Quote of the Day

Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves. - Henri-Frédéric Amiel

 

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy. - Isaac Newton

 

If some people don't have a sense of humor, then it's their problem.

SILVIO BERLUSCONI,
Italian prime minister, after being criticized for commenting that President-elect Barack Obama would work well with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev because Obama is "young, handsome and sun-tanned"

 

In a bacon and egg breakfast, the chicken is involved but the pig is committed, BE THAT PIG!

That crap is funny, right there!
Hope it wasn't posted yet...

 

I know a different version of this one.

Bacon and eggs: A days work for the chicken, but a death sentence for the pig.

 

"They named it San Diego ... which of course in German means a whale's vagina...." --Ron Burgundy

"What you do with 'em? Motorboat? You play the motorboat? (makes motorboat sounds with his lips) You motorboatin' son of a bitch. You old sailor, you! "--JEREMY GREY

 

"I'm kind of a big deal." --Ron Burgundy

 

The challenge is to deliver once the honeymoon is over.

JORGEN ANDERSSON,
H&M's Brand and New Business Director, after a second store of the apparel retailer opened in Japan and is expected to have thousands of customers waiting in line before the store opens tomorrow

 

"Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: "I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it." -Groucho Marks

 

On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!

- Thomas William Parsons

Happy Remembrance Day

 

I sleep two hours, wake up, and cry. Sleep two hours, wake up, and cry.

JOHN McCAIN,
senator from Arizona, joking on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno about losing the 2008 presidential election

 

"I've been sleeping like a baby,''

JOHN McCAIN,
senator from Arizona, joking on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno about losing the 2008 presidential election. Spoken just before the above quote.

 

I regret saying some things I shouldn't have said.

PRESIDENT BUSH,
when asked to reflect on his two terms as President. Bush says he plans to write a book about "what it was like sitting in the Oval Office"

 

Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place.

NELSON MANDELA,
former South African President, in a letter to Barack Obama on being elected the 44th President of the United States

 

Is This Country Great or What???????????????

 

They have hit the jackpot.

GRAEME GIBBON BROOKS,
managing director of Dryad Maritime Intelligence Service Ltd., on Somali pirates' Nov. 17 seizure of a Saudi supertanker carrying an estimated $100m worth of oil


It's three times the size of an aircraft carrier.

NATHAN CHRISTENSEN,
a spokesman for the U.S. Fifth Fleet, on the Saudi-owned oil tanker seized by Somali pirates off the coast of East Africa

 

This is about much more than just Detroit. It's about saving the US economy from a catastrophic collapse.

RICK WAGONER,
GM chairman and CEO, joining executives from Ford, Chrysler and the United Auto Workers Union to plead for a $25 billion dollars government bailout for the struggling American auto industry

 

The only difference is I can pay my rent.

ASHLEY ALEXANDRA DUPRE,
former call girl to Eliot Spitzer, saying there's no difference between an escort and someone who hooks up on the first date

 

You almost want to tell them, 'Get a life.' There's a whole lot bigger problems. Look at the economy.

Michigan Coach Rich Rodriguez talking about fans disappointed in his 3-8 Wolverines (worst season in school history). Mr. Rodriguez makes $2.5M/year and coaches in a state heavily employed by the Big 3 auto-makers, each of which has been hit HARD by the floundering economy.

 

You can lead a horse to water. You might not be able to make him drink but you sure can drown his ass.......