Quotations - November 2006

Is it a bible or just a book that the statue of liberty is carrying?

2006-11-12 12:00:27 · 4 answers · asked by Leather 5

At Ellis Island, there is a saying that reads, "Bring me your poor and weak", can't remember the exact quote.
Can you help me?

2006-11-12 11:44:38 · 10 answers · asked by Leather 5

"Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more upon it." This was a quote from Dr. Albert Schweitzer, a humanitarian and medical missionary to Africa who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952.

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." This is a quote from Plato, a Greek philosopher who lived over 350 years before Jesus.

2006-11-12 11:42:48 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I understand the metaphor to refer to the notches on a man's belt, that when he eats less, his stomach narrows, and so he can pull his belt tighter and fasten it a notch smaller.

The expression "to tighten one's belt" means to economize, to spend less money than before, to make do with less. I am not asking for an explanation of the metaphor, but the origin of the use of this phrase. Who was the first to ever use this phrase? Is it from the bible or any classic texts, or from a famous speech?

2006-11-12 11:17:20 · 4 answers · asked by old c programmer 4

2006-11-12 11:03:57 · 11 answers · asked by Me 2

''My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.My childhood was typical.Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons.In the spring we'd make meat helmets.When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really.''

2006-11-12 10:57:53 · 7 answers · asked by erin 2

2006-11-12 10:51:48 · 2 answers · asked by devaughn m 1

I've always heard the expression, "It's a catch twenty-two", but never really knew what it meant. I think it means a lose-lose situation...

2006-11-12 10:23:40 · 9 answers · asked by Always A Lady 2

'It's how steak is done."

2006-11-12 09:37:10 · 4 answers · asked by FrogLady 4

"Doubt your doubts and believe your beliefs"

2006-11-12 09:34:11 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-12 09:14:41 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I couldn't find any. I need a meaningful and funny quote, like something from jerry seinfeld or sinpsons' or friends or songs, or whatever, as long as it's meaningful and doesn't sound like cliche...thanks.

2006-11-12 08:31:20 · 3 answers · asked by sherrill c 1

2006-11-12 08:03:39 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

"It makes no difference whether a good man has defrauded a bad man,
or a bad man defrauded a good man, or whether
a good or bad man has committed adultery:
the law can look only to the amount of damage done."

2006-11-12 07:47:05 · 2 answers · asked by ? 2

Does anyone have any websites? If not what is yoour favorite quote?

2006-11-12 07:32:35 · 5 answers · asked by ? 4

The birds and the bees, who came up with this term? how long has it been around? how did it come about?

2006-11-12 07:00:00 · 1 answers · asked by babysweetvee 3

“As he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex”

what does that mean exactly its from thoreau

2006-11-12 05:20:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I 1st remember it being on a TV program called "Citizen Smith" and also a John Lennon record, but presumably they 'nicked' it from somewhere else. I'd like to know for certainwhere it came from.

2006-11-12 04:51:52 · 10 answers · asked by Lexxstar 1

I have a presentation on this phrase and i have to speak on this topic.

2006-11-12 03:00:02 · 3 answers · asked by yasir 1

2006-11-11 23:41:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-11 21:33:09 · 5 answers · asked by prince_xavier98@btinternet.com 2

"A grateful environment is a substitute for happiness. It can quicken us from without as a fixed hope and affection, or the consciousness of a right life, can quicken us from within."

George Santayana

2006-11-11 21:18:42 · 4 answers · asked by Umm Ali 6

I'm not sure who first said this, but i sure know there is never a blue moon, well i've never seen one, and that this metaphor describing something that rarely/ never happens...is used quite often....but do you know where this phrase came from, and who was the first to say it?.........

2006-11-11 19:00:24 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

explain the above proverb in 300 mords with the help of examples

2006-11-11 15:47:35 · 4 answers · asked by bhavana t 1

2006-11-11 15:32:51 · 9 answers · asked by Rez 5

sending thank you from my husband and myself along with cake

2006-11-11 13:40:16 · 5 answers · asked by debbie p 1

no details really...

2006-11-11 12:53:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I remember seeing a quote, many years ago, that was something like this:

"Even a rabbit will turn to fight when cornered by the hounds; a final throwback to a fiercer age."

That's obviously not exactly right, but that was the idea -- a gentle animal would, in the moment of death, fight back against insurmountable odds, as if remembering a time in its genetic history when it was not so gentle.

Can anyonetell me where this is from, or the words of the exact quote?

Thanks for the help.

2006-11-11 11:53:34 · 2 answers · asked by Zapato D 2

A co-worker of mine says this all of the time. It doesn't make too much sense. Does anyone know where this saying got started and why? Thank You!

2006-11-11 09:47:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Explain the expression, "i may be a burglar...but i am an honest one" Explain the phrase, "honour amongst thieves". Is stealing always wrong? defend your answer. the people who answer over 250 words will be decided as the best answer only, thanks!!!

2006-11-11 09:47:16 · 8 answers · asked by mexicanthug 2