Quote of the Day

A soldier's prayer:

"Lord, forgive me for what I've done, and for the sins I've yet to commit. I've tried to live my life in accordance with your word. And although at times, my talk has been tough and my actions been rough, I've always come to you, and laid my sins at your feet. So please watch over me while darkness surrounds, for I've not the strength to fight alone....Amen."

 

UBS sincerely regrets the compliance failures in its U.S. cross-border business.

PETER KURER,
chairman of Swiss bank UBS, agreeing to hand over names of U.S. tax evaders in a move many say ends the secrecy of Swiss banking

 

It is as if the entire population of Rome were to die in the next five years.

GORDON BROWN,
British Prime Minister, referring to a World Bank estimate that 2.8 million children could die by 2015 if the global financial crisis is not checked

 

Tattoo'ed fat girls provide warmth in the winter,shade in the summer and moving pictures all the time.
Sorry ladies, I love you all.

 

You can do it, and you can get away with it.

TANYA LOKSHINA,
deputy director of Human Rights Watch in Moscow, on the message Moscow is sending after a jury acquitted three suspects of the murder of prominent investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya

 

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I want an eye for an eye. People like him should be made to feel my suffering.

AMENEH BAHRAMI,
31, of Iran, on Majid Movahedi, the man who consistently harassed Bahrami and demanded she marry him — and then blinded her by throwing acid on her face. Bahrami says she wants not revenge but for this punishment to prevent future acid attacks

 

Not sure where I saw it, but I liked it:

"No trees were harmed in the sending of this message, though an extremely large number of electrons were slightly inconvenienced."

 

"TEAM WORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK" ... kid at work's pick up line ...

 

"Having sex with a fat girl is like riding a moped. It's fine as long as your buddies don't find out."

 

There is no safer place than your own home to avoid being infected with the flu virus.

FELIPE CALDERON,
Mexican President, asking citizens to stay home from Friday for a five-day partial shutdown of the economy, after the WHO said a swine flu pandemic was imminent

 

Everyone has a photographic memory… some just don’t have film.

 

I hope life isn’t a joke, because I don’t get it.

 

Life is like a hot bath. It feels good while you’re in it, but the longer you stay in, the more wrinkled you get.

 

It will not be welcome on the territory of the French Republic.

NICOLAS SARKOZY,
French President, banning the Islamic burqa for clashing with France's values, during a speech to lawmakers in Versailles

 

To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To hope is to risk pain.
To try is to risk failure,
But risk must be taken,
Because the greatest hazard in life
Is to risk nothing
From the book LIVING, LEARNING AND LOVING by LEO BUSCAGLIA

 

"The only job that starts at the top, is digging a hole."

 

When life gives you lemons, just say 'Fuck the lemons,' and bail.

 

There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.

 

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.