Inspiring quote from Steven Pressfield

The more scared we are of a work or calling,the more sure we can be that we have to do it.-Steven Pressfield

Quote from Stephen King

When you find something at which you have talent,do that thing until your fingers bleedor your eyes pop out of your head.-Stephen King

10 new and old English songs that I like listening to

1.Larger Than Life-The Back Street Boys
2.Wonder Wall-Oasis
3.Seattle(1969)-Perry Como
4.Don't Do Me Like That-Tom Perry and The Heartbreakers
5.Twist In My Sobriety(1989)-Tanita Tikaram
6.Busted(1963)-Ray Charles
7.Sorry Suzanne-The Hollies
8.Rock Your Body-Justin Timberlake
9.Chasing Cars-Snow Patrol
10.Wrecking Ball(2013)-Miley Cyrus

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Robert A.Cooke

We dribble away our life,little by little,in small packages -we don't throw it away all at once.-Robert A.Cook

Quote from Sylvia Browne

The weeds keep multiplying in our garden,which is our mind ruled by fear.Rip them out and call them by name.-Sylvia Browne

Very insightful quote from Mason Cooley

No chaos,no creation.Evidence:the kitchen at mealtime.-Mason Cooley

Quote from Thomas Hood

Perseverance is not a long race;it is many short races one after another.-Walter Elliott

Quote from Peter Ustinov

If the world should blow itself up,the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.-Peter Ustinov

Quote from Margaret Thatcher

I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.-Margaret Thatcher

Quote from Henny Youngman

When I read about the evils of drinking,I gave it up.Reading,that is.-Henny Youngman

Quote on friendship

Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.-Anna Deavere Smith

149th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Repartir à Zéro-Joe Bocan
2.Avec Celui Qu'On Aime(1958)-Colette Bonheur
3.Ton Amour a changé Ma Vie(1964)-Les Classels
4.Le Sentier de Neige-Les Classels
5.Je Danse Dans Ma Tete-Céline Dion
6.La Lune D'Automne-Michel Rivard
7.Double Vie-Richard Séguin
8.Hasta La Vista-Collage
9.Tout Petit Amour-Collage
10.Calicoba-Gold
10.Capitaine Abandonné-Gold

Quote from Huey Newton

You can jail a Revolutionary,but you can't jail the Revolution.-Huey Newton(born 1942)

Quote from James Joyce

Resignation is the timid sign of courage.-James Joyce

Quote from Graham Greene

We are all resigned to death:it's life we aren't resigned to.-Graham Greene,THE HEART OF THE MATTER.

Quote from W.Somerset Maugham

We learn resignation not by our own suffering,but by the suffering of others.-W.Somerset Maugham

Excellent quote from Marty Rubin

When people have given up on happiness they call themselves ''realists.''-Marty Rubin

Quote from Huey P.Newton

The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man.-Huey P.Newton

Quote from Brian Koslow

Be anchored to some ideal,philosophy or cause that keeps you too excited to sleep.-Brian Koslow

Quote from Brian Koslow

Never make negative comments or spread rumors about anyone.It depreciates their reputation and yours.-Brian Koslow

Quote from Kurt Vonnegut

Cigarettes are a classy way to commit suicide.-Kurt Vonnegut

Quote on smoking

Smoking is suicide by instalments.-H.M.Forester,GAME OF AEONS:A SHORT NOVEL

Quote from Ian Fleming

Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.-Ian Fleming,CASINO ROYALE(1953).

Quote on life

Love of life is born of the awareness of death,of the dread of it.-Ian Fleming,THE SPY WHO LOVED ME.

Interesting quote on smoking

Smoking I find the most ridiculous of all the varieties of human behavior and practically the only one that is entirely against nature.Can you imagine a cow or an animal taking a mouthful of smoldering straw than breathing in the smoke and blowing it out through the nostrils?-Ian Fleming,GOLDFINGER.

Quote on hope

Hope makes a good breakfast.Eat plenty of it.-Ian Fleming,FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

Quote on wealth

The very first step to building wealth is to spend less than you make.-Brian Koslow

Quote from Brian Koslow

Be willing to trust your instincts,especially if you cannot find answers elsewhere.-Brian Koslow

Quote from Joseph Addison

What sculpture is to a block of marble,education is to the soul.-Joseph Addison

Quote from Ian Fleming

In his mind he fingered the necklace of the days to come.-Ian Fleming,CASINO ROYALE.

Interesting quote from Ian Fleming

Men want a woman they can turn on and off like a light switch.-Ian Fleming(1908-1964).

Quote from Ian Fleming

Our prisons are full of people who think they're Napoleon----or God.-Ian Fleming,DOCTOR NO.

Quote from Chris Hedges

Violence is a disease,a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.-Chris Hedges

Quote on marriage

Most marriages don't add two people together.They subtract one from the other.-Ian Fleming,DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER.

Quote on prohibition

Prohibition is the trigger of crime.-Ian Fleming,GOLDFINGER.

Quote on horses

A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.-Ian Fleming(1908-1964)

Quote from Ian Fleming

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.-Ian Fleming(1908-1964)

Which silent movie comedian was called ''The Silk Hat Comedian''?

