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 - Henry IV Part 1 Quotes, Henry IV Part 1 Quotations
So
shaken as we are, so wan with care. Henry IV, Part 1, 1. 1
In
those holy fields
Over whose acres walked those blessed feet
Which fourteen hundred years ago were nail'd
For our advantage on the bitter cross. Henry IV, Part 1, 1. 1
Let
us be Diana's foresters, gentlemen of the shade, minions of
the moon. Henry IV, Part 1, 1. 2
Falstaff:
And is not my hostess of the tavern a most sweet wench?
Prince: As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle. Henry IV, Part 1, 1. 23
What,
in thy quips and thy quiddities? Henry IV, Part 1, 1. 2
Shall
there be gallows standing in England when thou art king, and
resolution thus fobbed as it is with the rusby curb of old father
antick, the law. Henry IV, Part 1, 1. 2
I
would to God thou and I knew where a commodity of good names
were to be bought. Henry IV, Part 1, 1. 2
O!
thou hast damnable iteration, and art indeed able to corrupt
a saint. Henry IV, Part 1, 1. 2
And
now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one
of the wicked. Henry
IV, Part 1, 1. 2
'Tis
my vocation, Hal; 'tis no sin for a man to labour in his vocation.
[Referring to stealing] Henry
IV, Part 1, 1. 2