A Malaysian proverb

When mosquitoes work,they bite and then they sing.-Malaysian proverb

Great quote on credit

The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery.-Upton Sinclair

Quote on fascism

Fascism is capitalism plus murder.-Upton Sinclair

Great quote from Upton Sinclair

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.-Upton Sinclair(1878-1968).

Quote on winter

Winter is not a season,it's an occupation.-American writer Sinclair Lewis

Quote from Malcolm Lowry

Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.-Malcolm Lowry

Great quote from George Carlin

A lot of the people who keep a gun at home for safety are the same ones who refuse to wear a seat belt.-George Carlin.

Great quote from Arthur Lacey

The real problem of leisure is how to keep others from using yours.-Arthur Lacey

Great quote from Charles Willeford

The veneer of our modern American civilization is as thin as the gold on a rented wedding ring.-Novelist Charles Willeford

Quote from Charles Willeford

Just tell the truth and they'll accuse you of writing black humor.-Writer Charles Willeford

Quote on writers

There are plenty of clever young writers.But there is too much genius,not enough talent.-J.B.Priestley(1894-1984).

Quote from Lillian Gish

A happy slife is one spent in learning,earning and yearning.-Lillian Gish

Which state in the US in 2012 has the second most number of counties?

Answer.Georgia(It has 159 counties).

Quote on Western man

Western man is schizophrenic.-J.B.Priestley(1894-1984)

Quote on advertising

Living in an age of advertisement,we are perpetually disillusioned.The perfect life is spread before us every day,but it changes and withers at a touch.-J.B.Priestley(1894-1984).

Quote from Rod Laver

The time your game is most vulnerable is when you're ahead;never let up.-Tennis player Rod Laver

Quote from J.B.Priestley

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.-J.B.Priestley

Quote from Peter Drucker

Management is doing things right;leadership is doing the right things.-Peter Drucker

Quote on honesty

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.-Thomas Jefferson

Quote from Coco Chanel

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress;dress impeccably and they remember the woman.-Coco Chanel

Quote from Laurie Colwin

There is nothing like soup.It is by nature eccentric: no two are ever alike,unless of course you get your soup in a can.-Laurie Colwin

Quote on advice

Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.-J.B.Priestley

Quote from Percy Blysshe Shelley

Fear not for the future,weep not for the past.-Percy Shelley

Wise quote from Joseph B.Priestley

We pay when old for the excesses of youth.-Joseph B.Priestley(1894-1984).

Quote on comedy

Comedy,we may say,is society protecting itself with a smile.-J.B.Priestley(1894-1984)

Very interesting quote on critics

The greatest part of critics are parasites,who,if nothing had been written,would find nothing to write.-J.B.Priestley

Great quote on marriage

Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.-J.B.Priestley

Quote on public opinion polls

Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden ,digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.-J.B.Priestley(1894-1984).

Quote on soup

To feel safe and warm on a cold wet night,all you really need is soup.-Laurie Colwin(1944-1992)

Quote from Laurie Colwin

Fulfillment leaves an empty space where longing used to be.-Laurie Colwin,THE LONE PILGRIM(1981).

Quote from Jennifer McMahon

Sometimes what a person needs most is to be forgiven.-Jennifer McMahon,ISLAND OF LOST GIRLS.

Quote from Lou Reed

Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.-Lou Reed (b.1942)

Quote from Susan Glaspell

A clock is a little machine that shuts us out from the wonder of time.-Susan Glaspell,"TICKLESS TIME''.

Quote from Laurie Colwin

Friendship is not possible between two women,one of whom is very well dressed.-Laurie Colwin

Quote from Susan Glaspell

What is a clock?Something agreed upon and arbitrarily imposed upon us.Standard time.Not true time.Symbolizing the whole standardization of our lives.-Susan Glaspell,'TICKLESS TIME.'

Great quote on lentils

Lentils are friendly--the Miss Congeniality of the bean world.-Laurie Colwin

Great quote on tomatoes

A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.-Laurie Colwin(1944-1992)

Great quote on gossip

I don't call it gossip,I call it 'emotional speculation.'-Laurie Colwin

Quote from W.B.Yeats

The Horses of  Disaster plunge in the heavy clay.-W.B.Yeats

Quote from Martin Luther King Jr.

