Today's Famous Quotations

Straight to the Famous Quotations ...

Dr. Martin Henry Fischer


Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.

Aristotle


To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.

Francis Bacon


Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.

George Santayana


Music is essentially useless, as life is but both have an ideal extension which lends utility to its conditions.

Tom Stoppard, "Artist Descending a Staircase"


Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

William Blake


I was angry with my friend I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe I told it not, my wrath did grow.

Orson Scott Card


Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing.

Anton Chekhov


Man is what he believes.

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Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:49:00 GMT
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Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:47:00 GMT
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Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:28:00 GMT
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Young ears like the sound of Obama's somber speech - Seattle Post Intelligencer Blogs

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:41:00 GMT
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