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:
Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream Quotes, Quotations
Or
in the night, imagining some fear,
How easy is a bush supposed a bear! A Midsummer Night's Dream, 5. 1
What
revels are in hand? Is there no play,
To ease the anguish of a torturing hour? A Midsummer Night's Dream, 5. 1
Merry
and tragical! tedious and brief!
That is, hot ice and wondrous strange snow. A Midsummer Night's Dream, 5. 1
To
show our simple skill,
That is the true beginning of our end. A Midsummer Night's Dream, 5. 1
Whereat
with blade, with bloody blameful blade,
He bravely broached his boiling bloody breast. A Midsummer Night's Dream, 5. 1
The
best in this kind are but shadows, and the worst are no worse,
if imagination amend them. A Midsummer Night's Dream, 5. 1
The
iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve;
Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time. A Midsummer Night's Dream, 5. 1
Now
the hungry lion roars,
And the wolf behowls the moon;
Whilst the heavy ploughman snores,
All with weary task fordone. A Midsummer Night's Dream, 5. 1
Not
a mouse
Shall disturb this hallowed house:
I am sent with broom before,
To sweep the dust behind the door. A Midsummer Night's Dream, 5. 1
If
we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumbered here
While these visions did appear. A Midsummer Night's Dream, 5. 1