Quotes of the Week - June 17, 2008:
"I think that, in retrospect, I could have used a different rhetoric.
Phrases such as 'bring them on' or 'dead of alive' indicated to people
that I was, you know, not a man of peace." -- US President George
W Bush regrets being so hawkish over Iraq.
"The nation will live to regret what the court has done today."
-- US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia after the court rules foreign
terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay can challenge their detention in US
courts.
"He didn't like the nose" -- Courtroom sketch artist Janet
Hamlin on the response of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed
mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, after he saw a sketch of himself.
Authors:
A. A. Milne Quotes, Famous A. A. Milne Quotes, Quotations, Poems
Forget
about the crackers,
And forget about the candy;
I'm sure a box of chocolates
Would never come in handy;
I don't like oranges,
I don't want nuts,
And I HAVE got a pocket-knife
That almost cuts.
But, oh! Father Christmas, if you love me at all,
Bring me a big, red india-rubber ball! A. A. Milne King John's Christmas
I
am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me. A. A. Milne Winnie the Pooh
"I
don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No,"
said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to
be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it
along the way." A. A. Milne Winnie the Pooh
I
used to believe in forever . . . but forever was too good to
be true. A. A. Milne Winnie the Pooh
I
wrote somewhere once that the third-rate mind was only happy
when it was thinking with the majority, the second-rate mind
was only happy when it was thinking with the minority, and the
first-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking. A. A. Milne
If
I were a bear
And a big bear too,
I shouldn't much care
If it froze or snew;
I shouldn't much mind
If it snowed or friz -
I'd be all fur-lined
With a coat like his. A. A. Milne Furry Bear, Winnie the Pooh
If
the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening,
be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff
in his ear. A. A. Milne Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by
A. A. Milne
If
you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus
one day, so I never have to live without you. A. A. Milne Winnie the Pooh
If
you want to make a song more hummy, add a few tiddely poms. A. A. Milne Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by
A. A. Milne
It
is awfully hard to be b-b-brave, when you're only a Very Small
Animal. A. A. Milne Piglet, Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired
by A. A. Milne
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