Quote from Thornton Wilder

Comparisons of one's lot with others teaches us nothing and enfeebles the will.-Thornton Wilder

Some interesting quotes

1.In advertising,not to be different is virtual suicide.-Thornton Wilder
2.It is necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evl ugliness.-Thornton Wilder
3.Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.-Thornton Wilder
4.I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice cream.-Heywood C.Broun
5.The future is the most expensive luxury in the world.-Thornton Wilder

Superb quote on neatness

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue,but carried to extremes narrows the mind.-French theologian Francois Fenelon

Quote from Roseanne Barr

I will clean house when Sears makes a vacuum you can ride on.-Roseanne Barr

Great quote from Heywood C.Broun

The great threat to the young and pure in heart is not what they read but what they don't read.-Heywood C.Broun(1888-1939).

Quote from Walter Mosley

Poetry teaches us music,metaphor,condensation and specificity.-American writer Walter Mosley(b.1952)

Quote from Heywood C.Broun

The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from the beasts.-Heywood C.Broun

Quote from Edward Albee

I have a fine sense of the ridiculous,but no sense of humor.-Edward Albee

Great quote on Appeasers

Appeasers believe that if you keep throwing steaks to a tiger,the tiger will become a vegetarian.-Heywood C.Broun

A couple of interesting quotes

1.We must bring ourselves to realize that it is necessary to support free speech for the things we hate in order to ensure it for the things in which we believe with all our heart.-Heywood Broun,NEW YORK WORLD,JANUARY 26,1923.
2.Poetry often enters through the window of irreverence.-M.C.Richards

Quote on Free speech

Everybody  favors free speech in the slack moments when no axes are being ground.-Heywood C.Broun

Quote from Heywood C.Broun

The pursuit of happiness belongs to us,but we must climb around or over the church to get it.-Heywood C.Broun

Great quote from Edward Albee

You gotta have a swine to show you where the truffles are.-Edward Albee

A trio of interesting quotes

1.Repartee is what you wish you said.-Heywood C.Broun
2.Her mind is so open that the wind whistles through it.-Heywood C.Broun
3.A liberal is a man who leaves a room when the fight begins.-Heywood C.Broun

Some interesting quotes

1.For truth there is no deadline.-Heywood C.Broun
2.Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment.-Heywood C.Broun
3.A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.-Heywood C.Broun
4.Footprints in the sands of time will never be made sitting down.-Evan Esar

Quote from Frank Zappa

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.-Frank Zappa,American composer(1940-1993)

Great quote on fame

Fame is more addictive than crack.Adults who lose fame --one-hit wonders,for example-usually tailspin into depression,though they try to act like they're above it.They don't want to admit the truth.Their whole life is a lie,a desperate scramble for another dose of that most potent of drugs.Fame.-Harlan Coben,NO SECOND CHANCE.

Quote from Harlan Coben

Man plans,God Laughs.-Harlan Coben,HOLD TIGHT.

Quote from Daniel Webster

The world is governed more by appearances than realities ,so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.-Daniel Webster

Quote on public speaking

Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.-Evan Esar

Quote from Harlan Coben

Years fly by,but the heart stays in the same place.-Harlan Coben,PROMISE ME.

Quote from Milan Kundera

Young is the one that plunges in the future and never looks back.-Milan Kundera

Great quote from Gene Tierney

Life is a little like a message in a bottle,to be carried by the winds and the tides.-Gene Tierney

Great quote on scandal

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.-Oscar Wilde

Quote from Horace Mann

When a child can be brought to tears,not from fear of punishment,but from repentance of his offense,he needs no chastisement.When the tears begin to flow from grief at one's own conduct,be sure there is an angel nesting in the bosom.-Horace Mann,THOUGHTS

Quote from Nietzsche

No one is such a liar as the indignant man.-Friedrich Nietzsche

Quote from George S.Patton

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.-George S.Patton

Quote from Benjamin Disraeli

What we anticipate seldom occurs;what we least expected generally happens.-Benjamin Disraeli

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

All sensible people are selfish and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beautiful quote from O.Henry on beauty

Beauty is Nature in perfection:circularity is its chief attribute.Behold the full moon ,the enchanting golf ball,the domes of splendid temples,the huckleberry pie,the wedding ring,the circus ring,the ring for the waiter,and the ``round '' of drinks.-O.Henry,``SQUARING THE CIRCLE.''

