Saturday, June 29, 2013

Another Finnish proverb

In sunshine the dust is seen.-Finnish proverb

Another Finnish proverb

The cheese betrays the milk.-Finnish proverb

Another quote from Truman Capote

More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.-Truman Capote,ANSWERED PRAYERS

Interesting Finnish proverb

Love is a garden full of flowers and marriage is a field of stinging nettles.-Finnish proverb

Quote from Truman Capote

The brain may take advice,but not the heart.-Truman Capote(1924-1984),OTHER VOICES,OTHER ROOMS.

Great Finnish proverb

To an optimist every weed is a flower;to a pessimist every flower is a weed.-Finnish proverb

Unflattering quote about Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.-Truman Capote(1924-1984)

Great quote from Truman Capote

It's better to look at the sky than live there.-Truman Capote

146th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Le Soleil Est Parti-Donald Lautrec
2.Le Temps De Faire L'Amour-Donald Lautrec
3.Un Homme Seul(1970)-Donald Lautrec
4.Fais l'amour et non la guerre(1969)-Robert Arcand
5.Que j'aime de t'aimer(1970)-La Nouvelle Frontière
6.Un Monde De joie(1969)-Normand Knight
7.Le Week-end(1967)-Marc Gélinas
8.Oui je l'adore-Pauline Ester
9.La La La(1968)-Claire Lepage
10.Les Chemins de l'Amour(1971)-Claire Lepage
10.Terre D'Amour(1972)-Donald Lautrec.(This song is a French version of the New Seekers hit song from 1972 'I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING').

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Quote from Jimi Hendrix

If I'm free,it's because I'm always running.-Jimi Hendrix

Quote from Carol Burnett

We don't stop going to school when we graduate.-Carol Burnett

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Quote from Jimi Hendrix

Even castles made of sand,fall into the sea,eventually.-Jimi Hendrix

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Czech proverb

Habit is a shirt made of iron.-Czech proverb

Hungarian proverb

A falcon will not breed a dove.-Hungarian proverb

Funny quote from Rita Rudner

Men who consistently leave the toilet seat up secretly want women to get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and fall in.-Rita Rudner(b.1953)

Interesting quote on marriage

Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.-Alan King(1927-2004)

Great quote from Henry Miller

One has to be a lowbrow,a bit of a murderer,to be a politician,ready and willing to see people sacrified,slaughtered,for the sake of an idea,whether a good one or a bad one.-Henry Miller(1891-1980)

Provocative quote from Douglas Adams

If there's anything more important than my ego around,I want it caught and shot now.-Douglas Adams

Quote from William James

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.-William James

Friday, June 21, 2013

Quote from Charles Bowden

Summertime is always the best of what might be.-Charles Bowden

Funny quote from George Lindsey

It's not hard to tell we was poor-when you saw the toliet paper dryin' on the clothesline.-George Lindsey,American actor(born 1929)

Quote from Havelock Ellis

We cannot remain consistent with the world save by growing inconsistent with our past selves.-Havelock Ellis,British psychologist and writer(1859-1939)

145th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Puff (1969)-Claire Lepage (This song is a French version of the 1963 song 'PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON' by Peter,Paul and Mary).
2.Le Jour Viendra(1966)-Claire Lepage
3.L'Amour s' Envole-Claire Lepage
4.Tant Qu' Il y aura l'Amour-Claire Lepage
4.Mon Porte-Bonheur(1962)-Dante(This song is a French version of the 1962 hit song 'GOOD LUCK CHARM' by Elvis Presley).
5.Chanson Sentimentale Pour Une Fille Sentimentale(1970)-Chantal Renaud
6.Chante Avec Moi(1973)-Jean Beaulne
7.Le Fou A Perdu(1966)-Claude Sorel(This song is a French version of the 1966 Brian Hyland hit song 'THE JOKER WENT WILD')
8.Le Coeur Fragile-Jean Beaulne.(This song is a French version of the 1971 hit song 'I THINK I LOVE YOU' by The Partridge Family).
9.Le Nez Dans Le Miroir-Jean Beaulne
10.La Ferme De Mon Oncle(1969)-Les Coquettes

Interesting quote from Samuel Johnson

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.-Samuel Johnson

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Quote from Ambrose Bierce

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavour upon the business known as gambling.-Ambrose Bierce

Quote from Billy Braver

I was toliet-trained at gunpoint.-Billy Braver

Interesting quote from Uma Thurman

It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet.-Uma Thurman,American actress born in Boston(b.1970)

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Brand of olive oil you finished consuming

In May 2013,i.e. last month,you finished consuming a 500 g glass bottle of Bau-Pomace olive oil.It was a product of Spain.It was pretty delicious.

