Saturday, June 30, 2012

Interesting message I saw on a T-shirt

I'm not deaf,I'm ignoring you.-Seen on a T-shirt

Which is the longest river in Madagascar?

The Betsiboka river

Which is the longest river in New Zealand?

The Waikato river

Which is the longest river in the Philippines?

The Cagayan

The longest river in Mexico

The Rio Grande is the longest river in Mexico.

Which is the longest river in Japan?

The Shinano

Quote by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

He who awaits much can expect little.-Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Which is the longest river in Nigeria?

Answer.The Niger River

Quote from Oscar Wilde

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.-Oscar Wilde(1854-1900)

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Quote from Elizabeth Gaskell

A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.-Elizabeth Gaskell

Quote from Jimmy Breslin

Rage is the only quality that has kept me,or anybody I have ever studied,writing columns for newspapers.-Jimmy Breslin

Quote by Herodotus

In peace,sons bury their fathers.In war,fathers bury their sons.-Herodotus

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Quote by John Steinbeck

What good is the warmth of summer ;without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.-John Steinbeck

Quote on freedom

Freedom is an inside job.-Sam Keen,HYMNS TO AN UNKNOWN GOD:AWAKENING THE SPIRIT IN EVERYDAY LIFE

138th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Tous les bateaux s'envolent-Michel Sardou
2.On Est Si Bien Ici-Sacha Distel et Danielle Licari
3.Oui,oui,oui-Sacha Distel
4.Que c'est bon-Sacha Distel
5.Puisqu' On Fait l'Amour Ensemble-Chatelaine(This song is a French version of the Sammi Smith 1972 song 'HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT')
6.À Cause De Toi-Sacha Distel
7.J'ai un rendez-vous(I wanna thank you)-Sacha Distel
8.Trop Jeune-Pierre Sénecal
9.Denise(1959)-Claude Vincent
10.L'Hirondelle-Patrick Normand(This song contains the line 'J'ai trouvé le bonheur dans la paix de ton coeur)

Friday, June 22, 2012

Quote by Sam Keen

Love isn't finding a perfect person.It's seeing an imperfect person perfectly.-Sam Keen

Quote from Kathy Reichs

Death in anonymity is the ultimate insult to human dignity.-Kathy Reichs,BREAK NO BONES.

137th list of 10 French songs you like

1.La Vie de Château avec Toi-Peter et Sloane
2.Comme les rêves d'enfants-Peter et Sloane
3.Mon But C'est L'Amour-Normand Fréchette(This song is a French version of the Bobby Curtola song 'DESTINATION LOVE')
4.Obsession-Normand Fréchette(This song is a French version of the Terry Stafford song 'SUSPICION' from 1964)
5.Oublie-Le-Normand Fréchette(This song is a French version of the Bobby Rydell song 'FORGET HIM')
6.`A Winnipeg(Les Nuits sont Longues)(1974)-Pierre Lalonde
7.Il ne Faut pas briser un rêve(1958)-Raymond Berthiaume(Les Trois bars)
8.Le Dernier Tango à Paris-Raymond Berthiaume
9.Poupée De Bonbon(1968)-Raymond Berthiaume
10.L'été 42-Raymond Berthiaume
10.Comme Un Coeur Froid-Céline Dion



Thursday, June 21, 2012

Quote on summer

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.-Sam Keen

Monday, June 18, 2012

Quote from Julius Caesar

It is better to create than to learn!Creating is the essence of life.-Julius Caesar

Quote from Jerry Goodis

Are our waters polluted?Well,if you fall into Lake Erie today ,you don't drown:you decay.-Jerry Goodis

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Funny quote from Woody Allen

The evening my bride cooked her first dinner for me,I choked on a bone in the chocolate pudding.-Woody Allen

136th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Avant de Partir-Roch Voisine
2.Si Tu Voulais(1976)-Michel Pagliaro
3.Dis lui-Roch Voisine
4.Chanson Bleue(1972)-Sacha Distel(This song is a French version of the 1972 Neil Diamond song 'SONG SUNG BLUE')
5.Mon Beau Chapeau-Sacha Distel
6.Les Yeux Bleus(1966)-Sacha Distel(This song is a French version of the 1966 song 'OVER AND OVER' by The Dave Clark Five)
7.Ca n'a pas d' importance-Bruno Guillain
8.T' as Pas Le Droit-Bruno Guillain
9.Le Bleu Du Ciel-Mario Pelchat
10.Notre ile,ton ile,Mon Ile(1960)-Jeanne Moreau

Saturday, June 16, 2012

A couple of interesting quotes

1.Grief is as contagious as a yawn.-Sue Grafton,V IS FOR VENGEANCE.
2.It never pays to deal with the flyweights of the world.They take far too much pleasure in thwarting you at every turn.-Sue Grafton, H IS FOR HOMICIDE,1991.

Friday, June 15, 2012

Quote from Queen Elizabeth II

Let us not take ourselves too seriously.None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.-Queen Elizabeth II

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Quote from Dr.Joyce Brothers

The biggest difference between men and boys is the size of their toys.-Dr.Joyce Brothers

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Quote by William Nichols

Only one man in a million understands the international situation.Isn't it odd how you keep running into him?-William Burroughs

Quote from Dr.Seuss

Today was good.
Today was fun.
 Tomorrow is another one.-Dr.Seuss

Quote on love

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.-David Viscott,HOW TO LIVE WITH ANOTHER PERSON.

