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The article presents quotations by or about actress Elizabeth Taylor. Artist Andy Warhol comments on Taylor's jewelry. Actor Richard Burton comments on his relationship with the actress. Taylor comments her fortieth birthday party in Budapest, Hungary, where she received a diamond necklace from Burton.

The article presents quotations related to the Christmas season.

The article lists the ten best quotes of 2007 according to "Time" magazine which includes quotes from U.S. President George W. Bush, Barry Bonds, and Al Gore.

The article reports on quotations in the news in 2007. U.S. President George W. Bush addresses frustrated victims of Hurricane Katrina. Conservative columnist Ann Coulter comments on Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards. Hugo Chavez Frias, President of Venezuela, comments on the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

The article presents a list of quotations related to summer and vacations. People who are quoted include Malcolm S. Forbes, Paul Sweeney, Philip Johnson, Steven Wright, Russell Baker, Vita Sackville-West, and William Langland. Topics which are addressed include vacations, summer, suntans, beaches, and tourists.

The article presents quotations of eminent personalities on various topics. Researcher Ed Diener of the University of Illinois opined that although it has been assumed that things that correlate with happiness are the causes of happiness, it could be just the opposite also. Stanley Burnton, English high court judge, remarked that a prudent man foresees that if he smoked it would damage his health. Researcher Agnes Nairn of the University of Bath in Great Britain remarked that girls are mutilating their Barbie dolls as a show of rejection of consumer society.

Presents various quotations related to traveling. Quotation that travel is the most private of pleasures; Quotation from Fanny Burney; Quotation related to traveling in boats.

Presents a variety of quotes from people involved with U.S. politics. Claim from Senator John Kerry that U.S. President George W. Bush misled Americans about intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq; Comment from Joel Ferguson, a Democratic Party official, on hiring two former top aides of U.S. President Bill Clinton; Comment from U.S. President George W. Bush on having bad knees and exercise; Other quotations.

Presents various quotations about current events. Quotation from U.S. President George W. Bush's speech aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln; Comment from White House spokesman Ari Fleisher on Bush's flight in a small Navy jet en route to his speech on the aircraft carrier; Description by a Utah sheriff of a Colorado man who freed himself from being pinned under a 1,000-pound boulder for five days.

Presents quotations and excerpts from a variety of sources. John Paul Jones; Colin Donald; Henry David Thoreau; Rod Paige; Others.

Presents a variety of quotations from noteworthy sources. Remarks from Richard Armitage, U.S. deputy secretary of state, about Newt Gingrich; Statement from U.S. President George W. Bush about the Senate's attempt to cut his tax cut to $350 billion; Quotation from William Gaines on Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein's assertion that he should be spanked for trying to identity the source 'Deep Throat'; Remarks from Cathie Levine, ABC spokeswoman, after closed captioning incorrectly aired information about Alan Greenspan.

Presents various quotations related to poverty. Quotation about the inability of a free society to help the poor; Quotation that one should be proud to die poor; Quotation related to the struggle with poverty.

Presents quotes and remarks about life and aging. Quotes from F. Scott Fitzgerald and Muriel Spark.

Presents the authors' thoughts and quotations on education and teaching. Views on student apathy; Ethics for a real teacher; Belief of a teacher in the value and interest of his subject.

Presents several quotations related to New York City. Quotation by Murray Kempton that the faces in New York remind him of people who played a game and lost; Quotation that It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City because New York City is itself a detective story; Quotation that New York City is the business and administrative center of American culture.

Presents various quotations related to terrorism. Quotation from Joel Meyerowitz regarding the World Trade Center towers in the U.S.; Quotation stating that courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities; Quotation related to the fact that terrorism ultimately destroys those who practice it.

Presents the thoughts and opinions of several people on a variety of topics as of October 9, 2000. John Maynard Keynes on the economic thoughts of Vladimir Lenin; Dean Patterson on the television program, 'Survivor'; Natalie Goldberg on the universality of food appreciation; Others.

Presents some thoughts and quotations from the authors on the business of life. Faith on one's beliefs; Skepticism considered the first step towards truth; Relationship between the nobility of a human being and his convictions.

Presents several English quotations on the conduct of life by several authors. Statement that the founding fathers objected to taxation without representation but they should see it today with representation; Views of industrialist Henry Ford that one cannot build a reputation on what one is going to do; Thought that courtesy is the shortest distance between two people.

The article presents quotes from notable people showing how business and life is related. Poet Philip Sidney says that practice of a base occupation makes one sharp in it and dull in every other. Sigmund Freud, the psychologist, advices that just as a businessman does not invest all his capital in one area, similarly a wise person should not look for complete satisfaction from a single ambition. Albert Camus, the existentialist, philosophizes that to exercise charity people disperse generosity.

