Sunday, March 7, 2010
Friday, July 3, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Saturday, November 29, 2008
in the name of the patriotism...
Heroism on command,senseless violence,and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism-how passionately I hate them!
- Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein
Monday, November 24, 2008
always right...
I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.
- Samuel Goldwyn
- Samuel Goldwyn
Thursday, November 13, 2008
limitations...
Know your limitations and be content with them. Too much ambition results in promotion to a job you can't do.
- David Brent
- David Brent
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
secret of staying young...
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
- Lucille Ball
- Lucille Ball
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Saturday, August 2, 2008
power of words....
There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.
- Josh Billings
- Josh Billings
Friday, July 11, 2008
command of english...
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
- Robert Benchley
- Robert Benchley
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
purpose of writing.....
The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!
- Calvin
- Calvin
Thursday, April 17, 2008
math atheist...
As a math atheist, I think I should be excused from this.
- Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes)
- Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes)
Saturday, April 12, 2008
salary...
The less a man knows the bigger the noise he makes and higher the salary he commands.
- Mark Twain
- Mark Twain
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
secret of staying young...
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
- Lucille Ball
- Lucille Ball
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Thursday, December 20, 2007
in charge........
There may be some doubt as to who are the best people to have charge of children, but there can be no doubt that parents are the worst.
- George Bernard Shaw
- George Bernard Shaw
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Friday, December 7, 2007
playing for england...
I can't bat, can't bowl and can't field these days. I've every chance of being picked for England.
- Ray East (Former English Cricketer)
- Ray East (Former English Cricketer)
unanimous decision....
I have heard your views. they do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
- Charles De Gaulle
- Charles De Gaulle
good time....
One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.
- Nancy Witcher Astor
- Nancy Witcher Astor
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
learning to dance....
I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom.
- Bob Hope
- Bob Hope
Monday, December 3, 2007
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
raising children....
Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.
- PJ O'Rourke
- PJ O'Rourke
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
women...
I love women. They're the best thing ever created. If they want to be like men and come down to our level, that's fine.
- Mel Gibson
- Mel Gibson
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
money , money , money...
I'm tired of hearing about money, money , money, I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.
- Shaquille O'Neal
- Shaquille O'Neal
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
husbands.....
The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.
-Honore de Balzac
-Honore de Balzac
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
broken heart....
I think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I have broken a few.
- Sally Field
- Sally Field
Monday, November 5, 2007
Friday, November 2, 2007
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
power of singing....
The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.
- Fred Allen
- Fred Allen
Saturday, October 27, 2007
filthy...
I came from a dirt farm, now I'm filthy rich.
- Larry Holmes (former heavyweight boxing champion)
- Larry Holmes (former heavyweight boxing champion)
man and nature....
It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.
- Henry David Thoreau
- Henry David Thoreau
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
marriage...
Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
- Ambrose Bierce
- Ambrose Bierce
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
confessions...
Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.
- Fulton J. Sheen
- Fulton J. Sheen
euphoria...
That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
- Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes)
- Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes)
Monday, October 15, 2007
Saturday, October 13, 2007
wedding anniversary...
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
- Paul Sweeney
- Paul Sweeney
origin of aerobics.....
The word "aerobics" came about when gym instructors got together and said 'If we're going to charge $10 an hour, we can't call it jumping up and down'.
- Rita Rudner
- Rita Rudner
mouth wash...
Exercise is a dirty word. Every time I hear it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
sausage and picasso...
A high-brow is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.
- AP Herbert
- AP Herbert
trust and understanding...
The relationship between the Welsh and the English is based on trust and understanding. They don't trust us and we don't understand them.
- Dudley Wood, Rugby Man
- Dudley Wood, Rugby Man
Thursday, October 11, 2007
enough...
Enough, no more. 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
- Shakespeare (Twelfth Night: Act 1, scene i)
- Shakespeare (Twelfth Night: Act 1, scene i)
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
consequences...
Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences.
- Isadora Duncan
- Isadora Duncan
stock markets.....
October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.
- Mark Twain
- Mark Twain
Monday, October 8, 2007
flies...
As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods, — They kill us for their sport.
- King Lear Act IV, Scene 1
- King Lear Act IV, Scene 1
running a country....
Too bad that all the people who really know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair.
- Bob Hope
- Bob Hope
Saturday, October 6, 2007
personality....
