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 . . . ASHAMED see: "EMOTIONS & FEELINGS" for related links The way to avoid the imputation of impudence is not to be ashamed of what we do, but never to do what we ought to be ashamed of. --Marcus Tullius Cicero (106—43 BC) Roman orator and statesman. Quoted in "The Spectator" [28 May 1712]. The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is. --George Bernard Shaw (1856—1950) Irish dramatist and critic. _Man and Superman_, act I [1905] I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. --Jonathan Swift (1667—1745) Anglo-Irish poet and satirist. _Thoughts on Various Subjects_ [1711]  . . see: "CRIME & PUNISHMENT" for related links The attempted assassination of Sukarno last week had all the earmarks of a CIA operation. Everyone in the room was killed except Sukarno. --William F. Buckley Jr. (1925—2008) American author and journalist. Editorial _National Review_ [1957] The Russian government is an absolute monarchy tempered by assassination. --Astolphe Louis Leonard, Marquis de Custine (1790—1857) French writer, playwright, poet and traveler. _La Russie en 1839_, vol I [1843] Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood . . . will contribute to the growth of this nation and make it strong and dynamic. --Indira Gandhi (1917—1984) Prime Minister of India [1966—1977] and [1980—1984]. She was assasinated by Sikh extremists. (Speech at Delhi on October 30, 1984, the eve of her assassination by Sikh militants.) All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today. --Lyndon B. Johnson (1908—1973) American Democratic statesman, President [1963—1969]. (First address to Congress as President [27 November 1963].) In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination. --Irving Layton (1912—2006) Romanian-born Canadian poet. _The Whole Bloody Bird_ "Obs II" [1969] When Abraham Lincoln was murdered The one thing that interested Matthew Arnold Was that the assassin Shouted in Latin As he lept on the stage. This convinced Matthew That there was still hope for America. --Christopher Morley (1890—1957) American journalist, novelist, and poet. _Points of View_, l. 1 [1923] There are different ways of assassinating a man — by pistol, sword, poison, or moral assassination. They are the same in their results except the last is more cruel. --Napoleon I (1769—1821) Emperor of France [1804-15]. In _Napoleon in His Own Words: From the French of Jules Bertaut_ [1916]. - In the 1580s, the Catholic king of Spain, fed up with challenges to his sovereignty over the Netherlands, called for volunteers to assassinate his chief antagonist in the region, Prince William of Orange, a Protestant who had been dubbed "the Silent" for his reluctance to take a public stand on religious issues. The king's request brought a response from a Frenchman named Balthasar Gérard, a former student who took his Catholicism very seriously. Gérard infiltrated William's entourage and saw his chance on July 10, 1584. The prince had just finished dining at his residence in Delft and was heading off to his private quarters when Gérard pulled out a new- fangled handgun called a wheel-lock pistol and fired into William's chest. The prince was dead within minutes, and thus 25-year-old Balthasar Gérard earned a grim distinction as the first person ever to assassinate a head of state with a handgun. . . . -- "A Shot Heard Round the World", by Christopher Hill in _The Wall Street Journal_ [5 April 2006]. - . . see: "PHYSICS" see: "PSYCHICS" see: "UNIVERSE" One of the brightest people I know is Shirley Maclaine, and Shirley is, of course, a firm believer in astrology. And in her defense I'll say this — that I have known Shirley Maclaine ever since she was a cocker spaniel and I . . . --Steve Allen (Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen) (1921—2000) American musician, comedian, writer, and first host of the Tonight Show. Interview with Mark Wheeler [February 1997]. ^ Girolamo Cardano (1501—1576) Italian mathematician and astrologer. Cardano was renowned throughout Europe as an astrologer, even visiting England to cast a horoscope of the young king, Edward VI. A steadfast believer in the accuracy of his so-called science, Cardano constructed a horoscope predicting the hour of his own death. When the day dawned, it found him in good health and safe from harm. Rather than have his prediction falsified, Cardano killed himself. --_Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes_ edited by Clifton Fadiman and André Bernard [2000 ed.] ^ They who talk much of destiny, their birth-star, etc., are in a lower dangerous plane, and invite the evils they fear. --Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803—1882) American philosopher and poet. In Edmund Clarence Stedman _A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present_, p. 160 [1888]. Astrology is a disease, not a science. --Moses Maimonides (1135—1204) Jewish philosopher, jurist, and physician. _Laws of Repentance_ [1170-1180] - "Excuse me, Doctor, did you say that the Sun will burn up the Earth in 5 billion years?" "Yes, more or less." "Thank God. For a moment I thought you had said 5 *million*." --Carl Sagan (1934—1996) American astronomer and author. An "old joke" in _Billions & Billions_, p. 6 [1997]. - The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. --Ezra Solomon (1920—2002) American economist and professor. Quoted in "Reader's Digest" [1985]. A wise man shall overrule his stars, and have a greater influence upon his own content than all the constellations and planets of the firmament. --Jeremy Taylor (1613—1667) English Anglican clergyman and writer. In Reginald Heber _The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor_, bk. IV, ch. II, sect vi [15 vols., 1822]. [Calvin:] Do you believe our destinies are determined by the stars? [Hobbes:] Nah. [Calvin:] Oh, _I_ do. [Hobbes:] Really? How come? [Calvin:] Life's a lot more fun when you're not responsible for your actions. --Bill Waterson II (b. 1958) American cartoonist, creator of "Calvin and Hobbes." _Weirdos From Another Planet_, p. 25 [1990] If on the first day of the month of nisan [April] the sun looks sprinkled with blood and the light is cool: the king will die and there will be mourning in the country. --Babylonian tablet (BM40085) in M.J. Cohan and John Major {ed.} _History in Quotations_ [2004] citing Wilfred H. van Soldt _Omens of Enuma Anu Enlil_ [1995], p.94. Cohan & Major explain: "The Babylonians were interested in natural phenomena, particularly eclipses. Close observations were made of the movements of the sun and moon and, of course, the stars. This is an omen based on observation of the sun at a certain time of year." -- A famous astrologer was entranced by the baby in the pram. "Beautiful," she said. "absolutely beautiful. Do you happen to know what sign she was conceived under?" 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