Monday, April 29, 2013
No one was ever named ''Hero'' for following the crowd.Heroes set their own course.-Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Quote from Bryant H.McGill
There is no love without forgiveness,and there is no forgiveness without love.-Bryant H.McGill
Quote from Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Say No to the demands of the world.Say YES to the longings of your own heart.-Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Quote on moderation
Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.-Joseph Hall(1574-1656)
Quote from Joseph Hall
Death borders upon our birth,and our cradle stands in the grave.--Joseph Hall(1574-1656),English clergyman
Quote from Charles Morgan
As knowledge increases,wonder deepens.-Charles Morgan,English writer(1894-1958)
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Quote from Tom Lehrer
Be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you.-Tom Lehrer
Quote from Jane Fonda
It's never too late----never too late to start over,never too late to be happy.-Jane Fonda
Ted Turner facts
Media mogul Ted Turner's father committed suicide on March 5,1963.Ted Turner himself suffers from bipolar disease.
Quote from mogul Ted Turner
You'll hardly ever find a superachiever anywhere who isn't motivated at least partially by a sense of insecurity.-Media mogul Ted Turner
Quote from Joseph Hall
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired,but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.-Joseph Hall
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Quote from John Fowles
We all write poems.It is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.-John Fowles
Great quote from Robert Louis Stevenson
A mortified appetite is never a wise companion.-Robert Louis Stevenson
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Quote from John Steinbeck
No man should be buried in alien soil.-Writer John Steinbeck ,to Elaine Steinbeck a few days before his death.
Quote from Eileen Caddy
Seek always for the answers within.Be not influenced by those around you -by their thoughts or their words.-Eileen Caddy
Great quote from Joan Baez
If it's natural to kill,how come men have to go into training to learn how?-Joan Baez(b.1941),Singer and activist
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Quote from Joan Baez
The easiest kind of relationship is with ten thousand people,the hardest is with one.-Joan Baez,activist and folk singer
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Quote from Carl Sandburg
There is an eagle in me that wants me to soar,and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.-Carl Sandburg(1879-1967)
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Quote from Jack Webster on talk radio
Talk radio let people blow off steam.It's a release valve that prevents the dangerous build-up of social pressure the same way a good drama gives vent to our emotions.Talk radio acts as a catharsis.
Talk radio isn't a panacea for society's woes ,but it helps give ordinary people a bit of clout .And it helps generate the momentum needed for social change.-Canadian pioneering talk show host Jack Webster(b.1918),from his book AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY,page 118 and 119
Talk radio isn't a panacea for society's woes ,but it helps give ordinary people a bit of clout .And it helps generate the momentum needed for social change.-Canadian pioneering talk show host Jack Webster(b.1918),from his book AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY,page 118 and 119
Quote from Arthur Chapman
Every generation is a secret society and has incommunicable enthusiasm,tastes and interests which are a mystery both to its predecessor and to posterity.-Arthur Chapman,U.S.poet(1873-1935)
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Quote from Richie Allen
You gotta be careful with your body.Your body is like a bar of soap.The more you use it,the more it wears down.-Richie Allen
Great quote on eavesdropping
There's nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different from the world inside your head.-Thornton Wilder
Great quote from Don Rickles
Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap.-Don Rickles
Monday, April 15, 2013
Another quote from Florida Scott Maxwell
My kitchen linoleum is so black and shiny that I waltz when I wait for the kettle to boil.The pleasure is for the old who live alone.-Florida Scott-Maxwell
Great quote on the tax code
Our tax code is so long it makes WAR AND PEACE seem breezy.-Steven LaTourette
Quote on anger
Anger must be the energy that has not yet found its right channel.-Florida Scott Maxwell
Another quote from Florida Scott Maxwell
Difficulties are what makes it honorable and interesting to be alive.-Florida Scott Maxwell,THE MEASURE OF MY DAYS.
Superb quote from Tom Waits
I always liked the idea that America is a big facade.We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of a Cadillac.We're all looking at the wrapping.But we won't tear the wrapping to see what lies beneath.-Tom Waits
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Quote from Jimmy Buffett
When reality looks too ugly,fantasize.-Jimmy Buffett,from his book A PIRATE LOOKS AT FIFTY.
Quote on religion
The only thing that is still free in this world is religion,which is why a lot of people find it.-Singer and author Jimmy Buffett,in his autobiographical book A PIRATE LOOKS AT FIFTY.
Quote from H.L.Mencken
It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the idea that after all God will not help them.-H.L.Mencken(1880-1956)
Quote from Jimmy Buffett
I just want to live happily ever after,every now and then.-Singer Jimmy Buffett
Great quote from Jimmy Buffett
People who think too much before they act don't act too much.-Singer and author Jimmy Buffett
Quote on death
You know Death will get you in the end,but if you are smart and have a sense of humor,you can thumb your nose at it for a while.-Jimmy Buffett,from his autobiographical book A PIRATE LOOKS AT FIFTY.