Quote from Chamfort

If a woman were about to proceed to her execution,she would demand a little time to perfect her toliet.-Chamfort,French playwright(1741-1794)

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

144th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Ne L'Écoute pas-Dante
2.La Chanson Du Bonheur-Sylvain Mercier
3.Bonjour la visite(dans l'monde d'aujord'hui(1975)-Pierre Létourneau
4.J'ai peur(1969)-Daniel Nicholas(This song is a French version of the 1969 song 'DIZZY' by Tommy Roe)
5.Il Pleut Toujours Quand On Est Triste-Mireille Mathieu
6.Ca n'a pas d'Importance(1978)-Bruno Guillain
7.Les Cigales((1969)-Pierre Létourneau
8.Écoutez La Pluie(1961)-Dante.(This song is a French version of the 1962 song 'RHYTHM OF THE RAIN' by The Cascades)
9.Car Je T'Aime(1970)-Bobby LeClerc
10.C'est Pourquoi(1970)-Bobby LeClerc(This song is a French version of the 1970 song 'LITTLE GREEN BAG'by George Baker Selection)

Quote from Lewis Mumford

Today,the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toliet.-Lewis Mumford(1895-1990),American writer.

Great proverb

In wine there is wisdom,in beer there is strength,in water there is bacteria.-Proverb

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Quote from Chuck Palahniuk

Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet.-Chuck Palahniuk(b.1961)

Another James Baldwin quote

Whoever debases others is debasing himself.-James Baldwin,THE FIRE NEXT TIME.

Quote from James Baldwin

An invented past can never be used;it cracks and crumbles under the pressures of life like clay in a season of drought.-James Baldwin,THE FIRE NEXT TIME.

Another Indonesian proverb

People seek out big shots as flies seek out the elephant's tail.-Indonesian proverb

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Indonesian proverb

The sea becomes the shore,the shore becomes the sea.-Indonesian proverb

German proverb

Silence is a fence around wisdom.-German proverb

Quote from Herbert Hoover

The slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage.-American president Herbert Hoover(1874-1964)

Great Indonesian proverb

There are not many who would announce their faults with a gong.-Indonesian proverb

Another Indonesian proverb

Death is the bride of life.-Indonesian proverb

Superb Indonesian proverb

If an eel is with fish,he shows his tail;if he is with snakes,he shows his head.-Indonesian proverb

Friday, June 14, 2013

Quote on power

How can one---dream of power in any other terms than in the symbols of power?-James Baldwin

Quote from James Baldwin

Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society.-James Baldwin

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Great quote on hate

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense,once hate is gone,they will be forced to deal with pain.-James Baldwin

Heartfelt quote from James Baldwin

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them,poisoned.-James Baldwin

Quote on education

The paradox of education is precisely this- that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.-James Baldwin

Quote from James Baldwin

The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.-James Baldwin

Quote on history

People are trapped in history,and history is trapped in them.-James Baldwin

Interesting quote from A.A.Milne

If you live to be a hundred,I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.-A.A.Milne,WINNIE THE POOH

Good quote from James Baldwin

Ignorance,allied with power,is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.-James Baldwin

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Another quote from Emily Dickinson

Mirth is the Mail of Anguish.-Emily Dickinson

Quote from Emily Dickinson

To shut your eyes is to travel.-Emily Dickinson

Monday, June 10, 2013

Insightful quote from James Baldwin

The place in which I'll fit does not exist until I make it.-James Baldwin

Great quote from James Baldwin

It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.-James Baldwin

Superb quote from James Baldwin

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.-James Baldwin

Quote from James Baldwin

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does.Love is a battle,love is a war;love is growing up.-James Baldwin

Another quote from Emily Dickinson

My business is circumference.-Emily Dickinson(1830-1886)

Quote from Emily Dickinson

I hope your rambles have been sweet and your reveries spacious.-Emily Dickinson

Sunday, June 09, 2013

Another quote from Jeffrey Deaver

That's the past for you.Not only does it come back at the most unexpected,and inconvenient,times but it's set in stone.-Jeffrey Deaver,EDGE

