this disaster. It could have been much worse. God really had to be with him as well.'' -- Shae Childers, 38, of ...
Monday editorial: Quotations on race relations... - Midwest Voices
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:56:00 GMT
My recent posts . Today’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day has special significance because of what will happen Tuesday: the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States. It will be a magnificent step ...
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Famous Quotes:
Scott Adams
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
Edmund Waller, Go, Lovely Rose: stanza 1
Go, lovely rose!
Tell her that wastes her time and me
That now she knows,
When I resemble her to thee,
How sweet and fair she seems to be.
William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating
...greatness sympathises with greatness, and littleness shrinks into itself.
Clive Staples Lewis
I was not born to be free. I was born to adore and to obey.
Napoleon Bonaparte
[Medicine is] a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.
More Quotations
Biden pays tribute to working people of America - Newsweek
Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:19:00 GMT
Recommended (6) Perspectives: Quotes From the Week of January 11 Perspectives: Quotes For The Week Of January 5 Clift: Another Kennedy in the Senate? James L. Jones as National Security Adviser? Letters to the Editor: Russia's Power Play Opinion: Can ...
Jackson denies Senate bribe - The Washington Times
Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:14:00 GMT
Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. vehemently denied Wednesday trying to bribe Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich to name him to President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat, as Mr. Obama and all 50 members of the Senate Democratic caucus called on the ...
Quotations of the day - Charleston Daily Mail
Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:39:00 GMT
"My thanks goes out to the pilot -- for his quick reaction and putting us down like he did. There could not have been a better scenario to this disaster. It could have been much worse. God really had to be with him as well.'' -- Shae Childers, 38, of ...
Monday editorial: Quotations on race relations... - Midwest Voices
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:56:00 GMT
My recent posts . Today’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day has special significance because of what will happen Tuesday: the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States. It will be a magnificent step ...
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