Quote from Jimmy Buffett
It's important to have as much fun as possible while we're here.It balances out the times when the minefield of life explodes.-Singer Jimmy Buffett
Quote from Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Thinking is what people resort to after all else fails.-Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Another quote from Jimmy Buffett
It's a fine line between Saturday night and Sunday morning.-Singer Jimmy Buffett
Quote from Jimmy Buffett
There will always be those who feel more comfortable not venturing from the warmth of the hearth,but there are those who prefer to look out the window and wonder what is beyond the horizon.-Singer and author Jimmy Buffett,from his book A SALTY PIECE OF LAND
Quote from Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Yesterday is like a dung heap;you can complain about the smell,or you can use it to fertilize tomorrow's garden.-Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Thoughtful quote from Robert Lynd
To go through life without ever being converted to anything seems a mark of insensitiveness.The ideal world would be a world in which everybody was capable of conversion and in which at the same time the converts would admit the possibility that they might be mistaken.-Robert Lynd(1879-1949),Irish journalist and essayist.
Motivational quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself.Go forward and make your dreams come true.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Another quote from David Ruggles
A man is sometimes lost in the dust of his own raising.-David Ruggles
Quote from Carl Sandburg
I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes,so live not in your yesterdays ,not just for tomorrow,but in the here and now.Keep moving and forget the post-mortems;and remember no one can get the jump on the future.-Carl Sandburg(1878-1967).
Quote from David Ruggles
Prejudice is not so much dependent upon natural antipathy as upon education.-David Ruggles,an anti-slavery activist
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Another quote from Robert Lynd
I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear.-Robert Lynd
Quote from Jim Rohn
Asking is the beginning of receiving.Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a tea spoon .At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you.-Jim Rohn
Quote from Percy Ross
Many drops make a bucket,many buckets make a pond,many ponds make a lake,and many lakes make an ocean.-American columnist Percy Ross
Superb quote on advice
We give advice by the bucket,but we take it by the grain.-William R.Alger,American theologian,1822-1905
Quote from Robert Lynd
I always feel an optimist when I emerge from a tunnel.-Robert Lynd(1879-1949)
Quote from Dagobert Runes
Work is man's most natural form of relaxation.-Dagobert Runes,philosopher and author(1902-1982)
Quote from Robert Lynd
It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering,but only to one's own suffering.-Robert Lynd(1879-1949)
Quote from Anthony Jay
You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles.Other people can cope with the waves,it's his job to watch the tide.-Anthony Jay
Quote from George Caleb Bingham
Men are always praising the by-gone time,for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their youth ;the weak the time of their strenth;the sick the season of their vigor;and the disappointed the spring-tide of their hopes.-George Caleb Bingham
Quote on genius
Every man of genius is considerably helped by being dead.-Robert Lynd,Irish journalist and essayist(1879-1949)
Another quote from Robert Lynd
Most human beings are quite likeable if you do not see too much of them.-Robert Lynd
Friday, April 12, 2013
Quote on Friendship
Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.-Irish journalist and essayist Robert Lynd(1879-1949)
Quote on speed
I foresee the time when human beings,having ceased to regard speed as a novelty,will lose much of their taste for it.-Robert Lynd,Irish essayist and journalist(1879-1949)
Quote from Robert Lynd
The days on which one has been most inquisitive are among the days on which one has been happiest.-Robert Lynd
Quote from Samuel Smiles
The work of many of the greatest men,inspired by duty,has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty.They have struggled against the tide,and reached the shore exhausted.-Samuel Smiles,Scottish author(1812-1904)
Quote on birdwatching
In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.One has to sit still like a mystic and wait.-Robert Lynd
An olive oil brand that you finished consuming in January 2013
In January 2013,you finished consuming a 1 Litre glass bottle of Belsapore-Premium Quality-Extra Virgin Olive Oil (First Cold Press)(Packed in Italy).
It was good ,but not excellent.
It was good ,but not excellent.
