Quotes Du Jour

�The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by the subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.�
- Hermann Hesse (1877 � 1962), German novelist and poet: �Steppenwolf�, 1927.

�You must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.�
- Lord Horatio Nelson (1758 � 1805), British admiral: quoted in R Southey, �Life of N�.

�Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir,
I have tried, in my way, to be free.�
- Leonard Cohen (b. 1934), Canadian poet, novelist and singer: song, �Bird on a Wire�.

�Of course human beings do not have the patent on self-destructive behavior; it shows up in nature all the time. The lemming that�s drawn to the cliff, the salmon that kills itself trying to swim upstream, and, of course, the chimpanzee that rides the miniature bicycle without wearing a helmet.�
- Dennis Miller (b. 1953), American standup comedian, actor and talk show host: �Bad Habits� from "Ranting Again", 1998.