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.
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Shakespeare Quotes - Coriolanus - Famous Quotes, Quotations
He's
a very dog to the commonalty. Coriolanus, 1. 1
What's
the matter, you dissentious rogues,
That, rubbing the poor itch of your opinion,
Make yourself scabs? Coriolanus,
1. 1
He
that depends
Upon your favors swims with fins of lead,
And hews down oaks with rushes. Coriolanus,
1. 1
Bid
them wash their faces,
And keep their teeth clean. Coriolanus, 2. 1
Nature
teaches beasts to know their friends. Coriolanus, 2. 1
Hear
you this Triton of the minnows? Mark you
His absolute "shall"? Coriolanus, 3. 1
Enough,
with over-measure. Coriolanus, 3. 1
What
is the city but the people? Coriolanus, 3. 1
You
common cry of curs! whose breath I hate
As reek o' the rotten fens, whose loves I prize
As the dead carcasses of unburied men
That do corrupt my air, - I banish you. Coriolanus, 3. 3
Despising,
For you, the city, thus I turn my back:
There is a world elsewhere. Coriolanus, 4. 1