Sunday, August 31, 2008

Four great quotes and proverbs

1.When two quarrel,both are to blame.-Dutch proverb
2.You can muffle the drum,and you can loosen the strings of the lyre,but who shall command the skylark not to sing?-Kahlil Gibran
3.The thing always happens that you really believe in;and the belief in a thing makes it happen.-Frank Lloyd Wright
4.Take a rest;a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.-Ovid

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Three great quotes and proverbs

1.Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.-Arnold Palmer
2.I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.-Emma Goldman
3.I have learned silence from the talkative,tolerance from the intolerant,and kindness from the unkind,yet I'm ungrateful to those teachers.-Kahlil Gibran

Friday, August 29, 2008

Eight great quotes and proverbs

1.Curiosity about life in all its aspects ,I think,is still the secret of creative people.-Leo Burnett
2.Peace hath her victories,no less renowned than war.-John Milton
3.Committees are consumers and sometimes sterilizers of ideas,rarely creators of them.-Henry Kissinger
4.Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.-Bertrand Russell
5.Then I'll get on my knees and pray we don't get fooled again.-Pete Townshend
6.You send your child to the schoolmaster,but 'tis the schoolboys who educate him.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
7.The town where I grew up has a zip code of E-I-E-I-O.-Martin Mull
8.The end of speech is first to be understood,and then to be believed.-Thomas Fuller(1654-1734)

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Seven great quotes and proverbs

1.The only possible form of exercise is to talk,not to walk.-Oscar Wilde
2.Genius(which means transcendent capacity of taking trouble,first of all).-Thomas Carlyle
3.Tell me,what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?-Mary Oliver,poet
4.We thought,because we had power ,we had wisdom.-Stephen Vincent Benet,''LITANY FOR DICTATORSHIPS.''
5.Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent.-Jean Kerr
6.When a wife sins the husband is never innocent.-Italian proverb
7.It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.-George Washington

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Eight great quotes and proverbs

1.We've removed the ceiling above our dreams.
There are no more impossible dreams.-Libby Houston
2.The advantage of the incomprehensible is that it never loses its freshness.-French poet Paul Valery
3.Learn to value yourself,which means:to fight for your happiness.-Ayn Rand
4.There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.-Francis Bacon
(1561-1626)
5.There are no ugly women;only lazy ones.-Helena Rubinstein(1871-1965)
6.When the eyes say one thing and the tongue another,the practised person relies on the language of the first.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
7.The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past,but a prudent and probing concern for the future.-Hubert H.Humphrey
8.The only possible form of exercise is to talk,not to walk.-Oscar Wilde

Monday, August 25, 2008

Three great quotes and proverbs

1.But mount to paradise
By the stairway of surprise.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
2.When anger rises,think of the consequences.-Confucius
3.It's a sort of primitive law of survival-find someone worse off than yourself and beside them you will blossom.-British novelist Julian Barnes

11 great quotes and proverbs

1.First weigh the considerations,then take the risks.-Helmuth Von Moltke
2.Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?-Kelvin Throop III
3.But mount to paradise
By the stairway of paradise.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
4.What the people believe is true.-Native American proverb(Anishinabe)
5.The best museum is a department store.-Andy Warhol
6.Men have a low threshold for distraction.They are delicate.They are made nervous by having to do more than one thing at a time.-Barbara Cawthorne Crafton
7.Nothing is permanent in this wicked world----not even our troubles.-Charlie Chaplin
8.What you give,you get ten times over.-Yoruba proverb
9.Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.-Aldous Huxley
10.When in charge,ponder.
When in trouble,delegate.
When in doubt,mumble.-Good Life Almanac
11.It does not matter how slowly you go,so long as you do not stop.-Confucius

Sunday, August 24, 2008

45th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Pour un instant-Harmonium
2.Le Sloopy(1966)-Jenny Rock
3.Ne viens plus frapper a ma porte(1973)-Mimi Hetu
4.La poupee qui fait non-Les Sultans
5.Un monde sans amour(1964)-Sheila(This song is a French version of the 1964 Peter and Gordon song'A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE.')
6.Ce n'etait qu'un reve-Nanette Workman
7.Danser Danser-Nanette Workman
8.Guantanamera-Nanette Workman
9.Ce soir(1964)-Gilles Brown(This song is a French version of the Troy Shondell hit song 'THIS TIME.')
10.Je l'aime encore(1964)-Andre Sylvain

