Quotations

Every so often, I come across an article with quotations by famous stupid people and wish I could reply to their comments. Today I will be talking to the people quoted in this article: Warning: Misquotations or other alterations make my response easier… United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger welcomed the Treasury’s statement Friday.”I think it’s great [...]

Hello friends,Thankyou for visiting my blog ........ Today I have gathered some of the new sayings and proverbs for you ........The list of this new sayings goes like this :(1)>>"never the twain shall meet">> used to say that two things are so different that they cannot exist together.........(2)>>"variety is the spice of life ">> new and exciting experiences make life more interesting..........(3

"..look, I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old...I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby." (Senator Barack Obama). For more read here."Man's life comes from God; it is his gift, his image and imprint, a sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the sole Lord of this life: man cannot do wit

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Stanley Jordan, the well-known Episcopal minister, having cause to be anxious about his son's college examinations, told him to telegraph the result. The boy sent the following message to his parent: "Hymn 342, fifth verse, last two lines."Looking it up the father found the words: "Sorrow vanquished, labor ended, Jordan passed."_________________Short Funny Jokes

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The NSTP theory converts the narrow possibility of truth in the proposition - anything that is logically possible is empirically possible - into a healthy probability. In Christianity there is divine race - in Hinduism there are divine races. The Indian president plays politics with his entire family - the American president [...]

The girl with the ruby lips we like,The lass with teeth of pearl,The maid with the eyes like diamonds,The cheek-like-coral girl;The girl with the alabaster brow,The lass from the Emerald Isle.All these we like, but not the jadeWith the sardonyx smile.________________________Read more short funny jokes

This Quotation of Whenever is courtesy of a City Wendy blog post marking a recent celebrity encounter:“There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter — the city that is devoured by locusts each d

Mankind are always happier for having been happy; so that if you make them happy now, you make them happy twenty years hence by the memory of it.—Sydney Smith. _________________________Read more short funny jokes

Lord Tankerville, in New York, said of the international school question:"The subject of the American versus the English school has been too much discussed. The good got from a school depends, after all, on the schoolboy chiefly, and I'm afraid the average schoolboy is well reflected in that classic schoolboy letter home which said:"'Dear parents—We are having a good time now at school. George J

1. The only test of good things is that they make us strong. - Swami Vivekananda 2. Is it not tremendously blasphemous to believe against reason? What right have we not to use the greatest gift that God has given to us? I am sure God will pardon a man who will use his reason and cannot believe, rather than a man who believes blindly instead of using the facilities He has given him. - Swami

Not long ago a company was rehearsing for an open-air performance of As You Like It near Boston. The garden wherein they were to play was overlooked by a rising brick edifice.One afternoon, during a pause in the rehearsal, a voice from the building exclaimed with the utmost gravity:"I prithee, malapert, pass me yon brick."

One day a mother overheard her daughter arguing with a little boy about their respective ages."I am older than you," he said, "'cause my birthday comes first, in May, and your's don't come till September.""Of course your birthday comes first," she sneeringly retorted, "but that is 'cause you came down first. I remember looking at the angels when they were making you."The mother instantly summoned

Habit with him was all the test of truth;"It must be right: I've done it from my youth."—Crabbe.

A traveling man who was a cigarette smoker reached town on an early train. He wanted a smoke, but none of the stores were open. Near the station he saw a newsboy smoking, and approached him with:"Say, son, got another cigarette?""No, sir," said the boy, "but I've got the makings.""All right," the traveling man said. "But I can't roll 'em very well. Will you fix one for me?"The boy did."Don't belie

Up in Minnesota Mr. Olsen had a cow killed by a railroad train. In due season the claim agent for the railroad called."We understand, of course, that the deceased was a very docile and valuable animal," said the claim agent in his most persuasive claim-agentlemanly manner "and we sympathize with you and your family in your loss. But, Mr. Olsen, you must remember this: Your cow had no business bein

A Chicago man who was a passenger on a train that met with an accident not far from that city tells of a curious incident that he witnessed in the car wherein he was sitting.Just ahead of him were a man and his wife. Suddenly the train was derailed, and went bumping down a steep hill. The man evinced signs of the greatest terror; and when the car came to a stop he carefully examined himself to lea

"We had a fine sunrise this morning," said one New Yorker to another. "Did you see it?""Sunrise?" said the second man. "Why, I'm always in bed before sunrise."

