Quotes of the Week - Nov 10, 2009:
"I wish they caught me six years ago, eight years ago." --
Bernie Madoff, jailed financier and Ponzi schemer, in newly released
interview with representatives of the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
"This is all happening because my father didn't buy me a train
set as a kid." --Warren Buffett, investor, on his company's $26
billion purchase of Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad - its biggest
deal ever.
"I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears."
-- Rihanna, pop singer, on the unprecedented levels of media attention
she endured after she was assaulted by former boyfriend Chris Brown
in February.
Authors:
Shakespeare - Troilus and Cressida Quotes, Famous Quotations
I
have had my labour for my travail. Troilus and Cressida, 1. 1
Things
won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing. Troilus and Cressida, 1. 2
Take
but degree away, untune that string,
And, hark, what discord follows! Troilus and Cressida, 1. 3
The
baby figure of the giant mass
Of things to come. Troilus and Cressida. 1. 3
The
common curse of mankind,-folly and ignorance. Troilus and Cressida, 2. 3
I
am giddy, expectation whirls me round.
The imaginary relish is so sweet
That it enchants my sense. Troilus and Cressida, 3. 2
To
be wise, and love,
Exceeds man's might. Troilus and Cressida,. 3. 2
Time
hath, my lord, a wallet at his back,
Wherein he puts alms for oblivion,
A great-sized monster of ingratitudes:
Those scraps are good deeds past; which are devoured
As fast as they are made, forgot as soon
As done. Troilus and Cressida, 3. 3
Perseverance,
dear my lord,
Keeps honour bright. Troilus and Cressida, 3. 3
Time
is like a fashionable host
That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand,
And with his arms outstretched, as he would fly,
Grasps in the comer: welcome ever smiles,
And farewell goes out sighing. Troilus and Cressida, 3. 3
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