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 - Othello - Quotes, Famous Quotations
How
poor are they that have not patience! Othello, 2. 3
O!
thereby hangs a tale. Othello, 3. 1
Excellent
wretch! Perdition catch my soul,
But I do love thee! and when I love thee not,
Chaos is come again. Othello, 3. 3
Good
name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls:
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing;
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed. Othello, 3. 3
O,
beware, my lord, of jealousy!
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on. Othello, 3. 3
Foh!
one may smell in such a will most rank,
Foul disproportion thoughts unnatural. Othello, 3. 3
If
I do prove her haggard,
Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings,
I'd whistle her off and let her down the wind,
To prey at fortune. Othello, 3. 3
I
am black
And have not those soft parts of conversation
That chamberers have. Othello,
3. 3
I
am declined
Into the vale of years. Othello, 3. 3
O
curse of marriage,
That we can call these delicate creatures ours,
And not their appetites! I had rather be a toad,
And live upon the vapour of a dungeon,
Than keep a corner in the thing I love
For others' uses. Othello, 3. 3