Ten great quotes and proverbs

1.An idealist believes the short run doesn't count.A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter.A
realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.-Sydney J.Harris
2.Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add but when there is nothing left to take away.-Antoine De Saint-Exupery
3.Opportunity knocks only once.-Anon
4.What may be done at any time will be done at no time.-Scottish proverb
5.To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.-French biologist and author Jean Rostand(1894-1977)
6.Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.-Louis L'Amour
7.What the heart thinks,the tongue speaks.-Romanian proverb
8.If you ask people 'Can you afford that?' what people tend to think of is,'Can I afford the payments on that?'-Ronald Wilcox,author of WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THRIFT.
9.For me,elegance is not to pass unnoticed but to get to the very soul of what one is.-Christian
Lacroix
10.We all look for lost time.-Christian LaCroix

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Four great quotes

1.Stoop and you'll be stepped on;stand tall and you'll be shot at.-Carlos A.Urbizo
2.Nature,hating art and pains,
Balks and baffles plotting brains.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
3.The only mystery about the cat is why it ever decided to become a domesticated animal.-Sir Compton MacKenzie
4.The less satisfaction we derive from being ourselves,the greater is our desire to be like others.-Eric Hoffer

Great letter to the editor by Herb Stark in The Montreal Gazette

A Porpoise!
There's only one way to describe the Olympic gold-medal winning performances of dedicated U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps:He swims like a man with a porpoise!
-Herb Stark,
Massapequa,New York,Letter to editor,MONTREAL GAZETTE,August 19,2008

Four great quotes or proverbs

1.I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.-W.Somerset Maugham,THE PAINTED VEIL
2.One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being.-May Sarton
3.Inspiration is for amateurs.The rest of us just show up for work.-U.S.artist Chuck Close
4.Beware of the greedy hand of government,thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.-Tom Paine

Seven great quotes and proverbs

1.I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing.-Johnny Carson
2.It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
3.Vulnerant Omnia,Ultima necat.(All the hours wound you,the last one kills).-Latin proverb
4.Wait till the blood appears on the cheek,but not the sweat on the brow.-Spanish proverb
5.Your body cannot heal without play.
Your mind cannot heal without laughter.
Your soul cannot heal without joy.-Catherine Rippenger Fenwick
6.Be tolerant of those who describe a sporting moment as their best ever.We do not lack imagination,nor have we had sad and barren lives;it is just that real life is paler,duller and contains less potential for unexpected delirium.-British author Nick Hornby
7.Budget:a mathematical confirmation of your suspicions.-A.A.Latimer

The song you like by Kyu Sakamoto

The Claude Valade song 'Sous une pluie d'etoiles' that you love is a French version of the 1963
Kyu Sakamoto hit song 'SUKIYAKI.'

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

44th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Sous une pluie d'etoiles-Claude Valade.(This song is a French version of the 1963 Kyu Sakamoto song 'SUKUYAKI.')
2.Et de l'amour----de l'amour(1975)-Dalida
3.La dame en bleu(1976)-Michel Louvain
4.T'es mon amour t'es ma maitresse-Ginette Reno and Jean Pierre Ferland
5.L'amour existe encore-Celine Dion
6.Partir au soleil(1972)-Renee Martel
7.C'est toi mon idole(1964)-Renee Martel(This song is a French version of the 1964 Millie Small song 'MY BOY LOLLIPOP.')
8.Embarrasse-moi-Renee Martel(This song is a French version of the Ronettes song 'BE MY BABY.')
9.Mais quand le matin (1967)-Claude Francois
10.Oh ma Lili-Michel Stax

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Five great quotes and proverbs

