tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post115611078591147717..comments2024-03-23T16:56:51.852-07:00Comments on Execupundit.com: First LinesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-12915435525379403052007-03-19T16:54:00.000-07:002007-03-19T16:54:00.000-07:00As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy drea...As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.<BR/><BR/>Kafka - The MetamorphosisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-7323818378978100782007-03-19T16:15:00.000-07:002007-03-19T16:15:00.000-07:00Empires long united must divide;Nations long divid...<B>Empires long united must divide;<BR/>Nations long divided must unite.<BR/>So it has always been.</B><BR/><BR/>-Luo Guanzhong, <I>Romance of the Three Kingdoms</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-50611122388229318272007-03-13T03:27:00.000-07:002007-03-13T03:27:00.000-07:00I wasted a lot of Harvard University's endowment -...I wasted a lot of Harvard University's endowment - more than $6million, to be specific - and everyone around me applauded.<BR/>- Seth Godin, <I>Permission Marketing</I>Rowan Manahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14419782365041965920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-24994699006237504342007-03-12T16:10:00.000-07:002007-03-12T16:10:00.000-07:00Pawnking,I stand shamed before the world by the om...Pawnking,<BR/><BR/>I stand shamed before the world by the omission. That line is one of my favorites.Michael Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08762773757535724585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-50783171499363773212007-03-12T09:59:00.000-07:002007-03-12T09:59:00.000-07:00How can you not include "It was the best of times,...How can you not include "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." ?? Maybe second only to Mody Dick in fame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-90548952678922870322007-03-12T07:13:00.000-07:002007-03-12T07:13:00.000-07:00Those are great additions!Here's another: "The hou...Those are great additions!<BR/><BR/>Here's another: "The house and the old man were well matched, both large framed and failing fast."<BR/>- Peter Pouncey, Rules for Old Men WaitingMichael Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08762773757535724585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-12755704753243996722007-03-11T21:05:00.000-07:002007-03-11T21:05:00.000-07:00"The man in black fled across the desert, and the ..."The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." Steven King, <I>The Gunslinger</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-12734918438374037482007-02-15T21:50:00.000-07:002007-02-15T21:50:00.000-07:00"He's a Mad Scientist and I'm his Beautiful Daught..."He's a Mad Scientist and I'm his Beautiful Daughter."<BR/>- Robert Heinlein, <I>The Number of the Beast</I><BR/><BR/>I hadn't meant to shoot the cat.<BR/>- Spider Robinson, <I>Telempath</I><BR/><BR/>The sky over Chiba's Night City was a uniform gray, like a television tuned to a dead channel.<BR/>- William Gibson, <I>Neuromancer</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com