Quote from Jim Rohn
When you know what you want,and want it bad enough,you will find a way to get it.-Jim Rohn
Quote from Ayn Rand
Reason is not automatic.Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it.Do not count on them.Leave them alone.-Ayn Rand
Quote from Robert Lynd
No human being believes that any other human being has a right to be in bed when he himself is up.-Robert Lynd
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Quote from Walter Farrell
If the men of our time had their way,God would be on the carpet all the time offering soothing explanations to angry questions.-Walter Farrell
Quote from Joseph Bottum
The importance of life comes from the future,while the richness of life comes from the past.-Joseph Bottum
Quote from Lynn Abbey
Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers,established and unknown.They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their feet.-Lynn Abbey
Quote from Tony Danza
Hold back the tide.Keep your kids innocent as long as possible.-Actor Tony Danza
Quote from Sonja Washington
The mistakes we make have a way of washing away with the new tide.-Sonja Washington
Movie line about husbands
Husbands should be like kleenex:soft,strong and disposable.-Line from the movie CLUE(1985)
Quote from Bill Cosby
Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older,I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.-Bill Cosby
Quote from Tom Lehrer
Life is like a sewer---what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.-Tom Lehrer
Quote from Margaret Thatcher
I'm not a consensus politician;I am a conviction politician.-Margaret Thatcher
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Quote from Grace Hansen
A wedding is like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers.-Grace Hansen
Another quote from Carl Sandburg
One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.-Carl Sandburg
Quote from Richard Armour
In larger things we are convivial;what causes trouble is the trivial.-Richard Armour
Fact about Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien
Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien's father lived to the age of 93 years.His mother died very suddenly at the tender age of 62.
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Quote from Carl Sandburg
Nearly all the best things that have come in life have been unexpected,unplanned by me.-American poet Carl Sandburg(1878-1967)
Quote from Jimmy Buffett
Breathe in,breathe out,move on.-Jimmy Buffett,singer,songwriter and author.
Quote from Betty Bender
When people go to work,they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home.-Betty Bender
Quote from Winston Churchill
However beautiful the strategy,you should occasionally look at the results.-Sir Winston Churchill
Monday, April 08, 2013
Quote on politicians
All politicians should have three hats--one to throw into the ring,one to talk through,and one to pull rabbits out of if elected.-Carl Sandburg
Quote from Rita Mae Brown
Language exerts hidden power,like the moon on the tides.-Rita Mae Brown(b.1944)
Quote from Charles Newcomb
The ebb and flow of will is like the movement of the tides ---if we cease our vain struggles and lamentations long enough to look away from the personal self---we realize life is going well with us after all.-Charles B.Newcomb
Quote from Winston Churchill
There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.-Winston Churchill
Quote from Soren Kierkegaard
Prayer does not change God but it changes hom who prays.-Soren Kierkegaard
Quote from Christopher Meloni
I love feeling the crispness of fall and the sensuality of spring.-Christopher Meloni
Quote on poetry
Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.-Carl Sandburg
Quote from Robert Collier
Most of us,swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about,need only a bit of praise or encouragement -and we will make the goal.-Robert Collier(1885-1950),American motivational author.
Sunday, April 07, 2013
Quote from Carl Sandburg
In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning.-Carl Sandburg
Great quote from Jimmy Buffett
My occupational hazard is my occupation's just not around.-Singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett(b.1946)
Quote from Pam Brown
Sisters never quite forgive each other for what happened when they were five.-Pam Brown
Saturday, April 06, 2013
Quote on parties
One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.-Winston Churchill(1874-1965)
Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let every man shovel out his own snow and the whole city will be passable.-Ralph Waldo Emerson(1803-1882)
Friday, April 05, 2013
Great quote from Carl Sandburg
Love your neighbour as yourself;but don't take down the fence.-Carl Sandburg
Great quote from Lazarus Long
Being intelligent is not a felony,but most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor.-Lazarus Long
Quote from Carl Sandburg
The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat.It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.-Carl Sandburg(1888-1967),American historian,poet and novelist.
Quote from Michael Gaffney
Putting together a magazine is like a scavenger hunt.You have to be able to fit all the puzzle pieces together and then start over fresh the next week.-Michael Gaffney
Quote from Jimmy Buffett
Searching is half the fun:life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.-Jimmy Buffett(b.1946),American singer and songwriter
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Quote from Fisher Ames
A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction.These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.-Fisher Ames
Quote from Joseph Heller
We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations,give or take a dentist.-Joseph Heller
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Quote from Kahlil Gibran
If your heart is a volcano,how shall you expect flowers to bloom?-Kahlil Gibran,Lebanese-born American phlosophical essayist,novelist and poet(1883-1931)
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Quote on the Sahara
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert,in five years there'd be a shortage of sand.-American economist Milton Friedman(1912-2006)
Quote from Edward Norton
Life,like poker,has an element of risk.It shouldn't be avoided.It should be faced.-Edward Norton(b.1969)
Quote from Ella Maillart
I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.-Ella Maillart
Quote from Robert Frost
Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house.Opening the first takes the pressure off the second.-Robert Frost
Quote on the remote control
The remote control changed our lives---The remote control took over the timing of the world.That's why you have road rage.You have people who have no patience ,because you got immediate gratification.You got click,click,click.If it doesn't explode within three seconds,click,click,click.-Sid Caesar
Unusual quote on missionaries
Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation,Heaven in its infinite mercy,sends them a nice plump missionary.-Oscar Wilde