Famous Quotations for Today

Today's Famous Quotations:

Quintilian


When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.

Charles Richter


According to Democritus, truth lies at the bottom of a well, the water of which serves as a mirror in which objects may be reflected. I have heard, however, that some philosophers, in seeking for truth, to pay homage to her, have seen their own image and adored it instead.

Timothy Leary


A man without justice is a beast, and a man who would make himself a beast forgets the pain of being a man.

Mark Twain


In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.

Thomas Jefferson


Democracy is 51% of the people taking away the rights of the other 49%.

George Burns


Nice to be here At my age it's nice to be anywhere.

Mahatma Gandhi


The only devils in this world are those running around in our own hearts, and that is where all our battles should be fought.

Shel Silverstein


The hens they all cackle, the roosters all beg, But I will not hatch, I will not hatch. For I hear all the talk of pollution and war As the people all shout and the airplane roar, So I'm staying in here where it's safe and it's warm, And I WILL NOT HATCH

Marcel Proust


The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

Henny Youngman


My wife is a light eater ... as soon as it's light, she starts to eat.

Carol Burnett


Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.

More Quotations

Echoes of Enoch Powell (The New Statesman)

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:08:53 GMT
As part of its ill-conceived White season, the BBC on Saturday showed Denys Blakeway's 'Rivers of Blood' documentary, a film that attempts something of a critical rehabilitation of the reputation of Enoch Powell.

Quotations of the day (Charleston Daily Mail)

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:46:07 GMT
"The Spanish people have spoken clearly and decided to start a new era.'' -- Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who won re-election in Spain.

Stage 1

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:55:00 GMT
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Now hear this: Entertainment quotes (The Globe Gazette)

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:21:18 GMT
``I was horribly awkward, tall and scrawny, with frizzy, crazy hair and terrible acne. But it didn't matter even remotely on stage: There, no one's looking at your skin. I just spent a little extra time making sure everything was covered up.'' — Elizabeth Mitchell, who portrays the enigmatic Dr. Juliet Burke on ``Lost,'' on how theater helped her weather an ugly-duckling adolescence.

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