"Let no one be discouraged by the belief there is nothing one person can do against the enormous array of the world's ills, misery, ignorance, and violence. Few will have the greatness to bend history "The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones." (William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar. Act iii. Sc. 2.) We have to keep trying things we're not sure we can pull off. If we just do the things we know we
can do... you don't grow as much. You gotta take those chances on making those big mistakes.
-- Cybi What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
-- Abraham Lincoln Intelligence has nothing to do with politics.
-- Londo Molari Business and Economy When people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.
-- Edward Bulwer-Lytton Change before you have to.
-- Jack Welch "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ine Business and Economy
I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it.
And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.
-- George Bus Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.
-- Thomas Jefferson Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
-- Harriet Beecher Stowe Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
-- Josh Billings Actually, the only memory I have of being a Cub Scout was trying to get my hat back. That was all
I did. Run back and forth at my bus stop going "Quit it."
-- Jerry Seinfeld Business and Economy You can't buy love, but you can pay heavily for it.
-- Henny Youngman Reading computer manuals without the hardware is a frustrating as reading sex manuals without
the software.
-- Arthur C. Clarke Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it
- Henry David Thoreau Business and Economy
A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.
-- James Lowell "One of the good things about low self-esteem is never having rain hit you in the face." (John A. Simone Jr.) All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
-- Aristotle If excessive smoking actually plays a role in the production of lung cancer, it seems to be a minor
one.
-- Dr. W.C. Heuper of the National Cancer Institute, as quoted in the New York Times on Apri It was a day like this Marco Polo left for China. What are your plans for today?
--Loesje Business and Economy I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.
-- Gandhi Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows, marriage does.
-- Groucho Marx One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if
possible, speak a few reasonable words.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Business and Economy
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her. -- Agatha Christie I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.
-- David Dinkins, New York City Mayor, answering accusations that he failed to pay his taxes. "The order of the world is always right - such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he has left his judgment behind, the way the Cheshire Cat left his grin." (Jean Baudrillard) "When even one American--who has done nothing wrong--is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth--then all Americans are in peril." (Harry S. Truman) Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a
brand new ending.
-- Anonymous Business and Economy I was a pilot flying an airplane and it just so happened that where I was flying made what I was
doing spying.
-- Francis Gary Power, U-2 reconnaissance pilot held by the Soviets for spying, in an i Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion for living it.
-- Tom Robbins "Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country." (Marquis de Lafayette) Business and Economy
A man can't get rich if he takes proper care of his family.
-- Navaho saying Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
- Jean-Paul Sartre I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in
charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.
-- Hen The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed.
-- Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort The advice your son rejected is now being given by him to your grandson. Business and Economy If law school is so hard to get through... how come there are so many lawyers?
-- Calvin Trillin I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, she locked
me in the cellar.
-- Anonymous It depends on your definition of asleep. They were not stretched out. They had their eyes closed.
They were seated at their desks with their heads in a nodding position.
-- John Hogan, Commonwealth Business and Economy
"No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) "I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." (James Madison) We love because it's the only true adventure.
-- Nikki Giovanni "There cannot be a God because, if there were one, I would not believe that I was not He." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Although the course may change sometimes, rivers always reach the sea.
-- Led Zeppelin, Ten Years Gone Business and Economy Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
- Bertrand Russell Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.
-- Max Frisch "Courage is found in unlikely places." (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien) Business and Economy
He who has a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.
- Friedrich Nietzsche "Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them." (Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance) Sex is like bridge: If you don't have a good partner, you better have a good hand.
-- Charles Pierce "In every gathering of thirteen, expect one guest will turn out to be a Judas." (Aleister Crowley) Marry in haste, repent in leisure.
-- Tilney Business and Economy The crime bill passed by the Senate would reinstate the Federal death penalty for certain violent
crimes: assassinating the President; hijacking an airliner; and murdering a government poultry
inspe In the late 1600s the finest instruments originated from three rural families whose workshops
were side by side in the Italian village of Cremona. First were the Amatis, and outside their shop
hung Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
-- Harry S. Truman Business and Economy
We are the echo of the future.
-- W. S. Merwin Why yes -- a bulletproof vest.
-- James Rodges, murderer, on his final request before the firing squad Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
-- Henry Ford Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
-- Aristotle Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for
appointment by the corrupt few.
-- George bernard Shaw Business and Economy "The most instructive experiences are those of everyday life." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) "Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat." (Martin H. Fischer) Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it
- Henry David Thoreau Business and Economy
"Fake is as old as the Eden tree." (George Orson Welles) To love another person is to see the face of God.
-- Lyric from Les Miserables Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
-- Henry Ford There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called
marriage.
-- James Holt McGavran "In married life three is company and two is none." (Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest) Business and Economy We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from
ourselves.
-- Tom Robbins The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.
-- Jackie Gleason "I never learned from a man who agreed with me." (Robert A. Heinlein) Business and Economy
As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust
there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.
-- Andre Norton Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Marry in haste, repent in leisure.
-- Tilney Show my head to the people, it is worth seeing.
-- Georges Danton, to his executioner "Excellence is in the details. Give attention to the details and excellence will come." (Perry Paxton) Business and Economy The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute
for life.
-- Andrew Brown "A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized." (Fred Allen) "If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee." (Abraham Lincoln, 1809-65) Business and Economy
I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
-- E. B. White We have to keep trying things we're not sure we can pull off. If we just do the things we know we
can do... you don't grow as much. You gotta take those chances on making those big mistakes.
-- Cybi The crime bill passed by the Senate would reinstate the Federal death penalty for certain violent
crimes: assassinating the President; hijacking an airliner; and murdering a government poultry
inspe True thinkers are characterised by a blending of clearness and mystery.
-- Victor Hugo As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust
there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.
-- Andre Norton Business and Economy If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry. -- Chekhov "You believe that flag burning shows disrespect towards those who have fought to preserve our freedoms. Punishing protestors shows an even more profound disrespect for the ideals that these people die Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
-- Albert Einstein Business and Economy
