Quotes of the Week - Oct 12, 2008:
"Your company is now bankrupt, our economy is now in a state of crisis,
but you get to keep $480 million. I have a very basic question for you:
Is this fair?" -- Henry Waxman, chairman of US House Oversight Committee,
questioning Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld over bank's collapse.
"Our opponent is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so
imperfect that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their
own country." -- Sarah Palin, accusing Barack Obama of associating
with Bill Ayers, founder of Weather Underground, which was involved in
several bombings in early 1970s.
"We can solve this crisis and we will." -- US President
George Bush, on economic crisis.
Authors:
Shakespeare - Richard II Quotes, Famous Quotations
You
may my glories and my state depose,
But not my griefs; still am I king of those. Richard II, 4. 1
With
mine own tears I wash away my balm,
With mine own hands I give away my crown. Richard II, 4. 1
As
in a theatre, the eyes of men,
After a well-graced actor leaves the stage,
Are idly bent on him that enters next,
Thinking his prattle to be tedious. Richard II. 5. 2
Who
are the violets now
That strew the green lap of the new come spring? Richard II, 5. 2
How
sour sweet music is,
When time is broke and no proportion kept!
So is it in the music of men's lives. Richard II, 5. 2
I
wasted time, and now doth time waste me. Richard II. 5. 2
Mount,
mount, my soul! thy seat is up on high;
Whilst my gross flesh sinks downward, here to die. Richard II, 5. 5
Let's
carve him as a dish fit for the gods,
Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds. Richard II, 2. 1
For
he is superstitious grown of late,
Quite from the main opinion he held once
Of fantasy, of dreams, and ceremonies. Richard II, 2. 1
But
when I tell him he hates flatterers,
He says he does, being then most flattered. Richard II. 2. 1