1.Husbands never become good;they merely become proficient.-H.L.Mencken
2.But all endings are also beginnings.We just don't know it at the time.-Mitch Albom,THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
3.Trumpet in a herd of elephants;crow in the company of cocks;bleat in a flock of goats.-Malayan proverb
4.The things that make good headlines attract our attention because they are on the surface of the stream of life,and they distract our attention from the slower,impalpable,imponderable movements that work below the surface and penetrate to the depths.But,of course,it is really these deeper,slower movements that,in the end,make history,and it is they that stand out huge in retrospect,when the sensational passing events have dwindled,in perspective,to their true proportions.-Arnold Toynbee in CIVILIZATION ON TRIAL(1948)
5.Visits always give pleasure;if not the arrival,the departure.-Portuguese proverb

Friday, August 15, 2008

Five great quotes or proverbs

1.To the good listener,half a word is enough.-Spanish proverb
2.One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget.-Franklin P.Jones
3.Human time does not turn in a circle;it runs ahead in a straight line.That is why man cannot be happy;happiness is the longing for repetition.-Milan Kundera,IN THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OD BEING.
4.I think the health of our civilization ,the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.-Carl Sagan,COSMOS.
5.Crime does not pay----as well as politics.-Alfred E.Newman

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

43rd list of 10 French songs you like

1.Comme j'ai toujours envie d'aimer(1970)-Marc Hamilton
2.Douliou Douliou Saint-Tropez-Jenny Rock
3.Des ronds dans l'eau-Francoise Hardy
4.La maison ou j'ai grandi-Francoise Hardy
5.Une promesse(1958)-Andre Lejeune
6.Parlez-moi de lui-Francoise Hardy
7.Tous les garcons et les filles-Francoise Hardy
8.Johnny Angel-Renee Martel
9.Donne-moi un jour-Renee Martel
10.Laisse tomber les filles(1964)-France Gall.

Song by Beau Dommage you like

You love the Beau Dommage song'Le geant Beaupre'.The song starts with the line 'Le monde est fou.'

Monday, August 11, 2008

42nd list of 10 French songs you love

1.Le geant Beaupre-Beau Dommage
2.Une petite larme m'a trahi-Claude Francois(This song is a French version of the Burl Ives song
'A LITTLE BITTY TEAR.')
3.Douliou Dou St-Tropez-Jenny Rock
4.Un Certain Soir(1970)-Renee Martel .(This song is a French version of the 1965 Beatles song
'THE NIGHT BEFORE')
5.Tu te reconnaitras(1965)-Pierrette Beauchamps
6.Manon viens danser le ska-Donald Lautrec
7.N'Avoue jamais(195)-Gui Mardel
8.Tu dis des betises(1965)-Donald Lautrec.(This song is a French version of the 1965 Jewel Akens hit song'THE BIRDS AND THE BEES.')
9.Pourquoi donc as-tu brise mon coeur?(1965)-Michel Louvain
10.Laissez-moi danser-Dalida

Saturday, August 09, 2008

Two great quotes

1.The beginning is always today.-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
2.Inspiration comes from living.We immerse ourselves in life,swim in its depths and allow beauty to surface where it may.-Robert Louey

Friday, August 08, 2008

Seven great quotes and proverbs

1.Tricks and treachery are merely proof of lack of skill.-La Rochefoucauld
2.The passage is through,not over,not by,not around but through.-Cherie Morgan
3.Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that once it is competently programmed and working smoothly,it is completely honest.-Isaac Asimov
4.They brag most of their ancestors who are unworthy of men.-Danish proverb
5.Men are wise in proportion,not to experience,but to their capacity for experience.-George Bernard Shaw
5.They brag most of their ancestors who are unworthy of them.-Danish proverb
6.The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.-Walt Whitman
7.The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.-Samuel Butler

41st list of 10 French songs you love

1.Un Musicien parmi tant d'autres-Harmonium
2.J'ai le droit-Patsy Gallant.(This song contains the line'J'ai le droit de rever,j'ai le droit de m'illusionner')
3.Le Premier Ciel-Harmonium
4.Mirza(1965)-Nino Ferrer
5.Sugartown-Les Miladys
6.Monsieur Dupont-Les Miladys
7.Je t'aime,je t'aime-Michel Sardou
8.Miss Ann-Michel Pagliaro and The Rockers
9.Si j'etais un charpentier-Johnny Hallyday
10.Noir c'est noir-Johnny Hallyday(This song is a French version of the 1966 Los Bravos song
'BLACK IS BLACK.')