Quote from Ambrose Bierce

There is nothing new under the sun,but there are lots of old things we don't know.-Ambrose Bierce(1842-circa 1913),American journalist.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Great anti-fur limerick for animal rights believers

Quoth an erudite,envious ermine,
``There's one thing I cannot determine:
    When a girl wears my coat,
     She's a person of note;
     When I wear it,I'm simply called vermin.''
                    -Bennett Cerf,from the book THE SOUND OF LAUGHTER(1970),page 352

Quote from James Forrestal

The only reason that some people have a secret sorrow is that the rest of us won't listen to them.-James Forrestal

Quote by Goethe

Certain flaws are necessary for the whole.It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.-Goethe

Quote from Jonathan Zap

Meaning and purpose are not merely to be found in the glamorous,dramatic moments of life.-Philosopher Jonathan Zap

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Great quote on the very rich

Associate with people of cultivated tastes and some of the culture may rub off on you.Hang around musical folk and you may,with luck,get to know Brahms from Beethoven.But keep company with the very rich and you'll end picking up the check.-Stanley Walker

135th list of 10 French songs you like

1.La Chanson d' Evita(1977)-Petula Clark
2.J'Aurai jamais dix-huit ans-Paul Piche
3.On n' refait pas le monde avec une chanson-Gilles Marchal
4.Quebec(Au Clair de la Lune)(1959)-Marius Delisle
5.Desir Desir-Laurent Voulzy et Veronique Jeannot
6.Le Mardi Gras-Compagnie Creole
7.La Nuit Est Belle-Hugues Aufray
8.Ton Premier Chagrin D' Amour-Hugues Aufray
8.La Nuit des Requins-Compagnie Creole
9.Coup De Coeur-Michel Pagliaro
10.La Colline aux oiseaux(1961)-Daniele et Michele(This song is a French version of the song 'MOCKINGBIRD')

Quote by Willa Cather

A creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.-Willa Cather

Quote by George Atkinson

People who have an hour or so to waste usually inflict themselves on someone who hasn't.-George Atkinson

Saturday, June 09, 2012

Quote on politicians

Politicians are like ships:noisiest when lost in a fog.-Emmet Hughes

Quote on alimony

Paying alimony is like having the TV set on after you've fallen asleep.-Henny Youngman

Friday, June 08, 2012

Quote on second chances

A second chance doesn't always mean a happy ending.-Author unknown

Quote from Ray Bradbury

I don't try to describe the future.I try to prevent it.-Ray Bradbury

Quote from Perry Griswold

A man seldom makes the same mistake twice.Generally it's three times or more.-Perry Griswold

Quote from Ramsey Clark

How we do admire the wisdom of those who come to us for advice!-Ramsey Clark

Thursday, June 07, 2012

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Friendship is a sheltering tree.-Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Great quote from Robert Heinlein

Ninety per cent of all human wisdom is the ability to mind your own business.-Robert Heinlein(1907-88),science-fiction author

Quote from Tennessee Williams

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it---Success is shy----it won't come out while you're watching.-Tennessee Williams

Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Quote by Gordon R.Dickson

Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.-Gordon R.Dickson(1923-2001),Science-fiction writer.

Quote by Albert Camus

A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.-Albert Camus

Quote by sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury

The problem with death is that it's so damn permanent.-Sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury

Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Quote from Mary Heaton Vorse

The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.-20th century American writer Mary Heaton Vorse

Monday, June 04, 2012

Another quote from Ethel Barrymore

The best time to make friends is before you need them.-Actress Ethel Barrymore(1879-1959)

Quote by actress Ethel Barrymore

There is as much difference between the stage and the film as between a piano and a violin.Normally you can't become a virtuoso in both.-Actress Ethel Barrymore,in THE NEW YORK POST,JUNE 7,1956

Quote from Hartley Withers

Bad spending makes the poor poorer.-Hartley Withers

Quote from Euripides

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.-Euripides

Interesting quote from Mark Twain

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.-Mark Twain

Quote from Bruce Lee

I'm not in the world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.-Bruce Lee

Saturday, June 02, 2012

Quote on flooding

No individual raindrop ever considers itself responsible for the flood.-Author unknown

Quote from Anita Loos

Memory is more indelible than ink.-Anita Loos

Quote by Mark Twain

Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.-Mark Twain

Friday, June 01, 2012

Quote by Carl Jung

It is becoming more and more obvious that it is not starvation,not microbes,not cancer,but man himself who is mankind's greatest danger,because he has no adequate protection against psychic epidemics,infinitely more devastating in their effect than the greatest natural catastrophes.-Carl Jung

Quote from Mark Victor Hansen

Don't think it,ink it.-Mark Victor Hansen

Quote from Judith Martin

If you can't be kind,at least be vague.-Judith Martin(1938-),U.S.etiquette columnist known as Miss Manners

Quote by Peter Drucker

Strong people have strong weaknesses.-Peter Drucker(1909-2005),management consultant