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 - The Winter's Tale Quotes, Famous Quotations
Two
lads that thought there was no more behind
But such a day to-morrow as to-day,
And to be boy eternal. The Winter's Tale, 1. 2
We
were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' the sun,
And bleat the one at the other: what we changed
Was innocence for innocence; we knew not
The doctrine of ill-doing, nor dreamed
That any did. The Winter's Tale, 1. 2
But
to be paddling palms and pinching fingers,
As now they are, and making practised smiles,
As in a looking-glass. The Winter's Tale, 1. 2
How
like, methought, I then was to this kernel,
This squash, this gentleman. The Winter's Tale, 1. 2
A
sad tale's best for winter: I have one
Of sprites and goblins. The Winter's Tale, 2. 1
There
may be in the cup
A spider steeped, and one may drink, depart,
And yet partake no venom, for his knowledge
Is not infected: but if one present
Th' abhorred ingredient to his eye, make known
How he hath drunk, he cracks his gorge, his sides,
With violent hefts. I have drunk,
and seen the spider. The Winter's Tale, 2. 1
It
is a heretic that makes the fire,
Not she who burns in 't. The Winter's Tale, 2. 3
I
am a feather for each wind that blows. The Winter's Tale, 2. 3
What's
gone and what's past help
Should be past grief. The Winter's Tale, 3. 2
Exit,
pursued by a bear. Stage direction, The Winter's Tale, 3. 3