A.Raymond Griffith was known as ''The Silk Hat Comedian''.

Quote from Doug Horton

Be your own hero,it's cheaper than a movie ticket.-Doug Horton

Quote from Jerry Lewis

Marriage is a lottery,but you can't tear up your ticket if you lose.-Jerry Lewis

Quote from Brian Koslow

Forget the lottery.Bet on yourself instead.-Brian Koslow

Quote on lottery tickets

Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation.-Douglas Coupland

Interesting quote from Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Perhaps I am a bear,or some hibernating animal underneath,for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me.-Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Quote from Ralph Ellison

Education is all a matter of building bridges.-Ralph Ellison

Quote from Sydney J.Harris

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.-Sydney J.Harris

Quote from Jane Wagner

I personally believe we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.-Jane Wagner

Quote from Rumi

When you do things from your soul,you feel a river moving in you,a joy.-Rumi

Quote from Emily Dickinson

To be alive is power,
Existence in itself,
Without a further function,
Omnipotence enough.-Emily Dickinson

Quote from George Carlin

Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations.When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree,something is wrong.-George Carlin

Quote from Sara Underwood

Somebody start talking about politics so I can fall back asleep.-Sara Underwood

Quote from Carl Hiaasen

The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.-Carl Hiaasen

Quote from Betty White

Get at least eight hours of beauty sleep.Nine if you're ugly.-Betty White

Great quote on e-readers

I don't have an e-reader.One reason is that I like to dog-ear the page when I find a particularly good sentence or passage.-Carl Hiaasen

Another quote from Carl Hiaasen

One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.-Carl Hiaasen

Quote from Robert Smithson

The museums and parks are graveyards above the ground-congealed memories of the past that act as a pretext for reality.-Robert Smithson

Quote from Carl Hiaasen

The greatest sin for a writer is to be boring.-Carl Hiaasen

Quote on nature

Nature does not proceed in a straight line,it is rather a sprawling development.-Robert Smithson

Quote from Peter De Vries

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.-Peter De Vries

Quote on museums

Visiting a museum is a matter of going from void to void.-Robert Smithson

Quote from Renzo Piano

A museum is a place where one should lose one's head.-Renzo Piano

Quote from Pauline Phillips

A church is a hospital for sinners,not a museum for saints.-Pauline Phillips

Quote from Naomi Klein

The truly powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on the most rarified delicacy of all:impunity.-Naomi Klein

Superb quote on privilege

What men prize most is a privilege,even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.-James Russell Lowell(1819-1891)

Quote on worshippers

The idol is the measure of the worshipper.-James Russell Lowell

A trio of quotes from James Russell Lowell

1.It is good to lengthen to the last a sunny mood.-James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
2.With bated breaths we offer wicked vows.-James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
3.We remain safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.-James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)

Quote on sneering

A sneer is the weapon of the week.-James Russell Lowell

Quote on cowardice

Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.-James Russell Lowell

Quote from Ira Hayes

No one ever complains about a speech being too short !-Ira Hayes

Quote on idleness

Idleness induces caprice.-James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)

Quote on patience

Patience revels in misfortunes.-James Russell Lowell(1819-1891)

Very interesting quote on crime

A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.-James Russell Lowell(1819-1891)

Quote on solitude

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.-James Russell Lowell,AMONG MY BOOKS,1870.

Quote on fortune

Fortune is the rod of the weak,and the staff of the brave.-James Russell Lowell

A couple of quotes from James Russell Lowell

1.Folks never understand the folks they hate.-James Russell Lowell(1819-1891)
2.It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.-James Russell Lowell

Quote on democracy

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.-James Russell Lowell

Quote from Jean Rostand

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.-Jean Rostand

Interesting quote from Nigel Goslin

New York is a granite beehive,where people jostle and whir like molecules in an overheated jar.Houston is six suburbs in search of a center.-Nigel Goslin

Quote from neurosis

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.-Carl Jung

Provocative quote from Kanye West

If you see a black family,it's looting,but if it's a white family they are looking for food.-Kanye West

Quote from Taylor Swift

Poetry and lyrics are very similar.Making words bounce off a page.-Taylor Swift

Quote on loneliness from Pat Conroy

This city exacerbates loneliness in me the same way that water makes Alka-Seltzer fizz.-Pat Conroy,THE PRINCE OF TIDES,page 344.

