Daily Quotations

Today's Quotations:

Carl Lotus Becker


All historians, even the most scientific, have bias, if in no other sense than the determination not to have any.

Benjamin Franklin


In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top.

Lord Chesterfield


Common sense is the best sense I know of.

Sovereign


The forces of good and evil are working within and around me, I must choose, and in a free will universe I do have a choice.

John Adams


In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.

Muhammad Ali


The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", 1854


The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, "The Little Prince", 1943


Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

Elbert Hubbard


Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

Dorothee Deluzy


Perseverance and audacity generally win.

Lizzy Gardiner


I was looking for an American symbol. A Coca-Cola bottle or a Mickey Mouse would have been ridiculous, doing anything with the American flag would have been insulting, and Cadillac hub caps were just too uncomfortable. (speaking about the dress she wore made of American Express Cards)

More Quotes

Short quotes and book notes: Apr. 13 (Knoxville News Sentinel)

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:01:26 GMT
NEW YORK - The youngest son of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is writing a book about his father. Gilad Sharon's memoir, "Sharon: A Leader and a Father," is tentatively scheduled to come out in 2010.

Phoenix: GM teams race quotes, notes (Motorsport.com)

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:36:41 GMT
Avondale, AZ - April 13, 2008 - Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe's Impala SS, scored his second consecutive victory at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) night's Subway Fresh Fit 500K. It was the first victory in the 2008 season for the defending and two-time NASCAR Nextel Cup Series (NSCS) champion and the first win of the year for Hendrick Motorsports (HMS).

Now hear this: Entertainment quotes (The Globe Gazette)

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:31:20 GMT
“I really can never put myself in the category of people who have not only revolutionized music but also changed the world. That’s a completely different era and time ... I’m just feeling really happy and grateful.” — Mariah Carey, on surpassing Elvis Presley for the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100.

London Stock Exchange quotations (EARTHtimes.org)

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:21:53 GMT
London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange today. In brackets movement against previous quotation.FT-100 Index 5,895.50(- 69.60)(- 1.17 %) BAT Industries 1,909.00(-4.00)(- 0.21 %) BP Amoco     547.00(-3.00)(- 0.55 %) Diageo   1,049...

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