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 - Julius Caesar Quotes, Famous Quotations
But,
for my own part, it was Greek to me. Julius Caesar, 1. 2
Yesterday
the bird of night did sit,
Even at noon-day, upon the market place,
Hooting and shrieking. Julius Caesar, 1. 3
Cassius
from bondage will deliver Cassius. Julius Caesar, 1. 3
Nor
stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass,
Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,
Can be retentive to the strength of spirit;
But life, being weary of these worldly bars,
Never lacks power to dismiss itself. Julius Caesar, 1. 3
It
is the bright day that brings forth the adder;
And that craves wary walking. Julius Caesar, 1. 3
Between
the acting of a dreadful thing
And the first motion, all the interim is
Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream. Julius Caesar, 2. 1
Let
us be sacrificers, but not butchers. Julius Caesar, 2. 1
Let's
carve him as a dish fit for the gods,
Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds. Julius Caesar, 2. 1
For
he is superstitious grown of late,
Quite from the main opinion he held once
Of fantasy, of dreams, and ceremonies. Julius
Caesar, 2. 1
But
when I tell him he hates flatterers,
He says he does, being then most flattered. Julius
Caesar, 2. 1