Quote of the Day – Alexandre Lacassagne
Societies have the criminals they deserve. – French criminologist Alexandre Lacassagne Source: New York Times Book Review, October 24, 2010 p.21
Quote of the Day – Prosper Mérimée
A happy lover is almost as tedious as an unhappy one. – Prosper Mérimée in The Etruscan Vase Prosper Mérimée was a 19th century French writer known for his short stories and novellas. The character of Saint-Clair, the tragic hero of The Etruscan Vase, is said to bear a strong resemblance to Mérimée’s.
Quote of the Day – Tony Judt
But “the market”—like “dialectical materialism”—is just an abstraction: at once ultra-rational (its argument trumps all) and the acme of unreason (it is not open to question). It has its true believers—mediocre thinkers by contrast with the founding fathers, but influential withal; its fellow travelers—who may privately doubt the claims of the dogma but see no […]
195 Dead, 327 Hurt, India Terrorized, Yes, Yes; But Mumbai Attacks Overhyped – Salman Khan
Dabangg Box Office – Fails to Sizzle at U.S. BO Too much hype has been created around the 26/11 attacks because elite people were targetted. Attacks have happened in trains and small towns too, but no one talked about it so much…..Everybody knows that the Pakistani government was not behind it and it was a […]
Quote of the Day – Patrick Kennon
Those societies that continue to allow themselves to be administered by individuals whose only qualification is that they were able to win a popularity contest will go from failure to failure and eventually pass from the scene. – Former CIA Agent Patrick Kennon in The Twilight of Democracy, p.263
Quote of the Day – Salman ‘Flop’ Khan
I am very happy she [Aishwary Rai] is married to Abhishek. He is a great guy from a good family. The best thing I can want for her is that she leads a happy life. – Salman ‘Flop‘ Khan quoted in Times of India Ha ha ha ha ha . 😆 Related Stories: Salman ‘Flop’ Khan […]