Quote from painter Vincent Van Gogh

I believe more and more that God must not be judged on this earth.It is one of his sketches that has turned out badly.-Vincent Van Gogh

Quote by Fulton Sheen

Every moment gives us more treasures than we can gather.-Fulton Sheen

Quote from Alphonse De Lamartine

Sentiment is the poetry of the imagination.-Alphonse De Lamartine

Quote from Naguib Mahfouz

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers.You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.-Naguib Mahfouz(1911-2006),Egyptian writer and Nobel Laureate

Quote by Madame Guizot

Modesty is a shining light;it prepares the mind to receive knowledge ,and the heart for truth.-Madam Guizot

Quote from Eric Hoffer

Glory is largely a theatrical concept.There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience--the knowledge that our mighty deeds will come to the ears of our contemporaries or 'of those who are to be.'-Eric Hoffer(1902-1983),American social writer and philosopher

Interesting websites for leftists and animal lovers

1 http://liontailmacaque.blogspot.ca/
2 http://yvesengler.com/

Quote by H.L.Mencken

When I hear a man applauded by the mob,I always feel a pang of pity for him.All he has to do to be hissed is to live long enough.-H.L.Mencken(1880-1956),American journalist.

The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.-Mata Hari

Quote by Charles Fergus

The land comes alive through its wild creatures.-Charles Fergus

Quote from Joseph Sugarman

Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem.-Joseph Sugarman,US entrepreneur

134th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Soleil D'Hiver(1988)-Niagara
2.Je Dois m'en aller-Niagara
3.Sensualité-Axelle Red
4.Et Je Fais des petits bateaux(1976)-Les Filles de Sébastien
5.Beauté Perdue-Luc De La rochelière
6.C'est pas le paradis-Luc de LaRochelière
7.Amère America-Luc de LaRochelière
8.La Route est Longue-Luc De LaRochelière
9.Six Pieds sur Terre-Luc De LaRochelière
10.Pop Désintox-Luc De Larochelière

Quote by Pat Schroeder

You can't wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.-Pat Schroeder

133rd list of 10 French songs you like

1.Cash City-Luc De Larochelière
2.Sauvez Mon Ame-Luc De Larochelière
3.Toutes les mamas-Maurane
4.Pas Gaie La Pagaille-Maurane
5.Aux Portes Du Matin-Richard Séguin
6.Saute-Moutons-Francois Dompierre
7.Quand La Mer se Retire-C.Jérome
8.La Poupée Désarticulée-C.Jérome
9.L'Orphelin-C.Jérome
10.Un p'tit d'air d'acordéon-C.Jérome

Great quote by Thomas Sowell

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth----anonymously and posthumously.-Thomas Sowell

A must-buy and must-read book for those who are tired of car addiction

A great must-read and must-buy book for those who are tired of car addiction is 'STOP SIGNS:Cars And Capitalism On The Road To Economic,Social and Ecological Decay'(2011)-by Yves Engler and Bianca Mugyenyi.Visit the website  http://stopsigns.fairmedia.com/
                                 Yves Engler is a long-standing Montreal activist.

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing is rich but the inexhaustible wealth of nature.She shows us only surfaces,but she is a million fathoms deep.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote by Lotte Lehmann

I had hoped you would protest,but please don't argue.-Lotte Lehmann

Quote by Mel Brooks

As long as the world is turning and spinning,we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.-Mel Brooks

Quote on vanity

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.-Marie Ebner Von Eschenbach

Fact about Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland was the first American President in history to hold the job of a hangman.

Quote by Lyman Abbott

Every life is a march from innocence ,through temptation,to virtue or vice.-Lyman Abbott

Quote on education

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.-Aristotle

Quote on gifts

Rings and jewels are not gifts,but apologies for gifts.The only true gift is a portion of thyself.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Oscar Wilde

Men of thought should have nothing to do with action.-Oscar Wilde

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The virtues of society are vices of the saint.-Ralph Waldo Emerson(1803-82),American essayist and lecturer

Quote on forgiveness

The heart that forgives an injury is like the perforated shell of a mussel,which closes its wound with a pearl.-German novelist and humorist Jean-Paul Richter

Quote by Stephen Hawking

I think computer viruses should count as life.I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive.We've created life in our own image.-Stephen Hawking

Interesting vegetable slogans I saw at the Anarchist book fair in Montreal on Saturday,May 19,2012

1.Turnip the heat.
2.Squash the state.
3.Beet the system.

