Quotes of the Week - August 4, 2008:
"I took him aside and said: 'I posed in the nude.' He said: 'Oh,
I like this one. Can I have a print?'" -- Carla Bruni-Sarkozy recalls
the moment she told her husband French President Nicolas Sarkozy full
details of her modeling career.
"[It] is now unimaginable to many people that this court could
acquit me. I believe that this fact seriously jeopardises the trial
itself." -- On trial at UN war crimes tribunal, former Bosnian
Serb leader Radovan Karadzic says he is victim of media witchhunt.
"Sugar is responsible for a lot of deaths. Arguably more than crack
cocaine." -- Guy Ritchie, who is married to Madonna.
"He's the biggest celebrity in the world. But is he ready to lead."
-- John McCain advert, on Barack Obama's US presidency bid.
Authors:
Shakespeare - King Lear Quotes, Famous King Lear Quotations
The
green mantle of the standing pool. King Lear, 3. 4
But
mice and rats, and such small deer,
Have been Tom's food for seven long year. King Lear, 3. 4
The
prince of darkness is a gentleman. King Lear, 3. 4
Poor
Tom's a-cold. King Lear, 3. 4
Child
Rowland to the dark tower came,
His word was still, Fie, foh, and fum,
I smell the blood of a British man. King Lear, 3. 4
The
little dogs and all,
Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart, see, they bark at me. King Lear, 3. 6
I
am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course. King Lear, 3. 7
The
lowest and most dejected thing of fortune,
Stands still in esperance, lives not in fear:
The lamentable change is from the best;
The worst returns to laughter. King Lear, 4. 1
The
worst is not
So long as we can say, 'This is the worst.' King Lear, 4. 1
As
flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods.
They kill us for their sport. King Lear, 4. 1