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence,adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars---te cannot drive out hate :only love can do that.-Martin Luther King Jr.

Quote on war

That's the worst of war-you have to go on hearing about it so long.-Susan Glaspell

Quote from Susan Glaspell

Seems nothing draws men together like killing other men.-Susan Glaspell

Quote from Susan Glaspell

What men have thought about life in the past is less important than what you feel about it to-day.-Susan Glaspell, LITTLE MASKS.

Great quote from Anna Quindlen

Books are the plane ,and the train and the road.They are the destination,and the journey.They are home.-Anna Quindlen

Quote from Mortimer J.Adler

In the case of good books,the point is not to see how many of them you can get through ,but rather how many can get through to you.-Mortimer J.Adler

Cardboard tubes

Cardboard tubes are great for storing plans.More people could use them to this end.

Quote from Susan Glaspell

Philosophy should quicken life,not deaden it.-Susan Glaspell,LITTLE MASKS.

Quote from Margaret Fuller

Today a reader,tomorrow a leader.-Margaret Fuller

Quote on music

Music is a good shorthand way to delineate character.If you want to tell the reader about a character in a small space,just tell them what their musical taste is.You'll get their age,their background,whether they're gregarious or a loner.-Ian Rankin

Quote from Lou Reed

I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine.-Lou Reed

Quote from Tom Peters

Leaders don't create followers,they create more leaders.-Tom Peters

Quote from Elisabeth Foley

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.-Elisabeth Foley

An underplayed but beautiful song from 1962

I love a beautiful old song titled `Two voices, Two shadows, Two faces' from Ned Miller and Sue Miller.Oldies radio stations rarely play this song unfortunately.This song deserves more airplay;it features great lyrics,great piano playing  and great chords.

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

'Tis the good reader that makes the good book.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Susan Glaspell

I can't think of any sorrow in the world that a hot bath wouldn't help,just a little bit.-Susan Glaspell,American playwright and poet(1876-1948)

Quote from Konrad Adenauer

We all live under the same sky,but we do not all have the same horizon.-Konrad Adenauer,German statesman(1876-1967).

Quote from Jerry Seinfeld

There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.-Jerry Seinfeld

Quote on fortune

Fortunes---come tumbling into some men's laps.-Francis Bacon

Quote from Peter Marshall

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.-Peter Marshall

Great quote on aging

Age is a peculiar kind of thief.It slips up on you and steps inside your skin and is so quiet and methodical in its work that you never realize it has stolen your youth until you look into the mirror one morning and see a man you don't recognize.-James Lee Burke

Quote on Censorship

Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.-Henry Lewis Gates

Quote from Lemony Snicket

Waiting is one of life's hardships.-Lemony Snicket

Quote from James Lee Burke

There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.-James Lee Burke

Quote on Louisiana

Louisiana is a fresh-air mental asylum.-James Lee Burke,PEGASUS DESCENDING.

Interesting quote on Pico Iyer

For it is the first vanity,and goal,of every traveler to come upon his own private pocket of perfection,it is his second vanity,and goal,to shut the door behind him.-Pico Iyer,in his book VIDEO NIGHT IN KATMANDU(1988),from the chapter Bali,on Prospero's Ile,page 33.

Quote from Omar N.Bradley

Set your course by the stars,not by the lights of every passing ship.-Omar N.Bradley

Great quote from Carol Shields

There are chapters in every life which are seldom read,and certainly not aloud.-Carol Shields,THE STONE DIARIES.