Presents several thoughts and quotations about life from the authors. Views of author Samuel Butler on life; Comparison between age and life; Description of a good musical comedy by author George Ade.

Presents several thoughts and quotations about business etiquette from the authors. Importance of politeness in business and society; Views of the authors on manners and customs of individuals; Advantages of gentleness and kindness in life.

The article presents quotations from women who all share their idea of the American dream.

Presents quotations about Christmas from various celebrities. Irving Berlin; James Thomson; Ingram Crockett; Wallace Stevens; Robert Browning; Boris Pasternak; William Shakespeare; William Makepeace Thackeray; Mary Mapes Dodge; Claude McKay; White Christmas; Winter; Splendor of silence; Falling snow; Snowflake.

The article discusses the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the death of former British prime minister, author, and soldier Winston Churchill, and a fee charged by Churchill's estate to quote from his speeches and published works. According to the article, fees derived from the use of Churchill quotations are transferred to a trust controlled by various Churchill heirs and institutions.

The article presents quotes from writer Walter Bagehot on royal families, British mystery novelist Agatha Christie on English Villages, and British judge William Blackstone on the relationship between the public good and the protection of an individual's private rights.

The article presents a cartoon, quips, and quotes. Topics include a cartoon of a father reading a bed-time story on U.S. President George Bush that frightens his son, a quote by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden on former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, and one by Dominique Hériard Dubreuill, chairman of the Rémy Cointreau Group, on the impact of the economic downturn on his company.

The article presents information on U.S. inventor Thomas Edison together with a quotation from the Irish poet W. B. Yeates. The author explains that Thomas Edison's final breath, captured by his son Charles, is preserved in a test tube in Michigan's Henry Ford Museum. Yeates is quoted speaking on the goal of education, noting that exciting students to learn is more the aim of education than is filling them full of facts.

The article presents quotations of school children's amusing statements together with statistics related to education in Great Britain. The Department for Children, Schools and Families' figures for the numbers of schools (nursery, primary, secondary, and special), pupils, and full-time, qualified teachers in the nation, as of 2007, are presented.

The article presents information on Sark, one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel, which has a population of approximately 600. The author explains that there are no cars on the island and residents use horse-drawn vehicles, tractors, and bicycles to travel around the approximately two square miles of island ground. Also included in the article is a quotation from the writer Ralph Waldo Emerson regarding the purpose of education.

The article presents humorous quotations of pupils' misspoken statements together with statistics related to education in Great Britain. According to Scottish Executive government figures for the 2006-2007 school year, one million pupil days were lost to truancy in Scotland, 48,000 pupils were absent each school day on average, and the average Scottish secondary pupil was absent 18.5 school days.

The article presents information on the estimated number of human beings who live on the Earth and the estimated total of those who have ever lived on the planet. The author reports that the number of humans alive as of September 2007 represents approximately 6 to 7 percent of the total number who ever lived. Also included is a quotation from author Henry Brooks Adams on teachers' influence on those they teach.

The article presents quotations of pupils' misspoken statements together with statistics related to education on the Isle of Man. According to the Isle of Man's Department of Education, there are 36 primary schools educating 6,585 pupils on the island, as of 2008, and there is only one Manx medium primary school, in which all lessons are taught in the Manx language.

The article presents statistics related to education in Northern Ireland together with quotations of school children's amusing statements. According to the Northern Ireland Department of Education, religious affiliations of pupils in primary, post-primary, and special schools for the 2006-2007 school year include almost 130,000 Protestants, almost 166,000 Roman Catholics, and almost 25,000 pupils with no recorded religion.

The article presents quotations of students' amusing comments together with statistics related to education. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), as of 2005 the number of hours of working time required in primary and secondary schools in England was 1,265, while the number of hours of working time in secondary schools in Iceland was 1,650 and in lower secondary schools in Portugal was 616.

The article presents quotations from teachers speaking on the government's "Children's Plan" and its effect on education in Great Britain, with comments expressing teachers' concern that existing topics will be pushed aside to make room for latest trends, support for the altered method of delivering national examinations, and hope that the changes will improve training for special education teachers.

The article presents quotations of students' amusing statements together with statistics related to education in Great Britain. According to the Department for Children, Schools and Families, primary and secondary schools participating in the School Sport Partnership Programme offered an average of 17 sports in 2007. Among participating schools, 31 percent offered golf as an option, and 4 percent offered boxing.

The article presents quotations of students' misspoken statement together with statistics related to education. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), as of 2005 the average secondary-school class size was 22.1 students in Great Britain, 35.7 in Korea, and 19.2 in Switzerland.

The article presents quotations of students' misspoken statements together with statistics related to education in Great Britain. Information regarding percentages of pupils in England attending independent schools is provided by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, indicating that more pupils in the southeast than in the northeast attend independent schools, is provided.