"This is a foine country, Bridget!" exclaimed Norah, who had but recently arrived in the United States. "Sure, it's generous everybody is. I asked at the post-office about sindin' money to me mither, and the young man tells me I can get a money order for $10 for 10 cents. Think of that now!"

A doctor came up to a patient in an insane asylum, slapped him on the back, and said: "Well, old man, you're all right. You can run along and write your folks that you'll be back home in two weeks as good as new."The patient went off gayly to write his letter. He had it finished and sealed, but when he was licking the stamp it slipped through his fingers to the floor, lighted on the back of a cock

The fact that his two pet bantam hens laid very small eggs troubled little Johnny. At last he was seized with an inspiration. Johnny's father, upon going to the fowl-run one morning, was surprised at seeing an ostrich egg tied to one of the beams, with this injunction chalked above it:"Keep your eye on this and do your best."

In reward of faithful political service an ambitious saloon keeper was appointed police magistrate."What's the charge ag'in this man?" he inquired when the first case was called."Drunk, yer honor," said the policeman.The newly made magistrate frowned upon the trembling defendant."Guilty, or not guilty?" he demanded."Sure, sir," faltered the accused, "I never drink a drop.""Have a cigar, then," urg

Among the new class which came to the second-grade teacher, a young timid girl, was one Tommy, who for naughty deeds had been many times spanked by his first-grade teacher. "Send him to me any time when you want him spanked," suggested the latter; "I can manage him."One morning, about a week after this conversation, Tommy appeared at the first-grade teacher's door. She dropped her work, seized him

A good story is told on the later Senator Vance. He was traveling down in North Carolina, when he met an old darky one Sunday morning. He had known the old man for many years, so he took the liberty of inquiring where he was going."I am, sah, pedestrianin' my appointed way to de tabernacle of de Lord.""Are you an Episcopalian?" inquired Vance."No, sah, I can't say dat I am an Epispokapillian.""May

The late Dr. Henry Thayer, founder of Thayer's Laboratory in Cambridge, was walking along a street one winter morning. The sidewalk was sheeted with ice and the doctor was making his way carefully, as was also a woman going in the opposite direction. In seeking to avoid each other, both slipped and they came down in a heap. The polite doctor was overwhelmed and his embarrassment paralyzed his spee

SHE—"I consider, John, that sheep are the stupidest creatures living."HE—(absent-mindedly)—"Yes, my lamb."

I thought I'd lost my Mind. The Chess Mind, Gerald Abrahams' great old book, of which I have a cherished copy: I couldn't find it and spent much of last week scrabbling about trying to work out what I'd done with it. That's the problem when you move too many times, or find yourself crossing half a continent with all your books packed into the back of a transit van: no matter how hard you try, ther

Hello friends,Thankyou for visiting my blog ........ Today I have gathered some of the new sayings and proverbs for you ........ The list of this new sayings goes like this :(1)>>"strike while the iron is hot">> to make use of an opportunity immediately........(2)>>"nothing succeeds like success">> when you are successful in one area of your life , it often leads success in other areas...........(

Hello friends,Thankyou for visiting my blog ........ Today I have gathered some of the new sayings and proverbs for you ........The list of this new sayings goes like this :(1)>>"never the twain shall meet">> used to say that two things are so different that they cannot exist together.........(2)>>"variety is the spice of life ">> new and exciting experiences make life more interesting..........(3

Hello friends,Thankyou for visiting my blog ........ Today I have gathered some of the new sayings and proverbs for you ........The list of this new sayings goes like this :(1)>>"these things are sent to try us">> used to say that you should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it........(2)>>"(there is) no time like the present">> now is the best time to do something

"As I understand it, Doctor, if I believe I'm well, I'll be well. Is that the idea?""It is.""Then, if you believe you are paid, I suppose you'll be paid.""Not necessarily.""But why shouldn't faith work as well in one case as in the other?""Why, you see, there is considerable difference between having faith in Providence and having faith in you."—Horace Zimmerman.

