Monday, January 15, 2007

15 great quotes and proverbs for a Monday afternoon

1.Travelling in the company of those we love is home in motion.-Leigh Hunt
2.Do not hope to reach a destination without leaving the shore.-Chinese proverb
3.Every path has its puddle.-English proverb
4.We must realize that we can no longer throw our wastes away because there is no 'away.'-William Cahill
5.I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no sustitute for paying attention.-Diane Sawyer
6.Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother.-Moorish proverb
7.I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.-Diane Sawyer
8.If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents,he would promise them missionaries for dinner.-Chinese proverb
9.Some politicians can be bought,but most can only be rented.-Canadian journalist and GLOBE AND MAIL columnist Richard Needham
10.Some deceit or moral dishonesty is the oil without which the (political) machinery will not work.-Woodrow Wilson,US president.
11.If you get up early,work late and pay your taxes,you will get ahead-if you strike oil.-J.Paul Getty(1892-1976)
12.My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician.And to tell the truth,there's hardly any difference.-Harry S.Truman
13.Making the decision to have a child is momentous.It is to decide forever to have your heart to walking around outside your body.-Elizabeth Stone
14.A great general need not blow his own trumpet.-Chinese proverb
15.Everyone pushes a falling fence.-Chinese proverb

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