Archive for the 'Quotes' Category

Two Quotes

Two quotes from the AP.

Number one:

“A 13-year-old giant panda gave birth to a cub at San Diego Zoo, but a second baby died in the womb, officials said Wednesday.”–Associated Press, Aug. 3

And number two:

“A cancer-ravaged woman robbed of consciousness by a stroke has given birth after being kept on life support for three months to give her fetus extra time to develop.”–Associated Press, Aug. 3

Spot the difference.

Sandra Day O’Connor on Her Replacement

“He’s good in every way, except he’s not a woman.”

For my part, I’m kind of relieved that he’s … well, a he. I was all ready to have one more reason to dislike Bush. :D

Best. Haiku. Ever.

Sometimes seventeen
syllables aren’t enough to
express a complete

G. K. Chesterton on Cheese

Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

Henry David Thoreau on Writing

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.