Faith is believing the dentist when he says it isn't going to hurt.

The city editor of a great New York daily was known in the newspaper world as a martinet and severe disciplinarian. Some of his caustic and biting criticisms are classics. Once, however, the tables were turned upon him in a way that left him speechless for days.A reporter on the paper wrote an article that the city editor did not approve of. The morning of publication this reporter drifted into th

Recipe for an editor:Take a personal hatred of authors,Mix this with a fiendish delightIn refusing all efforts of geniusAnd maiming all poets on sight.—Life.

A Chicago lawyer tells of a visit he received from a Mrs. Delehanty, accompanied by Mr. Delehanty, the day after Mrs. Delehanty and a Mrs. Cassidy had indulged in a little difference of opinion.When he had listened to the recital of Mrs. Delehanty's troubles, the lawyer said:"You want to get damages, I suppose?""Damages! Damages!" came in shrill tones from Mrs. Delehanty. "Haven't I got damages en

An economist is usually a man who can save money by cutting down some other person's expenses.Economy is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something which you probably won't want.—Anthony Hope.Economy is a way of spending money without getting any fun out of it.Ther's lots o' difference between thrift an' tryin' t' revive a last year's straw hat.—Abe Martin

"What is faith, Johnny?" asks the Sunday school teacher."Pa says," answers Johnny, "that it's readin' in the papers that the price o' things has come down, an expectin' to find it true when the bills comes in."

Faith is that quality which leads a man to expect that his flowers and garden will resemble the views shown on the seed packets.

"When I first decided to allow the people of Tupelo to use my name as a candidate for Congress, I went out to a neighboring parish to speak," said Private John Allen recently to some friends at the old Metropolitan Hotel in Washington."An old darky came up to greet me after the meeting. 'Marse Allen,' he said, 'I's powerful glad to see you. I's known ob you sense you was a babby. Knew yoh pappy lo

Two doctors met in the hall of the hospital."Well," said the first, "what's new this morning?""I've got a most curious case. Woman, cross-eyed; in fact, so cross-eyed that when she cries the tears run down her back.""What are you doing for her?""Just now," was the answer, "we're treating her for bacteria."

There once were some learned M.D.'s,Who captured some germs of disease,And infected a trainWhich, without causing pain,Allowed one to catch it with ease.

A Georgia woman who moved to Philadelphia found she could not be contented without the colored mammy who had been her servant for many years. She sent for old mammy, and the servant arrived in due season. It so happened that the Georgia woman had to leave town the very day mammy arrived. Before departing she had just time to explain to mammy the modern conveniences with which her apartment was fur

"I am going to start a garden," announced Mr. Subbubs. "A few months from now I won't be kicking about your prices.""No," said the grocer; "you'll be wondering how I can afford to sell vegetables so cheap."

Th' only time some fellers ever dig in th' gardens is just before they go a fishin'.

Little Ikey came up to his father with a very solemn face. "Is it true, father," he asked, "that marriage is a failure?"His father surveyed him thoughtfully for a moment. "Well, Ikey," he finally replied, "If you get a rich wife, it's almost as good as a failure."

An American and a Scotsman were walking one day near the foot of one of the Scotch mountains. The Scotsman, wishing to impress the visitor, produced a famous echo to be heard in that place. When the echo returned clearly after nearly four minutes, the proud Scotsman, turning to the Yankee exclaimed:"There, mon, ye canna show anything like that in your country.""Oh, I don't know," said the American

A little boy was entertaining the minister the other day until his mother could complete her toilet. The minister, to make congenial conversation, inquired: "Have you a dog?""Yes, sir; a dachshund," responded the lad."Where is he?" questioned the dominic, knowing the way to a boy's heart."Father sends him away for the winter. He says it takes him so long to go in and out of the door he cools the w

Camp life is just one canned thing after another.