Quote from Jeffrey Deaver

People with children and people with their own business always pick up a ringing phone.-Jeffrey Deaver,THE COFFIN DANCER

Quote from Lewis Mumford

To delight in the human body without shame,to enjoy it without adulteration,is no simple human prerogative.It comes only at the summit of a high culture.-Lewis Mumford(1895-1990),American urban planner,historian and critic

Saying on coffee

Coffee has two virtues:It's wet and warm.-Dutch saying

English saying

One of these days is none of these days.-English saying

Great quote from Emily Dickinson

To whom the mornings are like nights,what must the midnights be!-Emily Dickinson(1830-1886).

Saturday, June 08, 2013

Great quote from Emily Dickinson

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.-Emily Dickinson(1830-1886)

Friday, June 07, 2013

Wise Ethiopian proverb

To one who knows no better,a small garden is a forest.-Ethiopian proverb

Quote from Mary Kay Ash

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise-it makes you stretch.-Mary Kay Ash

Thursday, June 06, 2013

Provocative Ethiopian proverb

When you are pepper,I am mustard;when thou art a needle,I am a knife.-Ethiopian proverb

Quote on hedgehogs

The fox has many tricks.The hedgehog has but one.But that is the best of all.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wednesday, June 05, 2013

Great proverb on love

When one is in love,a cliff becomes a meadow.-Ethiopian proverb

Superb Ethiopian proverb

A bird hanging between two branches will get bitten on both wings.-Ethiopian proverb

Quote on self-consciousness

Self-consciousness kills communication.-Rick Steves

Great Ethiopian proverb

A belt fastened while running will come undone while running.-Ethiopian proverb

Ethiopian proverb

Pride is no substitute for a dinner.-Ethiopian proverb

Ethiopian proverb

Regret,like a tail,comes at the end.-Ethiopian proverb

Quote from Manolo Blahnik

The greatest luxury is being free.-Manolo Blahnik

Quote from Timothy Correa

Being condescending is an unintelligent way to make yourself feel superior.-Timothy Correa

Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Quote from Emily Dickinson

The possible's slow fuse is lit by the imagination.-Emily Dickinson(1830-1886)

Great Ethiopian proverb

Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying a grain in a bag with a hole in it.-Ethiopian proverb

An Ethiopian proverb

A too modest man goes hungry.-Ethiopian proverb

Quote from Emily Dickinson

The truth I do not care to know
I muffle with a jest.-Emily Dickinson(1830-1886)

Quote from Emily Dickinson

People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.-Emily Dickinson(1830-1886)

Quote on sunrise

Sunrise:day's great progenitor.-Emily Dickinson

Quote from Lionel Shriver

---I long ago gave up defending humanity.It's beyond me on most days to defend myself.-Lionel Shriver,WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN.

Monday, June 03, 2013

Another great quote from Emily Dickinson

Whenever a thing is done for the first time,it releases a little demon.-Emily Dickinson

Quote from Emily Dickinson

Your brain is wider than the sky.-Emily Dickinson

Sunday, June 02, 2013

Quote from Nadine Gordimer

There is no moral authority like that of a sacrifice.-Nadine Gordimer

Quote on violence

---Violence is anything an airplane can do to a cloud.-Lionel Shriver

Quote from Nadine Gordimer

A desert is a place without expectation.-Nadine Gordimer

Great quote from William Goldman

Life isn't fair.It's just fairer than death,that's all-William Goldman

Quote on cynics

Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.-William Goldman,THE PRINCESS BRIDE

Another quote from Nadine Gordimer

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of creativity.-Nadine Gordimer

Quote from Nadine Gordimer

People give one another things that can't be gift-wrapped.-Nadine Gordimer

Great quote from William Goldman

---If your love were a grain of sand,mine would be a universe of beaches.-William Goldman,THE PRINCESS BRIDE

Saturday, June 01, 2013

Quote on condoms

Condoms are like raincoats in the Sahara.-Thomas Matthews

Quote from Emily Dickinson

Morning without you is a dwindled dawn.-Emily Dickinson

Quote from Sara Paretsky

People have less privacy and are crammed together in cities,but in the wide open spaces they secretly keep tabs on each other a lot more.-Sara Paretsky