Famous Quotations for Today

Today's Famous Quotations:

James L. Hayes, Memos for Management: Leadership, 1983


Jingshen is the Mandarin word for spirit and vivacity. It is an important word for those who would lead, because above all things, spirit and vivacity set effective organizations apart from those that will decline and die.

Arnold Palmer


I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

John F. Kennedy


Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.

William James


The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.

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Quotations of the day - Charleston Gazette

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:29:00 GMT
"We are going to close the city down in a nonviolent, effective way. We're going to hit the pocketbooks.'' -- The Rev. Al Sharpton after a judge acquitted three New York City ...

Visual politics - Iowa City Press-Citizen

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:10:00 GMT
• What: A public seminar organized by the University of Iowa's Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry, in which participants analyze the cultural and political implications of the Barack ...

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Great Quotes

Quotes:

Theodore Roosevelt


The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

Mary Bertone


I wasn't put on this Earth to make you feel like a man.

Seneca


Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.

Radiquet


A true artist is born with a unique voice and cannot copy so he has only to copy to prove his originality.

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International stock market quotations (EARTHtimes.org)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:47:58 GMT
Frankfurt - The following index quotations were noted on the world's major stock markets.April 24 April 23Difference New York Dow Jones 12,827.0512,763.22(+63.83) New York NASDAQ Comp.2,422.61 2,405.21(+17.40) TokyoNikkei13,540.8713,579.16(-38.29) Sy...

Garth George : Keeping piece of history at hand - New Zealand Herald

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:40:00 GMT
On the mantelpiece in the lounge of my home sits a flat, nearly-oval stone, about 10cm by 8cm. Three years ago today I picked it up from the stony beach at Anzac Cove at the foot ...

Reading Films - Egypt Today

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:28:00 GMT
Reading movie magazines may be my greatest vice — a habit as hard to kick as smoking. But how can I resist? They carry interesting interviews with actors, actresses and ...

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James Barrie


If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.

J. Gresham Machen


The Christian cannot be satisfied so long as any human activity is either opposed to Christianity or out of connection with Christianity. Christianity must pervade not merely all nations but also all of human thought.

Unknown


What do you do when the only person who can make you stop crying is the person who made you cry

Theodore Roosevelt


Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince


He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building.

William Penn


Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

Madeleine L'Engle


It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand.

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Some quotes on alleged North Korean nuclear cooperation with Syria (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:40:18 GMT
Some quotes on the Syrian nuclear reactor allegedly built with North Korean help and the briefing to lawmakers on Thursday about the reactor. "We are convinced, based on a variety of information, that North Korea assisted Syria's covert nuclear activities.

Mohsen Allam/Egypt Today - Egypt Today

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:11:00 GMT
EDWARD WAS ONLY six years old when, during visits to his mother in the hospital, he discovered the joy of elevators and got his first job. He offered his services and the elevator ...

Potter warns on marker - Amarillo Globe News

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:16:00 GMT
Potter County likely wouldn't be able to defend itself if it complies with one man's request to construct a monument featuring the Ten Commandments on the courthouse square ...

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Daily Quotes

Today's Quotes:

Sophocles


Success is dependent on effort.

Marie de Sevigne, O Magazine, December 2003


When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.

Olga Brouman


She who loves roses must be patient and not cry out when she is pierced by thorns.

Clarence Darrow


I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.

Niels Henrik David Bohr


No, no, you're not thinking, you're just being logical.

George Bernard Shaw


What we call education and culture is for the most part nothing but the substitution of reading for experience, of literature for life, of the obsolete fictitious for the contemporary real.

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Potter warns on marker - Amarillo Globe News

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:16:00 GMT
Potter County likely wouldn't be able to defend itself if it complies with one man's request to construct a monument featuring the Ten Commandments on the courthouse square ...

Islamist video responds to Dutch film - Reuters UK

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:19:00 GMT
DUBAI (Reuters) - An al Qaeda-linked website has posted a 10-minute film showing civilians killed or maimed in U.S. and Israeli air strikes as an answer to an anti-Koran film ...

London Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:33:18 GMT
London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange today. In brackets movement against previous quotation. FT-100 Index6,091.40(+ 40.70)(+ 0.67 %)...

F1: Spain Friday quotes: McLaren (autosport.com)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:26:40 GMT
Spain Friday quotes: McLaren

Quotations of the day (Charleston Daily Mail)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:47:03 GMT
"I am an idealistic, naive, passionate, truth-seeking, spiritually motivated artist, unschooled in the science of law and finance.'' -- Actor Wesley Snipes at his sentencing for failing to file tax returns. He was sentenced to three years in prison.

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Great Famous Quotes

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Richard Leider


The purpose of life is to live a life of purpose.

Lois McMaster Bujold


What you are is a question only you can answer.

Lord Byron


For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul wears out the breast, And the heart must pause for breath, And love itself have rest.

Doug Hall


Fun is fundamental. There is no way around it. You absolutely must have fun. Without fun, there is no enthusiasm. Without enthusiasm, there is no energy. Without energy, there are only shades of gray.

John N. Mitchell


You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.

Estee Lauder


On marriage Look for a sweet person. Forget rich.

Euripides, Aeolus


Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.

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F1: Spain Friday quotes: Honda (autosport.com)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:11:26 GMT
Spain Friday quotes: Honda

Fine silver quotations Wednesday: $18.296 ounce (Canadian Business)

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:58:49 GMT
The Canadian Press April 23, 2008 - 12:40 a.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Wednesday $18.296 oz., $588.22 kg.; Tuesday $18.607 oz., $598.22 kg.

Islamist video responds to Dutch film - Reuters UK

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:19:00 GMT
DUBAI (Reuters) - An al Qaeda-linked website has posted a 10-minute film showing civilians killed or maimed in U.S. and Israeli air strikes as an answer to an anti-Koran film ...

International stock market quotations (EARTHtimes.org)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:48:33 GMT
Frankfurt - The following index quotations were noted on the world's major stock markets.April 25 April 24 Difference...

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Today's Quotes

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Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., speech to Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, July 21, 1952


Words calculated to catch everyone may catch no one.

Leib Lazarow


Who has confidence in himself will gain the confidene of others.

Francois Fenelon


If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all.

Ella Wheeler


Laugh and the world laughs with you;
Weep and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
but has trouble enough of its own.

Jack Handey Deep Thoughts


What am I afraid of I'll tell you a feather. that's right, a feather. How could anyone be afraid of a feather, you say. That's an honest question, and I'll try to give it an honest answer. First of all, did I say it was a poison feather

Mahatma Gandhi


In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.

Vartan Gregorian


The book is here to stay. What we're doing is symbolic of the peaceful coexistence of the book and the computer.

Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, What I owe to the Ancients


Plato is boring.

Woody Allen


Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought---particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things.

Paxton Blair


A grownup is a child with layers on.

William Blake, Marriage of Heaven and Hell


I have always found that angels have the vanity to speak of themselves as the only wise.

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Quotations for Russian Eurobonds - Interfax Information Agency

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:23:00 GMT
24.04.2008 Dealer Date of issue 31.03.10 24.07.18 24.06.28 31.03.30 Roseximbank 105.000 144.000 179.750 114.875 105.250 144.750 180.250 115.000 Bank Zenit 105.000 144.500 179.750 ...

Familiar voice - Louisville Courier-Journal

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:34:00 GMT
Dear David: Whatever happened to the appealing actor who did the commercials for 7-Up "uncola nuts" in the 1970s? He had the most wonderful laugh. Did he go on to other acting ...

Quotations for Russian Eurobonds - Interfax Information Agency

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:23:00 GMT
24.04.2008 Dealer Date of issue 31.03.10 24.07.18 24.06.28 31.03.30 Roseximbank 105.000 144.000 179.750 114.875 105.250 144.750 180.250 115.000 Bank Zenit 105.000 144.500 179.750 ...

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