Great Famous Quotations

Monday, November 03, 2008

Daily Quotations

Today's Quotations:



Albert Einstein


My pacifism is an instinctive feeling, a feeling that possesses me because the murder of men is disgusting. My attitude is not derived from any intellectual theory but is based on my deepest antipathy to every kind of cruelty and hatred.

Kahlil Gibran


What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt

Thomas Jefferson


One man with courage is a majority.

George Eliot


Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

Patty Labelle


The only time you ever run out of chances is when you stop taking them.

Oliver Herford


A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even ... without any hope of doing it well.

Malayan Proverb


One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.

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A.M. Best Comments on Acquisition of GMAC RE, LLC and Renewal Rights ... - MSN MoneyCentral

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:33:00 GMT
A.M. Best Co. has commented that the ratings of Maiden Insurance Company, Ltd. (Maiden) remain unchanged following the recent announcement that the parent holding company, Maiden ...

Canadian dollar closed at 84.68 cents US, up 1.66 cents - Canada East

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:20:00 GMT
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar closed up 1.66 cents to 84.68 cents US on Monday. The U.S. dollar stood at 118.09 cents Canadian, down 2.36 cents. Pound sterling closed C$1.8745 ...

CyberSafe: CODA2go’s first Force.com customer speaks - ZDNet Blogs

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:43:00 GMT
As Dreamforce gets under way, CODA, a UK financial applications provider put me on touch with CyberSafe , its first customer for CODA2go , an order-to-cash process built on the ...

Quotations of the day - Charleston Daily Mail

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:23:00 GMT
"He's patriotic. As a soldier, he came here to destroy my country, but I admire his dignity.'' -- Le Lan Anh, a Hanoi real estate tycoon and novelist, speaking about Republican ...

Central bank governor: Romanian economy unaffected by financial ... - Xinhua News Agency

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:04:00 GMT
BUCHAREST, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Romanian economy steered clear of the international financial turmoil, but it will feel the indirect effects, National Bank Governor Mugur Isarescu on ...

Today's Famous Quotes

Famous Quotes:



Walter Lippmann


It requires wisdom to understand wisdom the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

George Washington


Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! It is a dangerous servant and a terrible master.

Galileo Galilei, The Assayer


Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them, while on the other hand to know and understand a multitude of things renders men cautious in passing judgement upon anything new.

Lyndon B. Johnson


America is not merely a nation but a nation of nations.

Thomas H. Huxley


Science comits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Albert Einstein


Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.

Frederick Douglass 1817-1895


If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet renounce controversy are people who want crops without ploughing the ground.

Edward Teller


Two paradoxes are better than one they may even suggest a solution.

George Santayana


Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first loves.

Karen Horney


Concern should drive us into action and not into depression.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, O Magazine, February 2004


All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon sand.

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Deventer wordt eerste verglaasde stad van Nederland - Trouw - Trouw

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:33:00 GMT
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Joe Paterno


Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.

Jawahar Lal Neheru


When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.

Joe Moore


Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it.

Publilius Syrus


Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

Wystan Hugh Auden


May it not be that, just as we have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that faith is even more difficult for Him than it is for us

Mahatma Gandhi


The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Emerson


Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Jim Horning


Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be.

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In quotes: Trump resort reaction - BBC UK News

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:53:00 GMT
"RSPB Scotland is surprised and extremely disappointed at this decision, which we believe is wrong both for Aberdeenshire and for Scotland. "By the applicant's own admission ...

Texas: Ford NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Quotes, Recap - PaddockTalk

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:04:00 GMT
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Texas: Toyota NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Quotes, Recap - PaddockTalk

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:04:00 GMT
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Fresh Allegations: House Ready to Face EFCC, ICPC - This Day Online

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:05:00 GMT
The House of Representatives has said it is prepared to cooperate with anti-corruption agencies in unravelling the truth behind the series of allegations rocking the lower chamber ...

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May-lin Soong Chiang


We become what we do.

Joseph Conrad


Having had to encounter single-handed during his period of eclipse many physical dangers, he was well aware of the most dangerous element common to them all: of the crushing, paralysing sense of human littleness, which is what really defeats a human struggling with natural forces, alone, far from the eyes of his fellows.

Lao-tzu


Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.

Oliver Wendell Holmes


The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

Paul Goodman


Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.

Amanda Medinger


Feeling passionate about something is like getting a peak at your soul smiling back at you.

Jeanne Moreau


Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide he exposes himself.

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In quotes: Trump resort reaction - BBC UK News

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:53:00 GMT
"RSPB Scotland is surprised and extremely disappointed at this decision, which we believe is wrong both for Aberdeenshire and for Scotland. "By the applicant's own admission ...

The Quotable Palin - Huffingtonpost.com

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:54:00 GMT
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(Updates with details, quotes, background) - Reuters UK

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:43:00 GMT
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National shifts to advert attack mode - Stuff

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:04:00 GMT
ON THE OFFENSIVE: In a break with the tone of its billboard ads, National has released new campaign spots attacking Labour. But while the adverts criticising Labour's record on ...

Latest greatest Famous Quotations

Today's Famous Quotations:



Miguel de Cervantes


Building castles in the air, and making yourself a laughing-stock.

Sir Francis Bacon


They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

W.C. Fields


A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

William Shakespeare


The attempt and not the deed Confounds us.

Jeff Melvoin, Northern Exposure, Bolt from the Blue, 1994


George Washington had a vision for this country. Was it three days of uninterrupted shopping?

Doris Lessing


That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.

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Quotes of the week - Argus Leader

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:51:00 GMT
The rain - and the subsequent mud - is preventing Brian Woldt from discovering whether his suspicions about this year's corn crop being an excellent one are true. Says the ...

Zuora Introduces Z-Force, A New Product Built on the Force.com ... - Businesswire.com

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:52:00 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Zuora, Inc. , the fastest-growing on-demand subscription billing and payment service, today introduced its plans for Z-Force, a 100% native Force ...

Your search yielded no results. Please try another keyword - Top News India

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:51:00 GMT
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Quotations of the day - Charleston Gazette

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:37:00 GMT
"He's patriotic. As a soldier, he came here to destroy my country, but I admire his dignity.'' -- Le Lan Anh, a Hanoi real estate tycoon and novelist, speaking about Republican ...