My personality? The kazoo. Requires enthusiasm but no skill whatsoever.
- John Lithgow (When asked what instrument would reflect his personality)
- John Lithgow (When asked what instrument would reflect his personality)
Thursday, October 4, 2007
forgiving...
We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.
- Sir Francis Bacon
- Sir Francis Bacon
good film...
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Alfred Hitchcock
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
abilities....
Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Monday, October 1, 2007
public relations....
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
following dreams.....
I’m sick of following my dreams, man. I’m just going to ask where they’re going, and hook up with them later.
- Mitch Hedberg
- Mitch Hedberg
adopted kids....
Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you.
- Gilda Radner
- Gilda Radner
Monday, September 17, 2007
life's riddles...
You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.
- Steve Martin
- Steve Martin
Saturday, September 15, 2007
wedding....
A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers.
- Grace Hansen
- Grace Hansen
mythology....
A one-sentence definition of mythology? Mythology is what we call someone else's religion.
- Joseph Campbell
- Joseph Campbell
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Saturday, September 8, 2007
relativity...
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
-Albert Einstein
-Albert Einstein
Thursday, September 6, 2007
cricket & americans...
People think it's like polo, played on horseback, and I remember one guy thought it was a game involving insects.
- Clayton Lambert (Former West Indies cricketer on explaining cricket to Americans.)
- Clayton Lambert (Former West Indies cricketer on explaining cricket to Americans.)
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
love and marriage.....
If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books.
-Alan King
-Alan King
autobiography.....
I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
-Samuel Goldwyn
-Samuel Goldwyn
Monday, September 3, 2007
Saturday, September 1, 2007
misunderstood......
I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine.
- Billie Joe Armstrong
- Billie Joe Armstrong
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
hedge funds & private equity funds......
Hedge funds and private-equity firms today are like the dot-coms in 2000: Ask for money and you'll get it. They bid up the prices of everything. The amount of money flowing is almost out of control, and it's making everything overvalued. A client of mine said it's like there are 11,000 planes in the sky and only 100 good pilots -- an accident is bound to happen.
- Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates, quoted in Barron's, May 26th 2007 edition
- Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates, quoted in Barron's, May 26th 2007 edition
never married....
I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.
- Lord Byron
- Lord Byron
can't buy love...
Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position.
- Christopher Marlowe
- Christopher Marlowe
Thursday, August 23, 2007
apple pie...
In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
politics....
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies.
- Groucho Marx
- Groucho Marx
Sunday, August 19, 2007
you / me.....from Rush Hour 3
Dojo Master: May I Help You?
Detective James Carter: I'll be asking the questions old man. Who are you?
Dojo Master: Yu.
Detective James Carter: No not me you!
Dojo Master: Yes I'm Yu!
Detective James Carter: Are you deaf?
Dojo Master: No Yu is blind!
Detective James Carter: I'm not blind, you blind
Dojo Master: That is what I just said.
Detective James Carter: You just said what?
Dojo Master: I did not say what, I said Yu.
Detective James Carter: That's what I'm asking you!
Dojo Master: And Yu is answering.
Detective James Carter: Shutup!
Detective James Carter: You!
Dojo Master: Yes?
Detective James Carter: Not You, Him! What's Your name?
Dojo Student: Mi.
Detective James Carter: Yes You!
Dojo Student: I'm Mi.
Dojo Master: He's Mi and I'm Yu.
Detective James Carter: And I'm about to whoop your old ass man because I am sick of playing games!
Detective James Carter: I'll be asking the questions old man. Who are you?
Dojo Master: Yu.
Detective James Carter: No not me you!
Dojo Master: Yes I'm Yu!
Detective James Carter: Are you deaf?
Dojo Master: No Yu is blind!
Detective James Carter: I'm not blind, you blind
Dojo Master: That is what I just said.
Detective James Carter: You just said what?
Dojo Master: I did not say what, I said Yu.
Detective James Carter: That's what I'm asking you!
Dojo Master: And Yu is answering.
Detective James Carter: Shutup!
Detective James Carter: You!
Dojo Master: Yes?
Detective James Carter: Not You, Him! What's Your name?
Dojo Student: Mi.
Detective James Carter: Yes You!
Dojo Student: I'm Mi.
Dojo Master: He's Mi and I'm Yu.
