Daily FortunesMar 9, 2006
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to...
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but
because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
-- Thomas Macaulay, "History of England"
The question is, why are politicians so eager to be president? ...
The question is, why are politicians so eager to be president? What is it
about the job that makes it worth revealing, on national television, that
you have the ethical standards of a slime-coated piece of industrial waste?
-- Dave Barry, "On...
The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be televised.
"The Right Honorable Gentleman is indebted to his memory...
"The Right Honorable Gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests
and to his imagination for his facts."
-- Sheridan
The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday, but never...
The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
-- Lewis Carroll
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Daily Fortunes for Mar 9, 2006
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