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 - The Merchant of Venice Quotes, Famous Quotations
God
made him, and therefore let him pass for a man. The Merchant of Venice, 1. 2
When
he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is
worst, he is little better than a beast. The Merchant of Venice, 1. 2
I
think he bought his doublet in Italy, his round hose in France,
his bonnet in Germany, and his behaviour everywhere. The Merchant of Venice, 1. 2
Ships
are but boards, sailors but men: there be land-rats and water-rats,
water-thieves and land-thieves. The Merchant of Venice, 1. 3
I
will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you,
and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you,
nor pray with you. What news on the Rialto? The Merchant of Venice, 1. 3
How
like a fawning publican he looks!
I hate him for he is a Christian;
But more for that in low simplicity
He lends out money gratis, and brings down
The rate of usance here with us in Venice. The Merchant of Venice, 1. 3
If
I can catch him once upon the hip,
I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
He hates our sacred nation, and he rails,
Even there where merchants most do congregate,
On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift,
Which he calls interest. The Merchant of Venice, 1. 3
The
devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. The Merchant of Venice, 1. 3
A
goodly apple rotten at the heart:
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! The Merchant of Venice, 1. 3
Many
a time and oft
In the Rialto you have rated me. The Merchant of Venice, 1. 3
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