Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Daily Quotes

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Henry Louis Mencken


It is inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for any public office.

Michel de Montaigne


Man is certainly stark mad. He cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.

Stanley Kunitz, O Magazine, September 2003


What makes the engine go? Desire, desire, desire.

Colin


Think hard about it I'm running out of demons. I'm running out of villians. I'm down to Castro and Kim Il Sung.

Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X


I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.

Mike Royko, columnist


Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax.

Dudley Field Malone


I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.

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VIPR Industries Inc.: Zereko Receives Multiple Inquires and Requests ... - MSN MoneyCentral

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:29:00 GMT
Market Wire business news by provider, VIPR Industries Inc.: Zereko Receives Multiple Inquires and Requests for Quotes on Potential Contracts for its IVAC Industrial Units

(Adds quotes, background) - Reuters

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:03:00 GMT
TRUJILLO, Peru, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Finance officials from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will discuss the need for more foreign exchange flexibility in some Asian ...

Canadian dollar opens at 87.03 cents US, up 0.16 of a cent - Canada East

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:49:00 GMT
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar opened at 87.03 cents US this morning, up 0.16 of a cent from Tuesday's close. The U.S. dollar stood at C$1.1490 cents, down 0.21 of a cent. Pound ...

Obama's quotes on various issues of India - NDTV

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:59:00 GMT
Democrat Barack Obama, who was elected as the 44th President of the United States, is known to be an admirer of world's largest democracy as well as father of the nation Mahatma ...

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William Shakespeare


When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools.

Kathy Seligman


You can't hit a home run unless you step up to the plate. You can't catch a fish unless you put your line in the water. You can't reach your goals if you don't try.

Jimi Hendrix


Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

Richard Feynman


I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.

Epictetus


Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, January 04, 2004


I have been truthful all along the way. The truth is more interesting, and if you tell the truth you never have to cover your tracks.

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Malaysian Stocks - Factors to watch - Forbes

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:34:00 GMT
Copyright Thomson Reuters 2008. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly ...

CROSS-STRAIT TALKS: City councilor reminds Ma of ills of communism - Taipei Times

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:17:00 GMT
President Ma Ying-jeou (°¨­^¤E) was urged yesterday not to forget ¡§the nature and true color of the Chinese Communists¡¨ and to uphold the sovereignty of the Republic of ...

(Adds quotes, context, byline) - Reuters

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:56:00 GMT
TRUJILLO, Peru, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Major central banks' efforts to inject liquidity into the global financial system have started to calm credit markets, Peru's central bank ...

ICIS Expands its Global Biofuel Coverage With Additional Price Quotes - EIN News

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:26:00 GMT
LONDON, November 5 /PRNewswire/ -- ICIS pricing, the world's largest information provider for the chemical and oil industry, has enhanced its US and European biofuel price reports ...

VIPR Industries Inc.: Zereko Receives Multiple Inquires and Requests ... - MSN MoneyCentral

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:29:00 GMT
Market Wire business news by provider, VIPR Industries Inc.: Zereko Receives Multiple Inquires and Requests for Quotes on Potential Contracts for its IVAC Industrial Units

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Unknown


Don't be with someone you can live with be with someone you can't live without.

Mark Beltaire


Strike from mankind the principle of faith and men would have no more history than a flock of sheep.

Frank Scully


Why not go out on a limb Isn't that where the fruit is

Robert Heinlein, Time Enough For Love


That old saw about the early bird just proves that the worm should have stayed in bed.

Unknown Russian


Every culture has its distinctive and normal system of government. Yours is democracy, moderated by corruption. Ours is totalitarianism, moderated by assassination.

Don Marquis


When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him 'Whose'

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Bill to quit mortgage appealed - Stuff

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:56:00 GMT
A Christchurch family is appealing against a $15,000 bank charge for ending a five-year fixed-rate mortgage after eight months. David and Catherine Johnson and their four children ...

Column: Huckabee clearly explains conservative ideals in speech at ... - U-Wire.com

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:16:00 GMT
Mike Huckabee's speech at Brown University last Thursday really resonated with me. He spoke powerfully of how much the Republican primary was about the process. He explained how ...

Quotations of the day - International Herald Tribune

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:39:00 GMT
"If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still ...

Tape shows Nats still 'Cold War warriors' - Goff - Stuff

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:29:00 GMT
BILL ENGLISH: 'I'm a bit worried about this whole Obama and Europe thing, just because there's a limited effectiveness in being moralistic about international relations and Europe ...

Ad makes McCain bumbling old white guy - New Zealand Herald Blogs

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:52:00 GMT
To see the drop-dead power of one cracking, lean political ad, look at the latest from the Barack Obama campaign. It dropped into television programs across America on Wednesday ...

Daily Quotations

Today's Quotations:



Simon MacDonald


A leader must be constantly aware of the power of his words .... and his silences.

Woody Allen


On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.

Edward Thorndike


Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.

Henry Ward Beecher


Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge


What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?

Haniel Long


Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.

R. D. Hitchcock


The secret of all success is to know how to deny yourself. Prove that you can control yourself, and you are an educated man and without this all other education is good for nothing.

Sbastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort


All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little I still know, I've guessed.

Christina Rossetti, A Christmas Carol


In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


Life is a festival only to the wise.

Edward Harriman


Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.

Jack Handey Deep Thoughts


There should be a detective show called 'Johnny Monkey,' because every week you could have a guy say 'I ain't gonna get caught by no MONKEY,' but then he would, and I don't think I'd ever get tired of that.

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CANADA STOCKS-TSX positive as commodity pressure lessens - Forbes

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:41:00 GMT
TORONTO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index turned positive on Wednesday morning as the pressure from lower commodity prices lessened on the heavily weighted energy and materials sectors. The S&P/TSX composite index rose 1.05 ...

(Adds 8-year low, quotes, Challenger layoff report, byline; changes ... - Reuters

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:46:00 GMT
NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage application demand skidded last week to an eight-year low, driven by a nearly 30 percent slump in demand to refinance home loans as borrowing costs rose, a trade group said on Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers ...

Quotations for Russian Eurobonds - Interfax Information Agency

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:25:00 GMT
05.11.2008 Dealer Date of issue 31.03.10 24.07.18 24.06.28 31.03.30 Roseximbank 100.500 126.000 132.000 93.000 101.000 130.000 136.000 94.000 Bank Zenit - - - - - - - - Sberbank - - - - - - - - Evrofinance-Mosnarbank - - 125.000 92.625 - - 126.000 94 ...