Quotes of the Week - May 5, 2008:
"I am so sorry. I had no idea." -- Elizabeth Fritzl, mother
of the girl kept prisoner in a basement in Austria by her father for 24
years.
"Some of the comments that Rev Wright has made offend me, and I understand
why they offend the American people. He does not speak for me. He does
not speak for the American people." -- Barack Obama on his old pastor.
"I am sure I had it. It's why men want to bonk everything that moves
." -- Singer Chris de Burgh explaining how a mid-life crisis made
him want to have sex with his children's nanny.
Hillary Clinton is talking tough. She said if Israel is ever attacked
by Iran, she would obliterate Iran. Although, she does admire the Iranians
for stoning adulterers. -- Chatshow host Jay Leno.
Authors:
Shakespeare - Troilus and Cressida Quotes, Famous Quotations
I
have had my labour for my travail. Troilus and Cressida, 1. 1
Things
won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing. Troilus and Cressida, 1. 2
Take
but degree away, untune that string,
And, hark, what discord follows! Troilus and Cressida, 1. 3
The
baby figure of the giant mass
Of things to come. Troilus and Cressida. 1. 3
The
common curse of mankind,-folly and ignorance. Troilus and Cressida, 2. 3
I
am giddy, expectation whirls me round.
The imaginary relish is so sweet
That it enchants my sense. Troilus and Cressida, 3. 2
To
be wise, and love,
Exceeds man's might. Troilus and Cressida,. 3. 2
Time
hath, my lord, a wallet at his back,
Wherein he puts alms for oblivion,
A great-sized monster of ingratitudes:
Those scraps are good deeds past; which are devoured
As fast as they are made, forgot as soon
As done. Troilus and Cressida, 3. 3
Perseverance,
dear my lord,
Keeps honour bright. Troilus and Cressida, 3. 3
Time
is like a fashionable host
That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand,
And with his arms outstretched, as he would fly,
Grasps in the comer: welcome ever smiles,
And farewell goes out sighing. Troilus and Cressida, 3. 3