Quotes and Thoughts of the Day
Monday, September 04, 2006
The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator, which is often socially impressive. [Williams 1989]
Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall not be disappointed. [Pope, 1725]
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful nor believe to be beautiful. [Morris, 1882]
Woe unto them that call evil good and good evil. [Isaiah, a very long time ago]
It’s impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. [Jerome, 1886]
Then must you speak of one who loved not wisely but too well. [the Bard, 1603]
I am I plus my surroundings and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself. [Gasset, 1914]
The critical period in matrimony is breakfast time. [Herbert, 1935]
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road – they get run down. [Bevan, 1963]
Standards are always out of date. That’s what makes them standards. [Bennett, 1969]
Who can honestly say that at some time he hasn’t set fire to some great public building? [Python, 1969]
Who loves not woman, wine or song, remains a fool his whole life long. [Luther, way back when]
He prayeth best who loveth best – all things, both great and small [Coleridge, 1798]
Vengeance is Mine, saith the Lord. I will repay. [the Guy Upstairs]
There are few things more painful than to recognize one’s own faults in others [Wells, 1982]
If suffer we must – let’s suffer on the heights. [Hugo, 1856]
It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgement. [Doyle, 1888]
To betray, you must first belong. [Philby, 1967]
Anyone who isn’t confused doesn’t really understand the situation [Murrow, 1969]
Woord is but wynd. Leff woord and tak dede. [Lydgate, ~1400]
If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms. [Mike Ditka]
Thursday, July 27, 2006
It was a brave man who discovered that frogs legs were edible.
Friday, July 28, 2006
Eat well - exercise daily - die anyway.
Saturday, July 29, 2006
When Zidane headbutts an Italian, one billion people in China don’t care.
Monday, July 31, 2006
There's a little bit of George Bush in all of us and a lot left over for George himself.
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Never forget that the proof of the pudding IS the pudding.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Never in the annals of recorded history have so many been so disappointed by something so inevitable.*
*referring, of course, to the standard, controversial English World Cup exit and the predictable Zidane head butt
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Politics has never been more like it is today than ever before.
Saturday, August 05, 2006
You can't cheat an honest man - he has to have larceny in his heart to start with. [WC Fields]
Monday, August 07, 2006
Two out of every three people wonder what the other one's doing.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
I've known and respected your husband for many years and what's good enough for him is good enough for me.
Sunday, August 13, 2006
To resist old age, one must combine the body, the mind and the heart - and to keep them in parallel vigour, one must exercise, study and love. [Karl von Bonstetten] ... and blog.
Monday, August 14, 2006
A woman drove me to drink, and I never even had the courtesy to thank her. [W. C. Fields]
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
In America, any boy may become president and I suppose that's just one of the risks he takes! [Adlai Stevenson, 1952]
Thursday, August 17, 2006
One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance. [Iris Murdoch 1961]
Friday, August 18, 2006
If people want a sense of purpose, they should get it from their archbishops. They should not hope to receive it from their politicians. [Harold Macmillan - 1968]
Saturday, August 19, 2006
By the time you say you’re his, shivering and sighing; and he vows his passion is infinite, undying – lady, make a note of this – one of you is lying. [Dorothy Parker]
Sunday, August 20, 2006
There's only one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says yes, you know he's a crook. [Groucho Marx]
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
I think that I will never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all. [Ogden Nash 1933]
Sunday, August 27, 2006
There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation. [W.C.Fields]
Monday, August 28, 2006
Love is the illusion that one woman differs from another. [I never said it - it was one of Menken's. Don't shoot the messenger.]
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Volatility is in the nature of financial markets, but excess liquidity has made it worse. [Jack Crooks, Asia Times Forex report]
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posted by James Higham at 21:33
2 Comments:
Like the quote about Breakfast time- have you seen Citizen Kane where a relationship's decline is illustrated through a series of breakfasts that Kane and his wife have together- tis brilliant.
One of the greatest films ever, Rosebud ... er ... sorry ... Tiberius.
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