Quote from O.Henry

Each of us,when our day's work is done,must seek our ideal,whether it be love or pinochle or lobster à la Newburg,or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves.-O.Henry

Quote on burglars

A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.-O.Henry,''MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KIN',in SIXES AND SEVENS(1911)

Quote from O.Henry

There is no well-defined boundary between honesty and dishonesty.The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other,and he who attempts to tread this dangerous ground may be sometimes in one domain and sometimes in the other.-O.Henry,ROLLING STONES(1894).

Quote from William Graham Sumner

The crowd worships its heroes fanatically while they are in fashion,but it likes to turn about and roll them in the mud of satire in order to teach them who made them and how easily it can unmake them.-William Graham Sumner,American academic(1840-1910).

Great quote from O.Henry

All of us have to be prevaricators,hypocrites and liars every day of our lives;otherwise the social structure would fall into pieces the first day.We must act in one another's presence just as we wear clothes.It is for the best.-O.Henry

Quote from Walter Pater

What we have to do is to be forever curiously testing new opinions and courting new impressions.-Walter Pater

Another quote from Horace Mann

Even the choiciest literature should be taken as the condiment,and not as the sustenance of life.It should be neither the warp nor the woof of existence,but only the flowery edging upon its borders.-Horace Mann,THOUGHTS

Quote from Horace Mann

There is nothing derogatory in any employment which ministers to the well-being of the race.It is the spirit that is carried into an employment that elevates or degrades it.-Horace Mann,THOUGHTS FOR A YOUNG MAN.

Quote on adventurers

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.-O.Henry

Quote from O.Henry

No friendship is an accident.-O'Henry,HEART OF THE WEST

Great quote for those caught in a hold-up

My advice to you,if you should ever be in a hold up,is to line up with the cowards and save your bravery for an occasion when it may be of some benefit to you.-O.Henry

Quote from O.Henry

When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard.-O.Henry

Great quote from O.Henry on stories

A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito.It bores you,and then injects a stinging drop to irritate your conscience.- American short story writer O.Henry(1862-1910)

       N.B:Sanctimonious critics must be reminded of this quote sporadically.

Quote from Linda Fairstein

Your library is your portrait.-Linda Fairstein,LETHAL LEGACY

Quote from O.Henry

We may achieve climate,but weather is thrust upon us.-O.Henry

100-year-old marathon runner not recognised by Guinness - article from BBC,Adrian Goldberg,Oct 23,2011

100-year-old marathon runner not recognised by Guinness


By Adrian Goldberg

Guinness World Records says it does not recognise claims that a 100-year-old Briton is the world's oldest marathon runner.
Fauja Singh, from Ilford, east London, attracted worldwide publicity after he completed the Toronto marathon last week.
Guinness World Records says it has not ratified the record as Mr Singh cannot show a birth certificate from 1911.
His trainer, Harmander Singh, says such documents were not made in India then.
Fauja Singh is said to hold a number of world records, but the BBC's 5 live Investigates programme has learned that none of these records has been ratified by Guinness World Records.
His British passport, showing his date of birth as being 1 April 1911, as well as a letter from the Queen congratulating Mr Singh on his 100th birthday, have been shown to the organisation. But it says these are not considered sufficient proof of age.
                                       No evidence'
A letter from Indian government officials stating that no birth records were kept in 1911, and a statement from a former neighbour in India, have also been passed to Guinness World Records, but the organisation says these too are not evidence enough.
          Fauja Singh recently completed the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in eight hours, 25 minutes and 16 seconds, finishing in 3,850th place, ahead of five other competitors.
         He received worldwide publicity celebrating his position as the oldest man to complete a marathon - numerous media organisations, including the BBC, announced he had made it into Guinness World Records.
         It has also been widely reported that Mr Singh already had a place in Guinness World Records for the over-90 marathon category after running the 2003 Toronto marathon in five hours and 40 minutes.
           But Guinness World Records has in fact not ratified this record, although Mr Singh is listed as a record holder for this performance on the World Masters Athletics website - an organisation which accepts a passport as a proof-of-age document.



