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
When
daffodils begin to peer,
With heigh! the doxy over the dale,
Why, then comes in the sweet o' the year;
For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. The Winter's Tale, 4. 2
While
we lie tumbling in the hay. The Winter's Tale, 4. 2
A
snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. The Winter's Tale, 4. 2
Jog
on, jog on, the foot-path way,
And merrily hent the stile-a:
A merry heart goes all the day,
Your sad tires in a mile-a. The Winter's Tale, 4. 2
For
you there's rosemary and rue; these keep
Seeming and savour all the winter long. The Winter's Tale, 4. 3
The
fairest flowers o' the season
Are our carnations and streaked gillyvors,
Which some call nature's bastards. The Winter's Tale, 4. 3
Here's
flowers for you;
Hot lavender, mints, savoury, marjoram;
The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun
And with him rises weeping. The Winter's Tale, 4. 3
O
Proserpina,
For the flowers now, that frighted thou let'st fall
From Dis's waggon! daffodils,
That come before the swallow dares, and take
The winds of March with beauty. The Winter's Tale, 4. 3
Pale
primroses,
That die unmarried, ere they can behold
Bright Phbus in his strength,-a malady
Most incident to maids; bold oxlips and
The crown imperial; lilies of all kinds,
The flower-de-luce being one. The Winter's Tale, 4. 3
Each
your doing,
So singular in each particular,
Crowns what you are doing in the present deed,
That all your acts are queens. The Winter's Tale, 2. 1