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God cannot alter the past, though historians can.Samuel Butler(19th Century Novelist, author of Erewhon.)

I get up every morning determined to both change the world andhave one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning myday difficult.E B White (US Author and Humorist, better known for Stuart Little)

Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance,and toss them on the wheels of Chance.Juvenal

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrologylook respectable.-John Kenneth Galbraith

How can you help me if you don't believe me?- Cole Sear [Haley JoelOsment] The Sixth Sense

In order that people may be happy in their work, these threethings are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not dotoo much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.- (John Ruskin (1819 - 1900))

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good,and not quite all the time.- (George Orwell)

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what wegive.- (Sir Winston Churchill(1874 - 1965))

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence overpublic relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - ( Prof. RichardFeynman )

"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has Landed." - ( Neil

Armstrong )

"For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence thegreatest fruitfulness and greatest enjoyment is - to livedangerously." - ( Friedrich Nietzsche )

"I'm frequently appalled by the low regard you Earthmen havefor life." - ( Spock, Galileo Seven, Stardate 2822.3 [Star Trek - TOS])

"You're too sharp. That's your trouble. You're like a drawnsword. Sharp, naked without a sheath. You cut well. But good

swords are kept in their sheathes." - ( "Sanjuro", Akira Kurosawa )

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"Danger always strikes when everything seems fine." - ( "The SevenSamurai", Kambei Shimada [Takashi Shimura], Akira Kurosawa )

"He who thinks only about himself will destroy himself too!" - ("The Seven Samurai", Kambei Shimada [Takashi Shimura], Akira Kurosawa )

"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if youhave to,

with the same weapons of reason which today arm you againstthe present."( Marcus Aurelius Antonius, Caesar Imperator [161 - 180 CE] )

"One thing is certain, the rest is lies.""One thing is certain, time flies."( oft-quoted by my English Professor, K.G.Seshadhri )

"If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hopefor it..." - ( Albert Einstein )

"And the wall went down just as the windows went up ..." - (Amartya Sen on 09-11-1989 or 09-Nov-1989)

"The Kingdom of your brother was here,"indicating the heart, "and

here," indicating the mind. "That Kingdom can never be surrendered." -('Balian of Ibelin' [Orlando Bloom], "The Kingdom of Heaven", William Monahon)

"I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed

to him." - ('Capt. Nathan Algren' [Tom Cruise], "The Last Samurai")

"Never let them see you bleed. Always have an escape route." - ('Q' [Desmond Llewlyn], "James Bond - The World is Not Enough" )

"First Things First." - ( 'James Bond' [Pierce Brosnan], "James Bond - The World

is Not Enough" ) [reference to Stephen Covey's Book of the same name.]

"Those whom the gods love, die young." - Virgil (Aenid)

"Fortune favors the Bold." - Virgil (Aenid)

"Never Hesitate." - ( 'Olympias' [Angelina Jolie], "Alexander-2004", Oliver Stone )

"Snakes, They are like men, you can feed them, nurture them

and live with them, but they can turn on you anytime." - (

'Olympias' [Angelina Jolie], "Alexander-2004", Oliver Stone )

"All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit in aroom alone." - Blaise Pascal ( src: ravi@codito.com's e-mail signature )

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"... Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads tosuffering." - ( 'Yoda', "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace", George Lucas )

"The secrets of this earth are not for all men to see, but

only for those who will seek them." - ( Anthem, Ayn Rand )

"Someone has to die Leonard, in order that the rest of us

should value life more." - ( 'Virginia Woolf' [Nicole Kidman], "The Hours",

Michael Cunningham )

"Forgiveness is between them and God, it is my job to arrange

the meeting." - ( 'Creasey' [Denzel Washington], "Man on Fire", Tony Scott ) ( attributed

to General Norman Schwarzkopf[of 'Operation Desert Storm' fame] )

"No Greater Friend. No Greater Enemy." - ( Lucius Cornelius Sulla'stombstone, "Caesar's Women", Colleen McCullough )

"Time is what stops everything from happening at once!" - JohnArchibald Wheeler (better known as Feynman's professor )

"You have to let it all go, Neo. Fear, doubt, and disbelief.Free your mind." - ( 'Morpheus' [Laurence Fishburne], "The Matrix", Andy & LarryWachowski )

"The East has a way of swallowing its enemies!" - ( Aristotle,"Alexander [2004]", Oliver Stone )

rex sedet in verticecaveat ruinam!nam sub axe legimusHecubam reginam.

sits the king at the summit -let him fear ruin!for under the axis is writtenQueen Hecuba.

( from: "Carmina Burana, 2. Fortuna Plango Vulnera", Carl Orff ) [Oh Fortuna!]

Here you'll find my collection of quotes from the web. For most quotes, I have cited the source. Some

of these I find amusing, others thought provoking or at times witty. I update this only when something

perks my attention. I have included quotes from movies and credited actors when their manner of

delivery brought attention to the quote than merely the words. After having adopted this format, some

of the hyperlinks do not appear distinct, so youll have to mouse-over to check references.

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(Last updated: Monday, 09 January 2012)