Quotations Weblog

Wired News has a list of quotations from Steve Jobs. They are very well attributed and some of them are truly classic.

• Wired News: Steve Jobs’ Best Quotes Ever

You can see all of the Wired News quotes at the link above, but here are some of my favorites from the list:

For all of our Steve Jobs’ Quotes:

• Steve Jobs Quotes – The Quotations Page

After years of waiting, it looks like the popular television show, The Simpsons, is finally going to have a movie of its own. The trailer for The Simpsons’ movie is playing before the movie Ice Age 2. You can see it here.

Over the years, The Simpsons have given us many great quotations. Since there are so many writers for the shows, all the quotations have been attributed to Matt Groening, their original creator. Here are a few of my favorites:

For all the quotes from The Simpsons:

• Quotation Search – Quote Search – The Quotations Page

For More information about the Simpsons, Wikipedia has a VERY thorough article:

• The Simpsons – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) has a bit of a reputation as a bad writer, mostly due to his famous line, “It was a dark and stormy night,” that lives on in endless parodies and even a bad writing contest. Since I’ve written about that before, I should probably mention that Bulwer-Lytton has a few great quotations as well as being the originator of the saying “The pen is mightier than the sword.” Here are a few of my favorites.

• Read all of our Edward Bulwer-Lytton quotations
• Wikipedia biography: Edward Bulwer-Lytton
• Read Bulwer-Lytton’s The Last Days of Pompeii at The Literature Page

Born in Warsaw, Poland, Samuel Goldwyn came to the United States at the age of 16 without a penny to his name. Within twenty years, he was one of most influential movie producers of his time.

He was the producer of over 125 films including:

• Guys and Dolls with Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra

• Wuthering Heights with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon

• The Bishop’s Wife with Cary Grant and Loretta Young

He’s best known for the things that he did (and didn’t) say. One of the most misquoted people in history, he actually sent press releases with “quotations” thought up by his staff. Here at The Quotations Page, we have strived to only include quotations from Samuel Goldwyn that he actually said. Here are some of my favorites:

For a more detailed biography of Samuel Goldwyn, see his Wikipedia entry:

• Samuel Goldwyn – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For all of the quotations from Samuel Goldwyn, click here:

• Samuel Goldwyn Quotes – The Quotations Page

This SUV was unfortunate enough to fall into a sinkhole in New York caused by a broken water main. The driver was sent to the hospital for shock, but was able to escape from the vehicle. You can read the whole story here:

• CNN.com – SUV swallowed by sinkhole – Mar 27, 2006

Seeing an SUV nose first into a huge hole is just funny to me. Aren’t they supposed to be able to get themselves out of these things?