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Seven more great quotes and proverbs

1.Determine never to be idle.No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any.It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.-Thomas Jefferson
2.I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes.The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.They have undertaken to build a tower,and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut.-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
3.There is a pinch of the madman in every great man.-French proverb
4.I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.-Franklin P.Adams
5.To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.-Arthur Schopenhauer
6.I'm sixty years of age.That's 16 Celsius.-George Carlin,BRAIN DROPPINGS
7.There is no wise response to a foolish remark.-Romanian proverb

Ten great quotes and proverbs

1.I wash everything on the gentle cycle.It's much more humane.-Unknown
2.The sun sets without thy assistance.-The Talmud
3.Twilight ,again.
Another ending.No matter how perfect the day is,it always has to end.-Stephanie Meyer,TWILIGHT.
4.Image is an international language.-Marjane Satrapi
5.One of my greatest regrets is that I urinated on the Alamo.-Ozzy Osbourne
6.An idea is a feat of association.-Robert Frost
7.God gave us music so that we,first and foremost,will be guided upward by it.-Nietzsche
8.I dream,therefore I become.-Cheryl Renee Grossman
9.Tell nothing to thy friend that thy enemy may not know.-Danish proverb
10.True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.-Kurt Vonnegut.

Monday, August 04, 2008

40th list of 10 French songs you live

1.Je voudrais voir la mer-Michel Rivard
2.C'est ma vie-Salvatore Adamo
3.La Bonne Humeur(1968)-Sacha Distel
4.Pourquoi pas moi-Joe Dassin
5.Ma vie(1964)-Alain Barriere
6.Tu n'as pas le droit(1967)-France Gall
7.Le Soleil(1973)-Suzanne Stevens.(The song starts with the line 'Le Soleil,le soleil est revenu me voir.')
8.Fume,fume,fume(1968)-Les Excentriques.(This is a French version of the 1965 Beach Boys song 'Fun ,Fun ,Fun.')
9.J'ecoutais la mer(1967)-Song by Michele Richard.(It is a French version of the 1967 Lesley Gore song'CALIFORNIA NIGHTS').
10.Les jours heureux(1973)-Gerard LeNorman

Sunday, August 03, 2008

Chantal Pary song you like a lot

You like the Chantal Pary song 'Ma vie,c'est toi' a lot

Eight great quotes or proverbs

1.Speak of the devil and he appears.-Italian proverb
2.The more the data banks record about each one of us,the less we exist.-Marshall McLuhan in Playboy,1969.
3.If you want others to be happy,practise compassion.If you want to be happy,practise compassion.-Dalai Lama
4.The writer studies literature,not the world---He is careful of what he reads ,for that is what he will write.-Annie Dillard
5.Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.-Jim Backus
6.I think the battle that one always has is the battle between inspiration and form.-Deena Metzger
7.The past is a source of knowledge,and the future is a source of hope.Love of the past implies faith in the future.-Stephen Ambrose in FAST COMPANY
8.Formerly no one was allowed to think freely;now it is permitted ,but noone is capable of it anymore.Now people want to think only what they are supposed to think,and this they consider freedom.-Oswald Spengler in THE DECLINE OF THE WEST(1918)

Saturday, August 02, 2008

Crossword puzzle question

What's a 14-letter word for the person who designs the crossword puzzle?
A.Enigmatologist

39th list of 10 French songs you love

1.Le blues du businessman(1979)-Claude Dubois
2.Si Dieu existe-Claude Dubois
3.Le Train Du Nord-Felix LeClerc
4.En Voyage-Claude Dubois
5.J'ai oublie de vivre-Johnny Hallyday
6.Mes mains sur tes hanches-Salvatore Adamo
7.Rien n'est pas impossible-Star Academy I
8.J'aurais voulu te dire-Johanne Blouin
9.Un jour,un jour(1967)-Donald Lautrec.(A song sung for Expo 67 in Montreal)
10.Pour qui,pourquoi(1967)-The Sultans