Great Famous Quotations

Straight to the Famous Quotations ...

Philip K. Dick


Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.

Mark Twain


The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession.

Theodore Parker


Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Joseph Wood Krutch


A book ... unlike a television program, moving picture or any other 'modern means of communication' ... can wait for years, yet be available at any moment when it happens to be needed.

Henry David Thoreau


You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land, this is no other life but this.

Russell Baker


Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories - those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.

Gary Trudeau


I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.

George Bernard Shaw


Activity is the only road to knowledge.

Muhammad Ali


Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

James Madison, Federalist Papers (# 10)


Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; have in general been as short in their lives as they are violent in their deaths.

Johann K. Lavater


Never tell evil of a man, if you do not know it for certainty, and if you know it for a certainty, then ask yourself, 'Why should I tell it'

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross


People are like stained glass windows they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.

More Quotes

Canadian dollar opens at 81.97 cents US, down 0.73 of a cent - Canada East

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:11:00 GMT
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar opened at 81.97 cents US this morning, down 0.73 of a cent. The U.S. dollar stood at 122 cents Cdn, up 1.08 cents. Pound sterling worth C$1.7844, up 0.63 of a cent, and US$1.4626, down 0.79 of a cent. The Euro was worth ...

Turkey - Factors to Watch on Dec 30 - Forbes

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:36:00 GMT
ISTANBUL, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events which could affect Turkish financial markets on Tuesday. The lira was trading at 1.5145 against the dollar on the interbank market early on Tuesday compared with a close of ...

Panel Won't Subpoena Obama Aides - AOL

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:22:00 GMT
CHICAGO (Dec. 25) - The Illinois House committee investigating a possible impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich won't subpoena two incoming White House advisers, the committee chairwoman said Saturday, shutting down a request from the governor's ...

AddThis OnlyWire Bookmark With Socializer