Quotations for Today

Today's Quotations:

Plato, Dialogues, Parmenides


You cannot conceive the many without the one.

Chinese Proverb


Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.

Henry David Thoreau


Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.

Rose Cherin


Heirlooms we don't have in our family. But stories we've got.

Oscar Wilde


Conscience and cowardice are really the same thing. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm.

Henry Cate VII


The problem with political jokes is they get elected.

Henry Louis Mencken


School days are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances, with brutal violations of common sense and common decency.

Jack Handey Deep Thoughts


I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people.

More Quotations

Metrolink Witnesses: Signal Was Green Before Crash - CBS 2 KCAL 9

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:51:00 GMT
Three witnesses, including the security guard at the Chatsworth Metrolink Station, insist that Train 111 had a green signal to proceed just before it slammed head-on into a freight ...

Afghan campaign 'not doomed' - Guardian Unlimited

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:01:00 GMT
The Government has denied a claim that it believes the military campaign in Afghanistan is doomed to failure. The denial came after a French newspaper quoted a report that London's ...

Bill Clinton looks backward - Salon

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:57:00 GMT
Hillary Clinton, with husband Bill Clinton, prepares to give a victory speech Jan. 19 after the Democratic caucuses in Las Vegas. Jan. 25, 2008 | CHARLESTON, S.C. -- "We knew ...

The Most Standard Unit - Kommersant

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:57:00 GMT
Standard monetary units are not a Russian invention (see the reference). However, none of the standard currencies used in international practice have ever penetrated so extensively ...

Indonesia lifts ban on YouTube - Daily Telegraph

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:33:00 GMT
Indonesia's Internet service providers have restored access to YouTube and MySpace after a ban on the sites for carrying a controversial film. The film , by a Dutch politician ...

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