These three ATC's were done as a swap on UK Stampers ForumThe backgrounds were first brayered with various colours of Whispers Dye Inks until a colour density was attained. A swirl stamp was used to decorate each ATC with Versamark and various Moonglow embossing powders which were heated with a heat tool. The diamond check was stamped in onyx black Versafine Ink in various positions. Finally so

A rare photograph of me infront of the camera... daydreaming on a beach in the Isle of WightKris from Chasing Fireflies tagged me on a meme to write about my favourite quptations. Well, it may come as no surprise to you there are many quotations that have caught my heart over the years. So, I may write more than one post in response to this meme. However, today I will focus on my favourite travel

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.*Joseph Wood Krutch - Twelve SeasonsI have just been given a very engaging Persian Kitten... and his opinion is that I have been given to him.*Evelyn UnderhillWhen I play with my cat, who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me?*Michael Eyquem De MontaigneI would never wound a cat's feelings,

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Invitation to all for opening discussions on any or all these qotations. roland camilleri B.Ec. FCPA. sydney australia1 Vote(s)

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing. — Abraham Lincoln God gave us two ends. One to sit on and one to think with. Success depends on which one you use; head you win, tails you lose. — Anonymous The ladder of success is best [...]

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Book Description ISBN-0387495754 Scientists and other keen observers of the natural world sometimes make or write a statement pertaining to scientific activity that is destined to live on beyond the brief period of time for which it was intended. This book serves as a collection of these statements from great philosophers and thought-influencers of science, past and present. [...]

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (Oxford Paperbacks)# Author:Elizabeth Knowles# Format:PDF 1.3MB# Page Count: 560 pages# Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 4 edition (October 18, 2001)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0198662688# ISBN-13: 978-0198662686As Emerson once said, "By necessity, by proclivity--and by delight, we all quote." In this new edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, you can find (and verify) classic quotes and little known gems--the words of the famous and the notorious, the witty and the wise--in acollection of over 9,000 quotations from more than 2,000 authors. Offering all the authority and accuracy of the acclaimed Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, the fourth edition maintains its extensive coverage of literary and historical quotations an

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Product Description This is a major new edition of Oxford's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of quotations, bringing you the wisdom of the ages and the sound bites of today in 20,000+ quotations. The text is a browser's paradise, covering people and events from Cleopatra to J. K. Rowling, and the battle of Marathon to the Hutton Inquiry. The keyword index will help you to trace that

To help you wow ‘em from the moment you first speak, I’ve created a series of articles about various ways public speakers can begin their presentations. The first words you speak to an audience are known as your attention-getter and the purpose is just that: to make the audience sit up, take notice and [...]

IF YOU PLAY,PLAY HARDBUT IF YOU WORK DO NOT PLAY.2THE NIGHTMARE OF YESTERDAY SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTEDTO DESTROY THE BRIGHT VISIONS OF TOMMORROW. 3BEYOND THE HILLS OF DIFFICULTIESLYES THE VALLEY OF SUCCESS. 4GO FORWARD NEVER BACKWARDLATER IS THE REWARD.

