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 - Othello - Quotes, Famous Quotations
Trifles
light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ. Othello, 3. 3
Not
poppy, nor mandragora,
Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world,
Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep
Which thou owedst yesterday. Othello, 3. 3
I
swear 't is better to be much abused
Than but to know 't a little. Othello, 3. 3
He
that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know 't, and he's not robbed at all. Othello, 3. 3
Farewell
the tranquil mind! farewell content!
Farewell the plumed troop and the big wars
That make ambition virtue! O, farewell!
Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife,
The royal banner, and all quality,
Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war! Othello, 3. 3
Othello's
occupation's gone! Othello, 3. 3
On
horror's head horrors accumulate. Othello, 3. 3
To
be direct and honest is not safe. Othello,
3. 3
This
denoted a foregone conclusion. Othello, 3. 3
Like
to the Pontic sea,
Whose icy current and compulsive course
Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on
To the Propontic and the Hellespont,
Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace,
Shall ne'er look back. Othello, 3. 3