Quote by Joseph Conrad

All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.-Joseph Conrad

Quote on sophistication

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.-Leonardo DaVinci.

Who was the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated?

Spencer Perceval.(In 1812 a disgruntled businessman who blamed Perceval for the loss of his business,shot and killed him in the lobby of the House of Commons.)

Longest lived American First Lady

Bess Truman(1885-1982) remains until 2012 the longest-lived First Lady.She died at 97.

Julia Tyler

Julia Tyler was the first wife of a U.S. President to die in The White House.

Which American President had the most siblings?

James Buchanan(He had six sisters and four brothers).

Quote by Orison Swett Marden

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.-Orison Swett Marden

Quote from F.Scott Fitzgerald

It's not a slam at you when people are rude---it's a slam at the people they've met before.-F.Scott Fitzgerald

What American President had a nervous breakdown at the age of 24 and spent time in a sanatorium?

Warren Harding(In 1889,at the age of 24,Warren Harding had a nervous breakdown and spent several weeks in a sanatorium.)

Denarian

Denarian:A person who is between 10 and 19 years old

Vicenarian

Vicenarian-Word used to designate someone who is between 20 and 30 years old.(I had hardly heard this word until yesterday).

Who was the first woman to appear on the cover of TIME magazine?

Actress Marie Dressler,in August 1933.

Who was the first woman on the cover of ROLLING STONE magazine?

Tina Turner,in November 1967.

Tricenarian

Tricenarian-A person between the ages of 30 and 39.

Who was the first person on the cover of ROLLING STONE magazine?

John Lennon

Quote from Margaret Mitchell

The world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business.-Margaret Mitchell

Quote by John Lennon

Time you enjoy wasting,was not wasted.-John Lennon

Quote by Maya Angelou

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly,but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.-Maya Angelou

Quote by Thomas Paine

Character is much easier kept than recovered.-Thomas Paine

Quote on exercise

Those who think they thave not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.-Edward Stanley(1826-93),British statesman

Origin of the term O.K.

The term ''O.K'' derives from American President Martin Van Buren(1782-1862) who was known as ``Old Kinderhook'' because he was raised in Kinderhook,New York.''O.K'' clubs were created to support Van Buren's campaigns.

Who was the only American President to also serve as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

William Howard Taft

Grave robbers

The body of John Scott Harrison,father of American president Benjamin Harrison,was stolen by grave robbers and sold to Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati for use as a training cadaver.The body was eventually recovered and buried.

Who was the only American president to be born on the 4th of July?

Calvin Coolidge

Fact about Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore was the first American president to have a stove and running water in the White House.

Fined for speeding

American president Ulysses S.Grant was fined $20 for speeding with his horse and carriage.

The only American president who served non-consecutive terms

Grover Cleveland was the only American president who served non-consecutive terms.

Poisoned gifts for an American president

American president Ulysses S.Grant(1822-1885) smoked at least 20 cigars a day and,after a brilliant war victory,a nation of well wishers sent him more than 10,000 cigars.He later died of throat cancer.

What do James Madison,James Polk and James Buchanan have in common?

American Presidents James Madison,James Polk and James Buchanan were all childless.

Ambidextrous American president

American President James Garfield could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other hand simultaneously.

Which American president had the most children?

John Tyler loved kids and had 15 children.

Who is the only American president to hold a Ph.D?

Woodrow Wilson.(Woodrow Wilson received a PH.D. degree in political science from John Hopkins University).

Interesting fact about American president Ulysses S.Grant

It was so cold at American president  Ulysses S.Grant's presidential inauguration that the canaries that were supposed to sing at the inaugural ball froze to death.

Fact about American president Woodrow Wilson

American president Woodrow Wilson would paint his golf balls black during the winter so he could continue playing in the snow.