Quotes of the Week - August 25, 2008:
"I'll have my staff get back to you on that." -- US Republican
presidential candidate John McCain on being asked how many houses he
owns (the answer is seven).
"I hope the nation and the people will forgive my mistakes."
-- Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf in his resignation speech.
"If they knew the plane was faulty, why did they let it fly?"
-- A relative of one of the 153 passengers killed in the Spanair crash
at Madrid airport.
"I feel now at 53 I have grown into a deeper understanding of what
a human life is." -- John Lennon's killer Mark Chapman seeks parole.
His request was denied.
Authors:
The Wind in the Willows Quotes, Famous Quotes Sayings from The Wind
in the Willows
When
it began to grow dark, the Rat, with an air of excitement and
mystery, summoned them back into the parlour, stood each of
them up alongside of his little heap, and proceeded to dress
them up for the coming expedition. The Wind in the Willows Ch. 12.
Toad
saw that he was trapped. They understood him, they saw through
him, they had got ahead of him. His pleasant dream was shattered. The Wind in the Willows Ch. 12.
"No,
not one little song," replied the Rat firmly, though his
heart bled as he noticed the trembling lip of the poor disappointed
Toad. "It's no good, Toady; you know well that your songs
are all conceit and boasting and vanity; and your speeches are
all self-praise and - and - well, and gross exaggeration and
- and - "
"And gas," put in the Badger, in his common way.
All the animals cheered when he entered, and crowded round to
congratulate him and say nice things about his courage, and
his cleverness, and his fighting qualities; but Toad only smiled
faintly, and murmured, "Not at all!" Or, sometimes,
for a change, "On the contrary!" The Wind in the Willows Ch. 12.
The
Wind in the Willows, a classic of children's literature, was written
in 1908 by Scottish-born writer Kenneth Grahame. Born March 8, 1859.
Died July 6, 1932.
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