Great quote for the new year

Here's to another year and let's hope it's above ground.-Carol Shields,THE STONE DIARIES

A couple of interesting quotes

1.Whenever I travel,I'm too late.The orgy has moved elsewhere.-Mordecai Richler(1931-2001)
2.Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.-Omar N.Bradley

Quote from Mordecai Richler

Every man creates god in his own image.-Mordecai Richler,SON OF A SMALLER HERO

Quote from Omar N.Bradley

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half of death.-Omar N.Bradley

Quote from Max Nordau

It is well to be alone.It fertilizes the creative impulse.-Max Nordau

Quote from Stephen Jay Gould

When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes,the seeds of political manipulation are sown.-Stephen Jay Gould

Quote from Woody Allen

There are two types of people in this world,good and bad.The good sleep better,but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.-Woody Allen

Quote from Michael Palin

I mistrust total competence.I've always felt life is a series of small disasters we try to get through.-Michael Palin

Quote from Stephen Jay Gould

The dogmatist within is always worse than the enemy without.-Stephen Jay Gould

Quote from Pico Iyer

Comedy is nothing more than tragedy deferred.-Pico Iyer

Insightful quote on technology

Technology,in short,cannot teach me how to do without technology.-Pico Iyer

Quote from Michael Cibenko

One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.-Michael Cibenko

Quote from Stephen Jay Gould

Look in the mirror,and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival.-Stephen Jay Gould

A couple of George Carlin quotes

1.If people climb Mt. Everest because it's hard to do, why do they go up the easy side? -George Carlin
2.If it's true that our species is alone in the universe,then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.-George Carlin,American comedian and author(1937-2008).

A couple of additional Korean proverbs

1.Even a monk can't shave his own head.-Korean proverb
2.Do not draw your sword to kill a fly.-Korean proverb

Quote from Don Kardong

Without icecream there would be darkness and chaos.-Don Kardong

Some interesting Korean proverbs

1.A great river does not refuse any small streams.-Korean proverb
2.You cannot strike a face that is smiling.-Korean proverb
3.The thief hates the moon.-Korean proverb
4.No sleep,no dream.-Korean proverb
5.Remember,even monkeys fall out of trees.-Korean proverb
6.If you kick a stone in anger,you'll hurt your own foot.-Korean proverb
7.Cast no dirt into the well that gives you water.-Korean proverb

Quote from William Hazlitt

Confidence gives a fool the advantage over a wise man.-William Hazlitt,English essayist(1778-1830).

Quote from John Maynard Keynes

When the final result is expected to be a compromise,it is often prudent to start from an extreme position.-John Maynard Keynes

Quote from André Maurois

Without a family,man alone in the world,trembles with the cold.-André Maurois

Funny quote on credit cards

I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.-Ilie Nastase

Superb quote on the book

The book is like the spoon:once invented,it cannot be bettered.-Umberto Eco.

Quote from W.Somerset Maugham

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.-W.Somerset Maugham,OF HUMAN BONDAGE.

A Tibetan saying

Angry at the yak but kicking the mule.-Tibetan proverb(An image of displaced anger that erupts in inappropriate or undeserved places.)

Quote from Elmer Rice

If nature had intended our skeletons to be visible it would have put them on the outside of our bodies.-Elmer Rice

Quote from Dennis Roth

If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind,give it more thought.-Dennis Roth

Superb quote from Harriet Beecher Stowe

A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children;We shed our houses in America as easily as a snail does his shell.-Harriet Beecher Stowe

Quote from Lewis Mumford

Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends.-U.S. urban planner Lewis Mumford

A Tibetan proverb

You can beat the lake with a stick,but it won't matter to the fish.-Tibetan proverb(An image of ineffectual aggression -like "spitting in the wind."Also an image for angry words or deeds that roll off someone "like water off a duck's back.")

Quote on reading

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life..-W.Somerset Maugham,BOOKS AND YOU.

A Tibetan proverb

Going forth,be like water bursting out;Staying at rest,be like the calm sea.-Tibetan proverb.(When you do something,really do it wholeheartedly;when you cease,really let it go).

Another Tibetan proverb

The brave challenge authority;the cowardly salute even a dog.-Tibetan proverb

Quote from Stephen Colbert

Hey yogurt,if you're so cultured,how come I never see you at the opera?-Stephen Colbert

A Tibetan proverb

The smell of garlic can be sniffed from afar even though the garlic was eaten in secrecy.-Tibetan proverb(You can hide the deed but not the consequences).