Great Famous Quotations

Saturday, February 23, 2008

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Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., Speech in Detroit, 7 Oct. 1952


My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Laurence J. Peter


There are two kinds of failures those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.

Matthew Trump, in Mother Earth News


Diplomacy is the art of knowing what not to say.

B. F. Skinner


Society attacks early when the individual is helpless.

Quintus Septimius Tertullianus, Adversus Valentinianos


Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.

Johann von Goethe


My poor head is in such a whirl, my mind is all in bits.

Charles Horton Cooley


Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise.

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Ghana: Treasury of Motivational Quotes (AllAfrica.com)

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:44:22 GMT
Treasury of Motivational Quotes, French and English versions] by a Ghanaian journalist chronicles Ghana's historical landscape and jubilee story in vivid colours through an array of distinguished voices.

When dad left

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:25:00 GMT
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Flynn's voice is trustworthy throughout -- believable despite long passages of direct quotations. Not because she insists that everything she remembers is true, but because she ...

International stock market quotations (EARTHtimes.org)

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:57:06 GMT
Frankfurt - The following index quotations were noted on the world's major stock markets....

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Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:54:00 GMT
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C. Ryland


Don't ask silly questions if you don't want foolish answers.

Sir Francis Bacon, Of Empire


For there is no question but a just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war.

Friedrich Nietzsche


The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.

Ronald Reagan


The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'

Aristotle


The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.

Abigail Van Buren


In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.

Alan Marshall Beck


A little girl can be sweeter (and badder) oftener than anyone else in the world. She can jitter around, and stomp, and make funny noises that frazzle your nerves, yet just when you open your mouth she stands there demure with that special look in her eyes. A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.

Laertius Diogenes


It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.

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Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:31:00 GMT
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Aldrich puts together powerful exhibition

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:55:00 GMT
Carroll County Online - Aldrich represents many cultures in her works and in the quotations she has chosen to accompany them. There is not one war here, but all war. The installation is devastatingly ...

Quotes from the Democratic debate (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:11:17 GMT
Quotes from the Democratic debate between New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday in Austin, Texas. --- CLINTON

Quotes from the Democratic debate (AP via Yahoo! News)

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:00:09 GMT
Quotes from the Democratic debate between New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday in Austin, Texas.

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Steve Martin


I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.

Jack Handey Deep Thoughts


Contrary to popular belief, the most dangerous animal is not the lion or tiger or even the elephant. The most dangerous animal is a shark riding on an elephant, just trampling and eating everything they see.

Erastus Flavel Beadle


Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person.

W. H. Auden


False enchantment can last a lifetime.

Herb Caen


The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever.

Buddha


Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Socrates


Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy


In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.

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Fine silver quotations Friday: $18.906 ounce (Canadian Business)

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:40:40 GMT
The Canadian Press February 22, 2008 - 12:33 a.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Friday $18.906 oz., $607.83 kg.; Thursday $18.977 oz., $610.11 kg.

Reporting: London

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:26:00 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 beautiful tourist attraction, it said.

International stock market quotations

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:20:00 GMT
Earthtimes - New York Dow Jones 12,409.1812,427.26(-18.08) New York NASDAQ Comp.2,326.54 2,327.10(- 0.56) TokyoNikkei13,688.2813,310.37(+ 377.91) Sydney All Ordinaries 5,663.00 5,577.30(+85.70) Hong KongHang Seng 23,623.0023,590.58(+32.42) London Fin.-Times 5,932 ...

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Jenny Craig


It's not what you do once in a while, it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference.

George Whitefield


We are immortal until our work on earth is done.

Golda Meir


To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.

Barnard Elliot Bee


Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer.

Albert Coombs Barnes


It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an honest heart and a willingness to obey God.

Henry Steele


Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.

Helen Keller


I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty and joy to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble.

Publilius Syrus


Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.

Atari founder Nolan Bushnell


Business is a good game - lots of competition and a minimum of rules. You keep score with money.

Geof Greenleaf


Class is how you treat people who can do nothing for you.

Jean Cocteau


The extreme limit of wisdom--that is what the public calls madness.

Julius Irving


I demand more of myself than anyone else could ever expect.

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Quotations of the day (Charleston Daily Mail)

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:53:57 GMT
"At no time have I ever done anything that would betray the public trust.'' -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain denouncing a newspaper report suggesting he had an improper relationship with a female lobbyist.

Opinion ignores reality

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:55:00 GMT
Medford Mail Tribune - His use of quotations around "medical" illustrates his bias, as that is a tactic used by Kevin Mannix and others who want to repeal OMMA altogether.

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Stanislaw I. Leszczynski


Science when well digested is nothing but good sense and reason.

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson


If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.

Yoshida Kenko


Blossoms are scattered by the wind and the wind cares nothing, but the blossoms of the heart no wind can touch.

Samuel Johnson


If you are idle, be not solitary if you are solitary be not idle.

Harold S. Geneen


The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.

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USDA Chicago Terminal Grain - Feb 22 (INO News)

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:28:12 GMT
GX_GR110 Springfield, IL Fri, Feb 22, 2008 USDA-IL Market News Chicago terminal grain report To Arrive Truck and Rail Bids for Grain Delivered to Chicago. The following quotations represent Bids ($/ bu) from Terminal Elevators, Processors, Mills, and Merchandisers after 1:30 p.m. today.

Canadian dollar falls 0.07 of a cent to close at 98.81 cents US

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:33:00 GMT
Canada East - Pound sterling closed C$1.9911, up 0.62 of a cent and US$1.9675, up 0.48 of a cent. The euro was worth C$1.5013, up 0.30 of a cent. Quotations provided by BMO Nesbitt Burns ...

Quotes from the Democratic debate (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:11:17 GMT
Quotes from the Democratic debate between New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday in Austin, Texas. --- CLINTON

Stock & fund quotes

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:36:00 GMT
ninemsn - NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto Ltd will seek a higher price increase for its iron ore in negotiations with Asian steel producers than its Brazilian rival Vale ...

Fine silver quotations Thursday: $18.977 ounce (Canadian Business)

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:00:43 GMT
The Canadian Press February 21, 2008 - 12:44 a.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Thursday $18.977 oz., $610.11 kg.; Wednesday $18.496 oz., $594.65 kg.