Great Famous Quotations

Monday, December 22, 2008

Quotes Update

Today's Quotes:



Napolean Hill


The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, Just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

Samuel Johnson


An intellectual improvement arises from leisure.

Henrik Ibsen


The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. In is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and a manly heart.

Niels Henrik David Bohr


We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough

Benjamin Disraeli


Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Unknown


He was a true friend, he stabbed me in the front.

Dean Gordon Brown


Engineering is not merely knowing and being knowledgeable, like a walking encyclopedia engineering is not merely analysis engineering is not merely the possession of the capacity to get elegant solutions to non-existent engineering problems engineering is practicing the art of the organized forcing of technological change... Engineers operate at the interface between science and society...

John Milton


When the waves are round me breaking,As I pace the deck alone,And my eye in vain is seekingSome green leaf to rest uponWhat would not I give to wanderWhere my old companions dwellAbsence makes the heart grow fonder,Isle of Beauty, fare thee well

George Bernard Shaw


A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

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Stock & fund quotes - ninemsn

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:00:00 GMT
SYDNEY, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Gold slid $2 in modest trade on Tuesday, dragged lower by a 2 percent fall in oil prices, while activity was thinned by a Japanese holiday and a steady ...

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