Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Quotations Update

Today's Quotations:



Jacques Maritain, Reflections on America, 1958


Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

Charles Caleb Colton


Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.

George Will


In the 1940s a survey listed the top seven discipline problems in public schools talking, chewing gum, making noise, running in the halls, getting out of turn in line, wearing improper clothes, not putting paper in wastebaskets. A 1980s survey lists these top seven drug abuse, alcohol abuse, pregnancy, suicide, rape, robbery, assault. (Arson, gang warfare and venereal disease are also-rans.)

Albert Einstein


More and more I come to value charity and love of one's fellow being above everything else... All our lauded technological progress--our very civilization--is like the axe in the hand of the pathological criminal.

from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Translation by Edward Fitzgerald)


You know, my Friends, with what a brave Carouse
I made a Second Marriage in my house;
Divorced old barren Reason from my Bed,
And took the Daughter of the Vine to Spouse.

For "Is" and "Is-not" though with Rule and Line
And "Up-and-down" by Logic I define,
Of all that one should care to fathom, I
Was never deep in anything but - Wine.

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BANK NEGARA EXCHANGE RATES (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:12:18 GMT
BANK NEGARA EXCHANGE RATES: APRIL 01 THE FOLLOWING IS THE BEST QUOTATIONS AVAILABLE FROM COMMERCIAL BANKS IN KUALA LUMPUR AT 11.30 A.M, TODAY, ISSUED BY BANK NEGARA.

London Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:45:47 GMT
London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange today. In brackets movement against previous quotation....

Fine silver quotations Monday: $18.577 ounce (Canadian Business)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:19:30 GMT
The Canadian Press March 31, 2008 - 1:02 p.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Monday $18.577 oz., $597.25 kg.; Friday $18.839 oz., $605.67 kg.

Memory backend quotes to post mild drop in 2Q (Digi Times)

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:51:38 GMT
Packaging and testing quotes for memory are expected to post a mild drop of 3-5% on quarter in the second quarter of 2008, a drop that is weaker than in previous quarters, according to sources at Taiwan packaging and testing houses.

Botswana: Mogae's Quotable Quotes (AllAfrica.com)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:59:55 GMT
Is there anything to learn from President Festus Mogae's blunders?

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Quotations:



J. Gustav White


One can search the brain with a microscope and not find the mind, and can search the stars with a telescope and not find God.

Doctor Who


Resistance is useless.

B. A. Billingsly


My friend, if I could give you one thing, I would wish for you the ability to see yourself as others see you. Then you would realize what a truly special person you are.

Gore Vidal


I can understand companionship. I can understand bought sex in the afternoon. I cannot understand the love affair.

Chuang-tzu


Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.

Ronald Reagan


Even Albert Einstein reportedly needed help on his 1040 form.

Martin Luther, in front of his inquisitors at the Diet of Worms.


I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other. God help me. Amen.

Nick Diamos


Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Jane Haddam


In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.

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Botswana: Mogae's Quotable Quotes (AllAfrica.com)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:59:55 GMT
Is there anything to learn from President Festus Mogae's blunders?

Thousands of Egyptian Islamists protest, 11 injured (AlertNet)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:48:48 GMT
Source: Reuters (Recasts, adds injuries, quotes) By Mohamed Abdellah CAIRO, April 1 (Reuters) - Eleven members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood were injured when police used rubber bullets, teargas and batons to ...

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Denis Diderot


There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton


All architecture is great architecture after sunset perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks.

Andrew Schneider


The day is coming, and it ain't going to be long, when you ain't even gonna have to leave your living room. No more schools, nor more bodegas, no more tabernacles, no more cinneplexes. You're going to snuggle up to your fiber optics baby and bliss out.

Richard Jefferies


It is eternity now. I am in the midst of it. It is about me and the sunshine.

Morley Saefer


Parents like the idea of kids, they just don't like their kids.

Friedrich Nietzsche


Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.

Robert Frost


I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

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Botswana: Mogae's Quotable Quotes (AllAfrica.com)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:59:55 GMT
Is there anything to learn from President Festus Mogae's blunders?

Fine silver quotations Monday: $18.577 ounce (Canadian Business)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:19:30 GMT
The Canadian Press March 31, 2008 - 1:02 p.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Monday $18.577 oz., $597.25 kg.; Friday $18.839 oz., $605.67 kg.

International stock market quotations (EARTHtimes.org)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:46:17 GMT
Frankfurt - The following index quotations were noted on the world's major stock markets....

F1: Bahrain preview quotes: Force India (autosport.com)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:39:31 GMT
Bahrain preview quotes: Force India

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Emo Phillips


I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.

John Barrymore


Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.

Unknown


It is difficult for sorrow to intrude on a busy life.

Che Guevara, His last words, spoken to his assassin.


I know you have come to kill me. Shoot, coward! You are only going to kill a man.

William Shakespeare, "Much Ado about Nothing", Act 3 scene 1


I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I.

Publilius Syrus


Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

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In quotes: Immigration reaction (BBC News)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:26:46 GMT
A Lords report calling for a cap on immigration levels draws a wide-range of opinions.

Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:31:45 GMT
Frankfurt - Frankfurt Stock Exchange closing prices in euros. In brackets the point movement of index/price movement of stocks against previous quotation: DAX 6,534.97 (-24.93) MDAX8,787.38 (+26.35) Adidas 42.11 (+0.33) Allianz 125.48 (-0.58) BASF 85...

London Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:45:47 GMT
London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange today. In brackets movement against previous quotation....

Daily Famous Quotes

Today's Famous Quotes:



Bob Newhart


All I can say about life is, Oh God, enjoy it!

Chinese Proverb


To believe in one's dreams is to spend all of one's life asleep.

Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy


A great flame follows a little spark.

William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar", Act 3 scene 1


Cry "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war.

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Quotations of the Day (The Oakland Press)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:57:50 GMT
"My economic plan is better than my bowling." -- Presidential hopeful Barack Obama after bowling a 37 out of a possible 300 points. ------ "We're going to win this election if we just chill out and let everybody have their say."

Quotes & Comments (Western Herald)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:25:45 GMT
"I really think my days being a Titan are] over with. I enjoyed my stay here. I just think my days as a Titan are] over with."

F1: Bahrain preview quotes: Williams (autosport.com)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:39:37 GMT
Bahrain preview quotes: Williams

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Trey and Matt Stone Parker


Love isn't a decision. It's a feeling. If we could decide who we loved, it would be much simplier, but much less magical.

Homer, The Iliad


There is a strength in the union even of very sorry men.

Zadok Rabinwitz


A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan


When you meet your antagonist, do everything in a mild and agreeable manner. Let your courage be as keen, but at the same time as polished, as your sword.

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891


I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.

William Arthur Ward


A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths feels your fears but fortifies your faith sees your anxieties but frees your spirit recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.

Kahlil Gibran


Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.

Brett Butler


Dreams that do come true can be as unsettling as those that don't.

Anonymous


To him that you tell your secret you resign your liberty.

George Moore


If there were no husbands, who would look after our mistresses?

Ayn Rand


Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.

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London Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:45:47 GMT
London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange today. In brackets movement against previous quotation....

In quotes: Immigration reaction (BBC News)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:26:46 GMT
A Lords report calling for a cap on immigration levels draws a wide-range of opinions.

Now hear this: Entertainment quotes (The Globe Gazette)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:10:48 GMT
``I don't want to be the pretty girl. I just want to dress up and look terrible on TV. You know, I've always wanted to be the ugly stepsister or the person with the problem.'' — Tracey Ullman.

London Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:45:47 GMT
London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange today. In brackets movement against previous quotation....