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Voltaire


To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid; you must also be well-mannered.

Colette, The Pure and the Impure, 1932


It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.

Juvenal, Satires


Who will guard the guards themselves?
(quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)

Lily Tomlin


We're all in this alone.

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Heart of China review

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:11:00 GMT
Adventure Games - While none of it is hugely memorable, and you're unlikely to walk away spouting quotations from the game, characterisation is developed well, and it's easy to care for the characters, even when they ...

Mellencamp tantrum made headlines

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:07:00 GMT
Jam! Showbiz - Those of us who know him are not surprised Jones was able to respond to the Indiana star's blasts with a steady supply of memorable quotations. "No one would book him after his escapades here ...

Giants Make Statements of Fashion and Confidence

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:25:00 GMT
New York Times - Quotations like that merge with fashion statements and become issues. When all the Giants players wore black clothing on the plane trip to Arizona, a few Patriots players wondered why they would dress ...

Canadian dollar closed up 0.98 of a cent at 100.60 cents US

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:47:00 GMT
Canada East - Pound sterling closed C$1.9540, down 4.22 cents and US$1.9658, down 2.28 cents. The euro was worth C$1.4741, down 1.91 cents. Quotations provided by BMO Nesbitt Burns, Capital Markets.

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Daily Famous Quotations

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William Wrigley Jr.


When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.

Dag Hammarskjld


You are... the lens in the beam. You can only receive, give, and possess the light as the lens does.

Douglas Adams


The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.

Julian Weber Gordon


Courage is more than standing for a firm conviction. It includes the risk of questioning that conviction.

James Joyce


I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's mortality.

Anthony D'Angelo


The people who oppose your ideas are inevitably those who represent the established order that your ideas will upset.

La Rochefoucauld


We are all strong enough to endure the misfortunes of others.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.

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Ledger used heroin and cocaine - report

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:18:00 GMT
ONE News - The story in today's edition of the New York Post quotes an unnamed "member of Ledger's entourage" who first met him in 2002 and "did drugs with him". The report alleges Williams and Ledger, who met on ...

Reporting: London

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:06:00 GMT
American Reporter - The paper is known to invent stories and quotations on occasion, however. The project would be "a big blow to al-Qaeda," as it would send the message that the heart of terrorism has become a ...

Aruban officials say quotes hinting at confession in Holloway case are ...

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:00:00 GMT
MSN UK News - Published quotes from an interview with an Aruban prosecutor that hint at a possible confession in the Natalee Holloway case are accurate, officials said Friday, while refusing to comment further on ...

Giants Make Statements of Fashion and Confidence

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:25:00 GMT
New York Times - Quotations like that merge with fashion statements and become issues. When all the Giants players wore black clothing on the plane trip to Arizona, a few Patriots players wondered why they would dress ...

O'Neil up to his old tricks

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:04:00 GMT
ONE News - By that time the assembled hacks had taken copious notes and been fed enough headline grabbing quotes for a week. It's that knack of coming up with a memorable and often controversial comment which ...

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Today's Famous Quotations

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce


Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.

Joan L. Curcio


Courageous risks are life-giving, they help you grow, make you brave, and better than you think you are.

Albert Schweitzer


Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures


Love inspires, illuminates, designates and leads the way.

Norman Vincent Peale


Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.

William Shakespeare


The quality of mercy is not strained It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed- It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.

Henry Ward Beecher


I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.

William Faulkner


I believe that man will not merely endure he will prevail.

R. E. Hellmund, 1929


Engineering is an activity other than purely manual and physical work which brings about the utilization of the materials and laws of nature for the good of humanity.

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Stock & fund quotes

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:57:00 GMT
ninemsn - Microsoft has unveiled a $US44.6 billion ($A50 billion) bid for Yahoo in an effort to merge the world's biggest software company with a major Internet player to take on the Google juggernaut. The deal ...

Quips and quotes

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:25:00 GMT
Eagle-Tribune - Doc Rivers, Celtics coach, when asked how long Kevin Garnett's strained abdominal muscle would keep him sidelined. "As chief of police, Joseph Solomon is ultimately responsible for the proper ...

Ukrainian News Agency

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:27:00 GMT
Ukrainian News - According to dealers of commercial banks, at the beginning of the trading session the quotations fluctuated within 5.0580-5.0620 UAH/USD, then fell to 5.0530-5.0580 UAH/USD and by the end of the ...

O'Neil up to his old tricks

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:04:00 GMT
ONE News - By that time the assembled hacks had taken copious notes and been fed enough headline grabbing quotes for a week. It's that knack of coming up with a memorable and often controversial comment which ...

OFZ quotations move upward following positive external market trends

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:13:00 GMT
Interfax Information Agency - MOSCOW. Feb. 1. (Interfax) - Quotations for Federal Loan Bonds (OFZ) posted gains on Friday following positive trends on foreign markets. The average weighted price of OFZ 46018, which matures in 2021 ...

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Quotes for Today

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Charles Horton Cooley


An artist cannot fail it is a success to be one.

Germaine Greer, O Magazine, September 2002


Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves.

Henry Miller


Living apart and at peace with myself, I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, to refrain, even though the motives be the highest, from tampering with another's way of life - so simple, yet so difficult for an active spirit. Hands off

Samuel Butler


It does not matter much what a man hates provided he hates something.

Rod Serling


It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy


Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.

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Fine silver quotations Friday: $17.533 ounce

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:50:00 GMT
Canada East - TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Friday $17.533 oz., $563.69 kg.; Thursday $17.715 oz., $569.54 kg. Log in to access premium content and features on this site ...

Heart of China review

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:11:00 GMT
Adventure Games - While none of it is hugely memorable, and you're unlikely to walk away spouting quotations from the game, characterisation is developed well, and it's easy to care for the characters, even when they ...

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Great Famous Quotations

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Douglas Adams


Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

Samuel Butler


Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

Ernest Hemingway


Time is the least thing we have.

Daron Hicklin


I'm not naive. I realise that quality of life and income are inextricably bound together, but sooner or later we're going to have to ask ourselves whether it is possible to make life more meaningful without charging it to Visa.

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Mellencamp tantrum made headlines

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:07:00 GMT
Jam! Showbiz - Those of us who know him are not surprised Jones was able to respond to the Indiana star's blasts with a steady supply of memorable quotations. "No one would book him after his escapades here ...

Heart of China review

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:11:00 GMT
Adventure Games - While none of it is hugely memorable, and you're unlikely to walk away spouting quotations from the game, characterisation is developed well, and it's easy to care for the characters, even when they ...

Quotes From AP Interview of Ryan Crocker

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:40:00 GMT
Guardian Unlimited - On how long U.S. combat forces must stay in Iraq and possible long-term presence. ``Certainly into next year but how far I couldn't say. But I think that's going to be on the short end of this ...

Giants Make Statements of Fashion and Confidence

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:25:00 GMT
New York Times - Quotations like that merge with fashion statements and become issues. When all the Giants players wore black clothing on the plane trip to Arizona, a few Patriots players wondered why they would dress ...

Quotes From AP Interview of Ryan Crocker

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:40:00 GMT
Guardian Unlimited - On how long U.S. combat forces must stay in Iraq and possible long-term presence. ``Certainly into next year but how far I couldn't say. But I think that's going to be on the short end of this ...

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