I sketched at the Annual Open exhibition of the New English Art Club yesterday. What follows are some very quick sketches plus one longer sketch of the panel for the drawing discussions interspersed by various quotable quotes. I invite you to picture me, during the guided tour with past president Ken Howard with my Daler Rowney hardback sketchbook in hand, writing down comments in pen at the

Quotations of Wisdom - Wisdom Quotea VIdeo - Knowledge - Life.My words of wisdom for today...I just love an awesome quote video featuring a beautiful woman with great cleavage.:D and you can quote me on that.;)

You can, and should, read Sinclair Lewis‘ seminal book It Can t Happen Here. His biography is available (of course!) at Wikipedia. thebankruptcynewsdotcom I want to share here a few great quotations: “When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” “The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, ”The trouble with this country is…” “Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every country.“ “Advertising (propaganda, Not. Ed.) is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.“ Share This Tags: Democracy, economic factor, fascism, propaganda, sinclair lewis Related posts When being a Christian meant being compassionate (0) A primer for living in a totalitarian state (13) No nation could pre

Carlos Lama Seliman Consider what it takes to become an undeniable success with these sincere quotations that identify the fundamental factors necessary to triumph… Oscar Lama 1. ” Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.” – Abraham Lincoln 2. “God gave us two ends. One to sit on and one to think with. Success depends on which one you use; head you win — tails, you lose.” – Anonymous 3. “The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.” – Ayn Rand 4. “Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” – B. R. Hayden 5. “Success is a journey, not a destination.” – Ben Sweetland 6. “The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” – Benjamin Disraeli 7. “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” – Bill Cosby 8. “The secret of success is to be in har

You would have probably heard of most of these before, but I am glad to put the best ten of these quotations at one place. So, here it is, the Top 10: Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs, while the Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning. Anon If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge. Henry Spencer Be careful about using the following code — I’ve only proven that it works, I haven’t tested it. Donald Knuth The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. Bertrand Russell The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time. Tom Cargill For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. H L Mencken The Six Phases of a Project: - Enthusiasm - Disillusionment - Panic - Sear

Rabindranath Tagore, also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was born in Calcutta, India into a wealthy Brahmin family. He was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

"I'm sorry General Patton, I doubt your American tank idea will really work, especially in Europe across our awfully daunting hedge rows and stale hookers." - French Field Marshall Vichy LaFoosh,... Some Puns. Mostly Politics. No Pardons. [This blog includes topical humor and satirical commentary that may not be suitable for some audiences. Parental discretion is advised.]

I do not choose to run for President in 1928. Calvin Coolidge

Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers? E. B. Browning, The Cry of the Children.

I exhort you to be a good cheer. Acts. XXVII. 22

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; When health is lost, something is lost; When character is lost, all is lost.

Carl Schurz: My Country! When right keep it right; when wrong, set it right! Edith Cavell: I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edward R. Murrow: We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it. Henry Steele Commager: 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. James Baldwin: I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. Mark Twain: Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn’t. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let me label you as they may. May we all on

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.

If your lips would keep from slips five things observe with care: To whom you speak, of whom you speak, And how, and when, and where.

There is one basic cause of all effects.

Ding, dong, bell, Pussy's in the well; Who put her in? Little Tommy Green. Who pulled her out? Little Johnny Stout.

For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost; being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of care about a horseshoe nail.

To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back.

Capital is a result of labor, and is used by labor to assist it in further production. Labor is the active and initial force, and labor is therefore the employer of capital.

Cutting honest throats by whisper.

Christmas is over and Business is Business.

Old houses mended Cost little less than new before they're ended.

Am I my brother's keeper?

Every man has his price.

Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words.

Man doth not live by bread only.

How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest!

One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls.

And this is good old Boston, The home of the bean and the cod, Where the Lowells talk to the Cabots, And the Cabots talk only to God.

Debt is a bottomless sea.

Bore: a person who talks when you wish him to listen.

............... - In Praise of India: Top 10 Famous Quotations -...............Will Durant [American historian] - "India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in

Cactus #1 8" x 8", coloured pencil on Arches Hot Press copyright Katherine Tyrrell"Nothing is less real than realism...details are confusing...it is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis that we get at the real meaning of things" Georgia O'Keeffe 1976 unpaginated textI'm having a small diversion to do macro images of cacti - which I've been wanting to do for some time. In part it's about

Quotations are the repetition of words used by somebody in the past. When you repeat the speech or spoken words of a character from a play or novel, you are said to be quoting that character.Read full story