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Quote of the Day - Monday August 28, 2006 by EB Editor Joe views: 4 | rating: 8 | comments: 1

August 28, 2006 04:48 PM EDT -- "It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull." H.L. Mencken, Prejudices more

Quote of the Day - Wednesday August 30, 2006 by EB Editor Joe views: 3 | rating: 10

August 31, 2006 12:04 AM EDT -- "The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays more

ClipQuote of the Day, September 6: "The time to repair the roof is when . . ." by New Work City views: 3 | rating: 10 | comments: 2

September 06, 2006 09:25 AM EDT -- ClipQuote: John F. Kennedy   "The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."   For more ClipQuotes, join the ClipQuotes, Leadership, or Quotations group.   For . . . more

ClipQuote of the Day, September 10: "When you have gotten an elephant by the hind leg . . ." by New Work City views: 4 | rating: 10 | comments: 2

September 10, 2006 02:20 PM EDT -- ClipQuote: Abraham Lincoln   "When you have gotten an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run."   For more ClipQuotes, join the ClipQuotes, . . . more

ClipQuote of the Day, September 12: "Let's kick their . . ." by New Work City views: 8 | rating: 10 | comments: 3

September 12, 2006 09:09 AM EDT -- ClipQuote: General George Armstrong Custer   "Let's kick their ass and get the hell out of here."   For more ClipQuotes, join the ClipQuotes, Leadership, or Quotations group. . . . more

Quote of the Day - Tuesday August 29, 2006 by EB Editor Joe views: 5 | rating: 7.5

August 29, 2006 05:48 PM EDT -- "Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak." William Congreve, The Mourning Bride more

Britannica Daily Features - Thu Aug 31, 2006 by EB Editor Joe views: 7 | rating: 9.5 | comments: 1

August 31, 2006 05:21 PM EDT -- Quote of the Day "Absence of occupation is not rest, a mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd." William Cowper, Retirement Biography of the Day On this day in 1997, Princess Diana died in . . . more

Britannica Daily Features - Tue Sep 19, 2006 by EB Editor Joe views: 1 | rating: 9

September 19, 2006 06:42 PM EDT -- Biography of the Day - Sir William Golding English novelist Sir William Golding, born this day in 1911, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983 for his parables of the human condition, most notably . . . more

Insight In My Coffee Cup by Leah Christensen views: 89 | rating: 9.5 | comments: 88

October 30, 2006 09:17 PM EST -- The following message was printed on the side of my coffee cup at Starbucks, tonight. As I See It # 80 Anger is a vital life force. When used artistically or nondestructively it has the power to move . . . more

ClipQuote of the Day, September 1: "We are all . . ." by New Work City views: 8 | rating: 7 | comments: 1

September 01, 2006 09:10 AM EDT -- ClipQuote: Tom Peters   "We are all Michelangelos."   For more ClipQuotes, join the ClipQuotes, Leadership, or Quotations group.   For a free high-resolution digital copy . . . more

ClipQuote of the Day, September 14: "The world is an oyster, but you don't crack it . . ." by New Work City views: 6 | rating: 10 | comments: 1

September 14, 2006 06:25 AM EDT -- ClipQuote: Arthur Miller   "The world is an oyster, but you don't crack it open on a mattress."   For more ClipQuotes, join the ClipQuotes, Leadership, or Quotations group. . . . more

ClipQuote of the Day, September 15: "Once you start thinking about a shot just messed up . . ." by New Work City views: 5 | rating: 9 | comments: 3

September 15, 2006 08:32 AM EDT -- ClipQuote: Paul Azinger   "Once you start thinking about a shot just messed up or what you have to do the next nine to catch somebody, you're lost."   For more ClipQuotes, join . . . more

ClipQuote of the Day, September 16: "Don't ever ask the barber whether you need . . ." by New Work City views: 4 | rating: 10 | comments: 1

September 16, 2006 01:52 PM EDT -- ClipQuote: Daniel Greenberg   "Don't ever ask the barber whether you need a haircut."   For more ClipQuotes, join the ClipQuotes, Leadership, or Quotations group.   For . . . more

ClipQuote of the Day, September 18: "A desk is a dangerous place from which to . . ." by New Work City views: 3 | rating: 10 | comments: 2

September 18, 2006 10:25 AM EDT -- ClipQuote: John le Carre   "A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world."   For more ClipQuotes, join the ClipQuotes, Leadership, or Quotations group.   For . . . more

ClipQuote of the Day, October 18: "You don't need a weatherman to know . . ." by New Work City views: 6 | rating: 10 | comments: 4

October 18, 2006 08:54 AM EDT -- ClipQuote: Bob Dylan   "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."   For more ClipQuotes, join the ClipQuotes, Leadership, or Quotations group.   . . . more

Britannica Daily Features -- Tue Oct 3, 2006 by EB Editor Joe views: 3 | rating: 10

October 03, 2006 06:02 PM EDT -- This Day in History -- 1990: Germany reunified After four decades of Cold War division and with pressure from the German chancellor Helmut Kohl, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to a unified Germany . . . more

Britannica Daily Features -- Wed Oct 4, 2006 by EB Editor Joe

October 04, 2006 06:10 PM EDT -- This Day in History -- 1957: Sputnik 1 launched by U.S.S.R. On this day in 1957 the Soviet Union  launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, which orbited the Earth until 1958, inaugurated . . . more

Britannica Daily Features -- Thu Oct 5, 2006 by EB Editor Joe views: 1

October 05, 2006 06:32 PM EDT -- Biography of the Day -- Václav Havel Czech writer and dissident Václav Havel, born this day in 1936, was known for his absurdist depiction of bureaucratic routines and later served as president . . . more

ClipQuote of the Day, September 4: "The man who waits will only . . ." by New Work City views: 4 | rating: 10 | comments: 1

September 05, 2006 01:43 PM EDT -- ClipQuote: Anonymous   "The man who waits will only grow whiskers."   For more ClipQuotes, join the ClipQuotes, Leadership, or Quotations group.   For a free high-resolution . . . more

ClipQuote of the Day, September 5: "When you need something to believe in, start . . ." by New Work City views: 7 | rating: 10 | comments: 1

September 05, 2006 01:54 PM EDT -- ClipQuote: Zack Aaronson   "When you need something to believe in, start with yourself."   For more ClipQuotes, join the ClipQuotes, Leadership, or Quotations group.   For . . . more