Today's Famous Quotations

Famous Quotations:

Marcus Aelius Aurelius


Think on this doctrine,--that reasoning beings were created for one another's sake that to be patient is a branch of justice, and that men sin without intending it.

Samuel Butler


Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds.

Real Live Preacher


Doubting God's existence is okay and perfectly acceptable within Christianity as long as the person doubting remains obedient and committed to the Christian path.

Voltaire


Appreciation is a wonderful thing It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche


I know my fate. One day my name will be associated with the memory of something tremendous--a crisis without equal on earth, the most profound collision of conscience, a decision that was conjured up against everything that had been believed, demanded, hallowed so far. I am no man, I am dynamite.

Lance Armstrong


Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.

Joe Lewis


I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.

Chinese Proverb


One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him.

Jack Handey Deep Thoughts


If you want to be the popular one at a party, here's a good thing to do Go up to some people who are talking and laughing and say, 'Well, technically that's illegal.' It might fit in with what somebody just said. And even if it doesn't, so what, I hate this stupid party.

B. J. Gupta


Man is a social animal. Without society he is nothing but animal. Yet many consider themselves 'self made'.

Richard Byrd


A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion.

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GOLDEN GLOBE quotes - Grand Forks Herald

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Financial scoundrels have little to fear from the law - Los Angeles Times

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:10:00 GMT
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Blagojevich is crazy — but like a fox - Daily Press

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:49:00 GMT
A s the weeks pass since Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was publicly drawn and quartered by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald , the man has simply refused to give up. The Energizer Bunny has nothing on this guy. I can't say he's earned my respect ...

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