Comments on BBC WEBSITE on article

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It's important to everybody who's over a certain age, because it inspires them”

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Harmander Singh



Fauja Singh's trainer

Speaking to the BBC, the editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, Craig Glenday, said: "We would love to give him the record. We'd love to say this is a true Guinness World Record, but the problem is there is just no evidence.



"We can only accept official birth documents created in the year of the birth. Anything else is really not very useful to us."



It is also claimed that Mr Singh holds UK records for the 200m, 400m, 800m, mile and 3,000m for his age group, but British Masters Athletics (BMA) says these records were not official as the event where Mr Singh performed was not attended by official timekeepers, as well as the fact no proof of Mr Singh's age was provided.



His name does not appear on the BMA website's list of record holders.



However, Fauja Singh recently claimed another eight records for 100-year-old men by completing eight distances ranging from 100m to 5,000m and it looks like those performances will be recognised by the British and World Masters Athletics. The Canadian official who oversaw his performance says Mr Singh's British passport was shown and is considered valid proof of age.



Mr Singh, who worked as a farmer in the Punjab before moving to Britain in 1992, does not speak English, and so his trainer has responded to the allegations on his behalf.



Inspirational



In the past, Mr Singh has appeared in advertisements for sportswear firm Adidas, for its "Nothing is Impossible" campaign.



His trainer, Harmandar Singh, says he thinks recognition by Guinness World Records is important: "I think it's important to everybody who's over a certain age, because it inspires them and allows them to think 'yes, it is possible'.



"However, the fact remains that the Guinness Book of Records has its rules, and I think they are quite right to have them.



"However, in the developing countries, their standards simply aren't up to western standards."

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3. www.tiffintales.com
4. www.kevinstilley.com
5. www.historyorb.com
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Quote by Horace Mann

Benevolence is a world of itself--a world which mankind,as yet,have hardly begun to explore.We have,as it were,only skirted along its coasts for a few leagues,without penetrating the recesses,or gathering the riches of its vast interior.-Horace Mann,A FEW THOUGHTS FOR AYOUNG MAN

Another quote from Tina Brown

Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease--by turning any answer into another question.-Tina Brown

Quote from Woodrow Wilson

The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.-Woodrow Wilson

Quote from James Baldwin

Anyone who had ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.-James Baldwin

The only Premier of a province to become Canadian Prime MInister

Charles Tupper,a one-time premier of Nova Scotia,is the only premier of a province to become the Prime Minister of Canada.

Quote from Ken Kesey

He who walks out of step hears another drum.-Ken Kesey

Quote from Horace Mann

As each generation comes into the world devoid of knowledge,its first duty is to obtain possession of the stores already amassed.It must overtake its predecessors before it can pass by them.-Horace Mann,THOUGHTS.

Quote from Tina Brown

Powerful women always interpret hostility as unrequited love.-Tina Brown

Quote from Charlotte Bronte

Conventionality is not morality.Self-righteousness is not religion.To attack the first is not to assail the last.-Charlotte Bronte,1847.

Quote from Ovid

Tears at times have all the weight of speech.-Ovid

Quote from H.Rider Haggard

Thinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought.-H.Rider Haggard,SHE(1887)

Quote from Thomas Hardy

Though a good deal is too strange to be believed,nothing is too strange to have happened.-Thomas Hardy

Quote from Arnold Bennett

A true friend is someone who likes you despite your achievements.-Arnold Bennett,English writer(1867-1931)

Another quote from H.Rider Haggard

The acorn of ambition often grows into an oak from which men hang.-H.Rider Haggard

Quote from H.Rider Haggard

The great wheel of Fate rolls on like a Juggernaut,and crushes us all in turn,some soon,some late.-H.Rider Haggard,ALLAN QUARTERMAIN(1887).

Quote from Denis Waitley

Chase your passion,not your pension.-Denis Waitley

Quote on predators

The trouble with predators is that they don't know who's the prey until he's dead.-Sir Freddie Laker,1984

French proverb

Coloniser,c'est transporter.-French proverb

Quote from Horace Mann

In the march of universal improvement,education must lead the van.-Horace Mann,THOUGHTS

Quote from Horace Mann

In dress, seek the middle between foppery and shabbiness.-Horace Mann,THOUGHTS

Quote from Erich Fromm

The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind -not the fiend or the sadist.-Erich Fromm

Unique feature of the Montreal Gazette

The Montreal Gazette is one of the few daily print  newspapers in North America to have a QUOTE OF THE DAY every day on its front page.Are there many other North American newspapers that feature a daily QUOTE OF THE DAY or PROVERB on the front page?Can anybody tell me?Just curious.

