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Famous Quotes:

Alfred North Whitehead


I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning , or destroyed it altogether.

Clint Eastwood, Jr.


If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.

Alonzo Newton Benn


Meet the sunrise with confidence.

Unknown


A stitch in time would have confused Einstein.

Miguel de Cervantes


Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

Thomas Jefferson


Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there is one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded faith.

Aeschylus


For not many men, the proverb saith, can love a friend whom fortune prospereth unenvying.

Ken Hakuta


Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.

Alan Perlis


The computing field is always in need of new cliches.

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2007 Sports quotes of the year (Wentzville Journal)

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:54:08 GMT
Quips and quotes of 2007 "As we go, they go, and they didn't go, so there you go." Zumwalt West boys basketball coach Ron Twichell in reference to the effort of his 1-2 punch, Ron Waller and Carl Gettis, in a loss to St. Charles (1/19/2007 Journal)

Candidates' quotes on the Iowa caucuses (The Grand Rapids Press)

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:30:28 GMT
(AP) — Quotes from the candidates on Thursday's Iowa caucuses. _"Hope is the bedrock of this nation.

Fine silver quotations Thursday: $15.877 ounce (Canadian Business)

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:52:48 GMT
The Canadian Press January 3, 2008 - 12:35 a.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Thursday $15.877 oz., $510.45 kg.; Wednesday $15.649 oz., $503.12 kg.

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Famous Quotations:

Napoleon Bonaparte


There are two levers for moving men interest and fear.

William James


The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

Bruce Lee


True refinement seeks simplicity.

Charles Rosin


There's something intrinsically therapeutic about choosing to spend your time in a wide, open park- like setting that non-golfers can never truly understand.

Thales, (The Seven Sages) from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers


Know thyself.

James Branch Cabell


There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

Victor Hugo


Dream no small dreams. They have no power to stir the souls of men.

Trey and Matt Stone Parker


I just realized that there's going to be a lot of painful times in life, so I better learn to deal with it the right way.

Richard Jeni


It is a sad fact that 50 percent of marriages in this country end in divorce. But hey, the other half end in death. You could be one of the lucky ones!

Back to the Future


Dr. Emmett Brown Roads Where we're going we don't need roads.

Charles M. Schulz


Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh There's so little hope for advancement.

Michel de Montaigne


I will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can.

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Candidates' quotes on the Iowa caucuses (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:54:17 GMT
Quotes from the candidates on Thursday's Iowa caucuses. --- DEMOCRATS

Fine silver quotations Wednesday: $15.649 ounce (Canadian Business)

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:09:28 GMT
The Canadian Press January 2, 2008 - 12:54 a.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Wednesday $15.649 oz., $503.12 kg.

Sporting quotes of the year 2007 (Eastbourne Today)

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:59:14 GMT
The Sporting year always throws up some weird and wonderful quotes - Here's the pick of the bunch from Herald Sport in 2007. (04/01/2008 10:52:21)

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Daily Quotes

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Christina Baldwin


Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche


When marrying, ask yourself this question Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age Everything else in marriage is transitory.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton


Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle.

Paulette Bates Alden


Her grandmother, as she gets older, is not fading but rather becoming more concentrated.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


Far or forgot to me is nearShadow and sunlight are the sameThe vanished gods to me appearAnd one to me are shame and fame.They reckon ill who leave me outWhen me they fly, I am the wingsI am the doubter and the doubt,And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.

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3 Boat Quotes

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:30:00 +0000
We are living in a day of self-seeking and irresponsibility, even in Christian circles. Few indeed are the Christian believers who have truly laid their all on the altar for Christ. Few are the spiritual leaders who truly put God FIRST . Rather they think first, albeit subconsciously, of their positions, popularity, salaries and the ...]

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Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:54:00 GMT
Reuters - NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's (TWX.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) Warner Bros studio on Friday said it would exclusively release high-definition DVDs in Sony Corp's (6758.T: Quote , Profile , Research ) Blu-ray format ...

Candidates' quotes on the Iowa caucuses (The Grand Rapids Press)

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:30:28 GMT
(AP) — Quotes from the candidates on Thursday's Iowa caucuses. _"Hope is the bedrock of this nation.

Fine silver quotations Wednesday: $15.649 ounce (Canadian Business)

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:09:28 GMT
The Canadian Press January 2, 2008 - 12:54 a.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Wednesday $15.649 oz., $503.12 kg.

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Quotations for Today

Today's Quotations:

Kevin Kelly


The only factor becoming scarce in a world of abundance is human attention.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche


If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

Henry David Thoreau


One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be stranger to him as he is more familiar to the audience. The longest intimacy could not foretell how he would behave then

Suzanne Heller


Misery is when grown-ups don't realize how miserable kids can feel.

Sufi Proverb


There wouldn't be such a thing as counterfeit gold if there were no real gold somewhere.

Charles Sanders Pierce


There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever it may be.

Ayn Rand


America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes.

Marian Wright Edelman


We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

C. C. Colton


To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports; when we succeed; it betrays us.

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Educator Quotes

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:03:00 +0000
I think that parents only get so offended by television because they rely on it as a babysitter and the sole educator of their kids. - Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Death, 1997
Mistakes are a great educator when one is honest enough to admit them and willing to learn from them - Author ...]

2007 Sports quotes of the year (St. Peters Journal)

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:37:31 GMT
Quips and quotes of 2007 "As we go, they go, and they didn't go, so there you go." Zumwalt West boys basketball coach Ron Twichell in reference to the effort of his 1-2 punch, Ron Waller and Carl Gettis, in a loss to St. Charles (1/19/2007 Journal)

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Latest greatest Quotes

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Miss Piggy


Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.

Edmund Burke


When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire


If this world were what it seems it should be, it is clear that it would be impossible for one man to enslave another.

Sir Walter Scott


And come he slow, or come he fast, It is but death who comes at last.

John Dewey


Social engaged intellectuals must accept reality as they found it and shape it toward positive social goals, not stand aside in self-righteous isolation.

Frederick Buechner


Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.

Franklin P. Adams


The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary.

Kabbalah


Rhythm is the basis of life, not steady forward progress. The forces of creation, destruction, and preservation have a whirling, dynamic interaction.

Jessamyn West


A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

William Shakespeare, "The Merry Wives of Windsor", Act 1 scene 1


It is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love.

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Educator Quotes

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:03:00 +0000
I think that parents only get so offended by television because they rely on it as a babysitter and the sole educator of their kids. - Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Death, 1997
Mistakes are a great educator when one is honest enough to admit them and willing to learn from them - Author ...]

Tokyo exchange indices fall 4% an hour after start of trading

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:59:00 GMT
ITAR-TASS - The index TOPIX that reflects the quotations of securities of all companies slid 55 points, or 3.76% to 1,420.22 points. Analysts say investors are trying to discharge their shares under the pressure of skyrocketing oil prices and general signals ...

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