Detective James Carter: And I'm about to whoop your old ass man because I am sick of playing games!
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
all night...
Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It's staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.
- Casey Stengel
- Casey Stengel
purpose of marriage...
A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
- William Somerset Maugham
- William Somerset Maugham
rapper / golfer...
You know it's gone to hell, when the best rapper out there is a white guy and the best golfer is a black guy.
- Geoff Brabham
- Geoff Brabham
madness...
Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, political parties, nations and eras it's the rule.
- Nietzsche
- Nietzsche
Thursday, August 9, 2007
politics...
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.”
- Ronald Reagan
- Ronald Reagan
neck tie...
If men can run the world, why can’t they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?
- Linda Ellerbee
- Linda Ellerbee
fear of commitment.....
When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.
- Warren Farrell
- Warren Farrell
men's magazine...
There’s very little advice in men’s magazines, because men don’t think there’s a lot they don’t know. Women do. Women want to learn. Men think, “I know what I’m doing, just show me somebody naked.”
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Jerry Seinfeld
woman / man...
A woman’s appetite is twice that of a man’s; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times.
- Sanskrit proverb
- Sanskrit proverb
microwave...
I love the lines the men use to get us into bed. “Please, I’ll only put it in for a minute.” What am I, a microwave?
- Beverly Mickins (American comedienne)
- Beverly Mickins (American comedienne)
lucky...
When a man goes on a date he wonders if he is going to get lucky. A woman already knows.
- Frederick Ryder
- Frederick Ryder
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
lessons....
A pin lies in wait for every bubble and when the two eventually meet, a new wave of investors learns some very old lessons.
- Warrne Buffet
- Warrne Buffet
fool...
You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will.
- Warren Buffet
- Warren Buffet
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
solitude...
I Live in the solitude which is painful in youth ,But delicious in the years of maturity.
- Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein
Saturday, August 4, 2007
renown....
Kitnee aasaanee say mashoor kiya hai khud ko,
Mainey apney say badey shakhs ko gaalee dee.
(How easy it was for me to attain renown / I bad-mouthed someone bigger than myself.)
- Zafar Gorakhpuri
Mainey apney say badey shakhs ko gaalee dee.
(How easy it was for me to attain renown / I bad-mouthed someone bigger than myself.)
- Zafar Gorakhpuri
music...
This land is your land and this land is my land, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway.
- Bob Dylan
- Bob Dylan
Sunday, July 29, 2007
stop digging...
The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.
- Warren Buffett
- Warren Buffett
open mind...
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
- Terry Pratchett
- Terry Pratchett
Friday, July 27, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Saturday, July 21, 2007
get married....
If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
- Katharine Hepburn
- Katharine Hepburn
immortality.....
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
- Woody Allen
- Woody Allen
choice...
Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.
- Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
- Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
smoking...
People always come up to me and say that my smoking is bothering them.....Well, it's killing me.
- Wendy Liebman
- Wendy Liebman
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
worst time....
In 1969, I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.
- George Best
- George Best
Friday, July 13, 2007
nothing to do / not doing it....
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.
- Mary Wilson Little
- Mary Wilson Little
best / worst....
The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity.
- W B Yeats, The Second Coming
- W B Yeats, The Second Coming
mind over matter....
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it dosen't matter.
- Mark Twain
- Mark Twain
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
old age and children...
Children are a great comfort in your old age - and they help you reach it faster, too.
- Lionel Kauffman
- Lionel Kauffman
Monday, July 9, 2007
Sunday, July 8, 2007
apology...
I wanted to be fitter, If in the process I'm looking younger, I apologize!
- Shekhar Suman
- Shekhar Suman
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
miseries....
All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.
- Blaise Pascal
- Blaise Pascal
italian...
When an Italian says it's pasta, I check under the sauce to make sure. They are the innovators of the smokescreen.
- Alex Ferguson
- Alex Ferguson
Monday, July 2, 2007
Saturday, June 30, 2007
loved...
I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, in life after life, in age after age forever.
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Rabindranath Tagore
chocolate.....
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.
- Charles M. Schulz
- Charles M. Schulz
Thursday, June 28, 2007
said & done....
If you want something said, ask a man... If you want somthing done, ask a woman.
- Margaret Thatcher
- Margaret Thatcher
said and done.....
If you want something said, ask a man... If you want somthing done, ask a woman.