Great quote on tears

The tears of the red,yellow,black,brown and white men are all the same.-Martin H.Fischer

Quote from George Weinberg

Hope never abandons you,you abandon it.-George Weinberg

Quote on Genius

Genius is fire for the ignition spark,but to get there someone has to see that the radiator doesn't leak and no tire is flat.-Rex Stout,THE DOORBELL RANG

Quote from Rex Stout

Seven o'clock is much too early a breakfast hour unless you're a bird or a bird watcher.-Rex Stout,IF DEATH EVER SLEPT

Quote from Horace Mann

A man of worth is like gold-never out of fashion.-Horace Mann,THOUGHTS

Quote from Agatha Christie

Never tell all you know--not even to the person you know best.-Agatha Christie,THE SECRET ADVERSARY

Quote from Rex Stout

The brain can be hoodwinked but not the stomach.-Rex Stout

Quote on servitude

----Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution.-Aldous Huxley,BRAVE NEW WORLD

Another quote from Aldous Huxley

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.-Aldous Huxley

Quote from Aldous Huxley

Words are like X-rays if you use them properly ---they"ll go through anything you read and you're pierced.-Aldous Huxley,BRAVE NEW WORLD

Quote from Ruth Rendell

The knives of jealousy are honed on details.-Ruth Rendell

Quote on solitude

The more powerful and original a mind,the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.-Aldous Huxley

Quote from Rex Stout

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.-Rex Stout

Former name of Monk Boulevard in Ville Emard

Monk Boulevard in Ville Emard ,Montreal was until 1967 known as Davidson street.

Great quote on guests

A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality.-Rex Stout

Quotes on habits

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.-Aldous Huxley

Great quote on war

War doesn't mature men;it merely pickles them in the brine of disgust and dread.-Rex Stout

Quote from Aldous Huxley

An exciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.-Aldous Huxley

Great quote from Aldous Huxley

If one's different,one's bound to be lonely.-Aldous Huxley,BRAVE NEW WORLD

Quote from Agatha Christie

Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.-Agatha Christie

Quote from Agatha Christie

Proof must be solid breakwalls of facts.-Agatha Christie,DEATH COMES AS THE END

Quote from Albert Schweitzer

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.-Albert Schweitzer

Great quote on statistics

There are two kinds of statistics:the kind you look up and the kind you make up.-Rex Stout

Quote on self-esteem

I think high self-esteem is overrated.A little low self-esteem is actually quite good.---Maybe you're not the best,so you should work a little harder.-Jay Leno,O Magazine

Quote from Tom Wilson

Honesty is the best image.-Tom Wilson,``Ziggy''.

Another quote from Agatha Christie

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.-Agatha Christie

Quote from Agatha Christie

It's so much nicer to be a secret and delightful sin to anybody than to be a feather in his cap.-Agatha Christie,in MURDER AT THE VICARAGE.

Quote from William Blake

Energy is eternal delight.-William Blake

Quote from John Cheever

The most wonderful thing about life seems to be that we hardly tap our potential for self-destruction.We may desire it,it may be what we dream of,but we are dissuaded  by a beam of light,a change in the wind.-John Cheever,JOURNALS,1958.

Quote on authors

People should be interested in books,not their authors.-Agatha Christie

Quote from Agatha Christie

It's like all those quiet people,when they do lose their tempers they lose them with a vengeance.-Agatha Christie,THE ABC MURDERS

Quote from Agatha Christie

When engaged in eating,the brain should be the servant of the stomach.-Agatha Christie

Quote from John H.Patterson

Before you try to convince anyone else,be sure you are convinced,and if you cannot convince yourself,drop the subject.-John H.Patterson

Great quote from Agatha Christie

The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others,but deprived of such nourishment it will,reluctantly begin to think for itself-and such thinking,remember is original thinking and may have valuable results.-Agatha Christie

Quote on murderers

Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.-Agatha Christie

Great quote on evil

Evil never goes unpunished,Monsieur.But the punishment is sometimes secret.-Agatha Christie,PERIL AT END HOUSE