October 2012 – Page 2 – Dictionary of Quotes

"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes" – Mark Twain

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes” – Mark Twain

"The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain." – Colin Wilson

“The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.” – Colin Wilson

William Shakespeare – 30/10/2012

Conservar algo que me ayude a recordarte, sería admitir que te puedo olvidar. Frases de William Shakespeare – 30/10/2012

"When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone." – Tennessee Williams

“When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.” – Tennessee Williams

"In West Virginia yesterday, a man was arrested for stealing several blow-up dolls. Reportedly, police didn’t have any trouble catching the man because he was completely out of breath." – Conan O’Brien

“In West Virginia yesterday, a man was arrested for stealing several blow-up dolls. Reportedly, police didn’t have any trouble catching the man because he was …

"The next hurricane, I’ll greet it." – Allen Toussaint

“The next hurricane, I’ll greet it.” – Allen Toussaint

"All I worried about was what (Owings) was doing to me, instead of what I was doing to him. When you start worrying about that stuff, you’re going down the wrong path." – Dan Gable

“All I worried about was what (Owings) was doing to me, instead of what I was doing to him. When you start worrying about that …

"It’s going to be difficult to predict whether or not [the hurricane] is going to have an impact on West Nile," – Anthony Fauci

“It’s going to be difficult to predict whether or not is going to have an impact on West Nile,” – Anthony Fauci

"I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which they take for granted – but his or her entertainment value" – Geoffrey Household

“I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which they take for granted – …

"Refinery activity has been very depressed because of damage caused by hurricanes last year and deferred maintenance. There was a huge surge in imports after last year’s storms but that has ended. At the same time refinery activity has not recovered." – Antoine Halff

“Refinery activity has been very depressed because of damage caused by hurricanes last year and deferred maintenance. There was a huge surge in imports after …

we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. -Macewan, Norman

Lin-Chi

The real being, with no status, is always going in and out through the doors of your face. Lin-Chi quotes

Ashdown, Paddy

Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace. Ashdown, Paddy quotes

Let’s face it, writing is hell. -Styron, William

Rune Leknes

“Beauty is not defined by the masses but by the opinion of the individual.” Rune Leknes quotes

"The things that we love tell us what we are." – St. Thomas Aquinas

“The things that we love tell us what we are.” – St. Thomas Aquinas

"deeply and personally engaged in the process from before the hurricane." – Michael Chertoff

“deeply and personally engaged in the process from before the hurricane.” – Michael Chertoff

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic. -Wilde, Oscar

"It was just settling in that I was there for the hurricane, and then I came here. Now it seems like a dream." – Ariel Lucius

“It was just settling in that I was there for the hurricane, and then I came here. Now it seems like a dream.” – Ariel …

Als Mensch geboren zu werden ist ein Zufall, als einer zu sterben eine Leistung.

"Death tugs at my ear and says: "Live, I am coming";" – Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Death tugs at my ear and says: “Live, I am coming”;” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think. -Disraeli, Benjamin

Sun Tzu – 29/10/2012

Triunfan aquellos que saben cuándo luchar y cuándo no. Frases de Sun Tzu – 29/10/2012

"A priest’s belly is made up of several sheepskins." – Russian Proverb

“A priest’s belly is made up of several sheepskins.” – Russian Proverb

"The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind." – Carl Hiaasen

“The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.” – Carl Hiaasen

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