- Margaret Thatcher
- Margaret Thatcher
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
living next door...
Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
- Katharine Hepburn
- Katharine Hepburn
purpose in life....
Look good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
- Oscar Wilde
- Oscar Wilde
enough blood.....
God gave us a penis and a brain, but only enough blood to run one at a time.
- Robin Williams
- Robin Williams
Sunday, June 24, 2007
forgetting a face...
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.
- Groucho Marx
- Groucho Marx
Thursday, June 21, 2007
made in heaven...
They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.
- Client Eastwood
- Client Eastwood
Thursday, June 14, 2007
fool in me....
I must learn to love the fool in me — the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my fool.
- Theodore Isaac Rubin
- Theodore Isaac Rubin
Sunday, June 10, 2007
government formation......
There are only 630 MPs and a party with just over 300 MPs forms the government and of these 300, 100 are too old and too silly to be ministers and 100 too young and too callow. Therefore, there are about 100 MPs to fill 100 government posts. Effectively no choice at all.
- Quote from "Yes Minister"
- Quote from "Yes Minister"
Friday, June 8, 2007
priority.....
Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
sex life....
If it wasn't for pickpockets and frisking at airports I'd have no sex life at all.
- Rodney Dangerfield (Stand-up Comedian)
- Rodney Dangerfield (Stand-up Comedian)
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
chess / kickboxing.......
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
- Emo Philips
- Emo Philips
swear words.........
Life's disappointments are harder to take when you don't know any swear words.
- Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes)
- Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes)
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
women, wine and song......
Who loves not women, wine and song remains a fool his whole life long.
- Martin Luther
- Martin Luther
circumstances.......
Circumstances—what are circumstances? I make circumstances.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Friday, June 1, 2007
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Monday, May 28, 2007
counterfeit.....
Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.
- Sydney J. Harris
- Sydney J. Harris
Friday, May 25, 2007
salary....
There's no way i can justify my salary level, but I'm learning to live with it.
- Drew Carey
- Drew Carey
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
America / India....
What is the difference between the American and Indian democracies?
In America, you can kiss in public but not pee; in India you can pee in public but not kiss.
In America, you can kiss in public but not pee; in India you can pee in public but not kiss.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
mother's day....
Don't forget Mother's Day. Or as they call it in Beverly Hills, Dad's Third Wife Day.
- Jay Leno
- Jay Leno
secret to success...
The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.
- Dennis Green
- Dennis Green
mothers...
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
- Aristotle
- Aristotle
Thursday, May 10, 2007
end of the beginning....
This is not the end nor is it the beginning of the end. It is perhaps only the end of the beginning.
- Winston Churchill (after the successful completion of the Egypt operation)
- Winston Churchill (after the successful completion of the Egypt operation)
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
infinite...
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
- Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein
Monday, May 7, 2007
human race...
Be tolerant of the human race. Your whole family belongs to it -- and some of your spouse's family does too.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
capitalism....
Making capitalism out of socialism is like making eggs out of an omelet.
- Vadim Bakatin
- Vadim Bakatin
Friday, May 4, 2007
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
respecting the religion....
We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
- H L Mencken
- H L Mencken
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
car door....
When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.
- Prince Philip
- Prince Philip
bad luck...
I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.
- Steven Wright
- Steven Wright
democracy...
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
- Oscar Wilde
- Oscar Wilde
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Saturday, April 21, 2007
educate america....
I read in the newspapers they are going to have 30 minutes of intellectual stuff on television every Monday from 7:30 to 8. to educate America. They couldn't educate America if they started at 6:30.
- Groucho Marx
- Groucho Marx
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
story of america...
This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do.
- Jack Kerouac
- Jack Kerouac
Monday, April 16, 2007
money/free.....
The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.
- Brendan Behan
- Brendan Behan
pakistan...
Hum jo kaam haath mein lete hain, usey poora kartey hain....chahe woh desh ki azaadi ho, Pakistan mein batwara ho ya desh ko ikkiswin sadi mein le jaana ho.......
(We deliver what we promise, be it the independence struggle, dismemberment of Pakistan or leading the country into the 21st centure......)
- Rahul Gandhi
(We deliver what we promise, be it the independence struggle, dismemberment of Pakistan or leading the country into the 21st centure......)
- Rahul Gandhi
mature...
The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.
- Douglas Engelbart
- Douglas Engelbart
