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Carl Reiner

2008-07-03T21:11:00.001-07:00

\"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.\" http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Carl_Reiner

Robert W. Sarnoff

2008-07-03T21:10:00.000-07:00

\"Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears.\" http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Robert_W._Sarnoff

Rick Cook

2008-07-03T21:08:00.003-07:00

\"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.\" http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Rick_Cook

Herbert Hoover

2008-07-03T21:08:00.001-07:00

\"About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.\" http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Herbert_Hoover

Tallulah Bankhead

2008-07-03T21:07:00.000-07:00

\"If I had to live my life again, I\'d make the same mistakes, only sooner.\" http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Tallulah_Bankhead

Dandemis

2008-06-20T06:42:00.001-07:00

\"Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.\" http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Dandemis

George Orwell

2008-06-18T19:47:00.001-07:00

\"On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.\" http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/George_Orwell

George F. Will

2008-06-01T12:03:00.001-07:00

\"The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.\" http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/George_F._Will

Steven Wright

2008-05-09T07:53:00.001-07:00

\"There\'s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.\" http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Steven_Wright

Philip K. Dick

2008-05-08T06:02:00.001-07:00

\"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn\'t go away.\" http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Philip_K._Dick

Helen Rowland

2008-05-05T05:55:00.001-07:00

\"The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn\'t commit when he had the opportunity.\" http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Helen_Rowland

Christopher Morley

2008-05-01T12:05:00.001-07:00

\"Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.\" http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Christopher_Morley

Arnold Toynbee

2008-04-29T07:09:00.002-07:00

\"America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.\" http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Arnold_Toynbee

Faith Whittlesey

2008-04-29T07:09:00.001-07:00

\"Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.\" http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Faith_Whittlesey

Gustave Flaubert

2008-04-25T16:40:00.001-07:00

\"To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.\" http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Gustave_Flaubert

Billy Crystal

2008-04-17T06:33:00.001-07:00

\"Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place.\" http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Billy_Crystal

Willie Tyler

2008-04-15T06:23:00.001-07:00

"The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time."

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A Renegade Against Greenpeace

2008-04-12T21:00:00.000-07:00

He was one of the cofounders of Greenpeace, and sailed into the Aleutian Islands on the organization's inaugural mission in 1971, to protest U.S. nuclear tests taking place there. After leading the group for 15 years he left abruptly, and, in a controversial reversal, has become an outspoken advocate of some of the environmental movement's most detested causes, chief among them nuclear energy.

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New hope for Alzheimer's sufferers after new treatment 'restores memory in minutes'

2008-04-12T19:35:00.000-07:00

Doctors are calling for a clinical trial of an experimental drug treatment that it is claimed can reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease "in minutes".

U.S. researchers say the treatment allowed an 82-year- old sufferer to recognise his wife for the first time in years.

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DNA is No Longer Destiny

2008-04-11T05:50:00.000-07:00

Navigenics will scan your genes; give you a "Health Compass" that sets out your lifetime risk factor versus the population for 18 different conditions (including breast and colon cancer, heart disease, diabetes and macular degeneration). You will also be assigned a Genetic Counselor, to patiently walk you through what those probabilities mean, and help you put those percentages, those insights into action...

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The Biofuel Boom

2008-04-09T12:30:00.000-07:00

The biofuel boom is actually accelerating global warming... "using land to grow fuel leads to the destruction of forests, wetlands, and grasslands that store huge amounts of carbon."

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Tooth Regeneration May Replace Drill-and-Fill

2008-04-03T10:59:00.001-07:00

The next time your children get cavities, they might get tooth regeneration instead of fillings.

That's because materials scientists are beginning to find just the right solutions of chemicals to rebuild decayed teeth, rather than merely patching their holes. Enamel and dentin, the materials that make teeth the strongest pieces of the body, would replace the gold or ceramic fillings that currently return teeth to working order.

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Rita Mae Brown

2008-04-03T10:57:00.001-07:00

"I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it."

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Why Fed Reform Won't Work

2008-04-01T09:35:00.000-07:00

The Federal Reserve Bank, whose job already includes regulating a large component of the financial system, has failed pretty badly at its tasks. The proposed solution—to give it more responsibility—seems ridiculous and hazardous.

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D.C. Gun Crackdown Meets Community Resistance

2008-03-26T09:07:00.001-07:00

Police are asking residents to submit to voluntary searches in exchange for amnesty under the District's gun ban. They passed out fliers requesting cooperation on Monday.

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