Quote from Elbert Hubbard

Government is a kind of legalized pillage.-Elbert Hubbard(1856-1915)

Another good quote from Ralph Hodgson

Some things have to be believed to be seen.-Ralph Hodgson

Great quote from Ralph Hodgson

The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.-Ralph Hodgson

Another quote from Johnny Carson

When turkeys mate they think of swans.-Johnny Carson

Quote from Johnny Carson

If life were fair,Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.-Johnny Carson

Missing Johnny Carson Tonight Show Tapes

According to NBC officials and many other sources,almost all of Johnny Carson's Tonight Show episodes for NBC between 1962 and 1972 were erased after broadcasting.No archives were kept.By contrast,all of Johnny Carson's Tonight Show episodes between 1973 and 1992 have been archived meticulously and are available for reviewing.
                                 I hope that somehow many or most of the The Tonight Show Johnny Carson episodes between 1962 and 1972 will emerge out of nowhere or mysteriously reappear.What a great loss for television history if those episodes are irretrievably lost!
                                 Of particular interest to me would be the Johnny Carson Tonight show for  November 22,1963,the day John F.Kennedy was assassinated and for the whole week following that.
                                        

Newspaper publisher elected American President

Who was the first newspaper publisher to be elected American president?
A.Warren Harding(1865-1923)

Quote from Katharine Anthony

Principles are a dangerous form of social dynamite.-Katharine Anthony

Quote from Dee Hock

Substance is enduring,form is ephemeral.-Dee Hock

Quote on nostalgia

True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories.-Florence King

Quote from Christopher Wren

Architecture aims at Eternity.-Christopher Wren

Great quote from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Quote on introverts

For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.-Quentin Crisp

Quote on autobiographies

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.-Quentin Crisp

Quote from William Goldman

Never argue with your wife about hostility when she's a certified Freudian.-William Goldman

Quote on health

Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.-Quentin Crisp

Quote from Quentin Crisp

Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.-Quentin Crisp

Quote from Quentin Crisp

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.-Quentin Crisp

Quote on manners

Manners are love in a cool climate.-Quentin Crisp

Quote from Charles Kuralt

There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things,quietly with no motive of greed,or hostility toward other people,or delusions of superiority.-Charles Kuralt

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have no hostility to nature,but a child's love to it.I expand and live in the warm day like corn and melons.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Another quote from Ring Lardner

An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve.-Ring Lardner

Quote from Ring Lardner

He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered.-Ring Lardner

Quote on optimists

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.-Jules Renard

Quote from Jacques Yves Cousteau

We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters.That is what civilization is all about-farming replacing hunting.-Jacques Yves Cousteau

Quote from Henny Youngman

I know a man who doesn't pay to have his trash taken out.How does he get rid of his trash?He gift-wraps it;and puts it into an unlocked car.-Henny Youngman

Quote from Dan Rather

Once the herd starts moving in one direction,it's very hard to turn it,even slightly.-Dan Rather

Another quote from Don Henley

A man with a briefcase can steal millions more than any man with a gun.-Don Henley

Quote from Don Henley

Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.-Don Henley

Another quote from Bertrand Russell

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.-Bertrand Russell,UNPOPULAR ESSAYS

Quote from Ivor Novello

The average person is gregarious;there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment.-Ivor Novello

Great quote from Bertrand Russell

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct,and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.-Bertrand Russell

Quote from Edgar R.Fiedler

The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.-Edgar R.Fiedler

Quote from Shelley Duvall

You don't direct ostriches,you herd them.-Shelley Duvall

Quote from Loren Eiseley

Every man contains within himself a ghost continent.-Loren Eiseley

Quote from Iris Johansen

Silence and smile are two powerful tools.Smile is the way to solve many problems and Silence is the way to avoid many problems.-Iris Johansen

Quote from Edward Everett Hale

If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself,you have not planned enough.-Edward Everett Hale

Quote from Norman Rockwell

Travel is like a tonic to me.It's more than just getting away from the studio for a brief rest.I need it to recharge my batteries.-Norman Rockwell(1894-1978)

Quote from Iris Johansen

Anticipation makes pleasure more intense.-Iris Johansen

Quote on war

War-hard apprenticeship of freedom.-Edward Everett Hale

Quote from Jean Houston

Our senses are indeed our doors and windows on this world,in a very real sense the key to the unlocking of meaning and the wellspring of creativity.-Jean Houston

A couple of great quotes from Henry Van Dyke

1.Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.-Henry Van Dyke
2.A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.-Henry Van Dyke

Quote from Mignon McLaughlin

Love unlocks doors and opens windows that weren't even there before.-Mignon McLaughlin

Quote from Lewis B.Smedes

It takes one person to forgive,it takes two people to be reunited.-Lewis B.Smedes

Quote on genius

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.-Henry Van Dyke

Quote from Henry Van Dyke

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.-Henry Van Dyke

Great quote from Henry Van Dyke

Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.-Henry Van Dyke

Quote from Mark Haddon

Reading is conversation.All books talk.But a good book listens as well.-Mark Haddon

Quote from Emily Bronte

Any relic of the dead is precious,if they were valued living.-Emily Bronte

Quote from Henry Waxman

Memorials become relics if they do not stir our modern conscience.-Henry Waxman

Quote from Cyril Connolly

Like water,we are truest to our nature in repose.-Cyril Connolly

Quote from Arthur Helps

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.-Arthur Helps

Quote from Eric Sevareid

I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.-Eric Sevareid

Quote on lawyers

Lawyers are like beavers:They get in the mainstream and dam it up.-John Naisbitt

Insightful quote from Bette Midler

Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to -or can't join the Big Parade.-Bette Midler

Quote from John Locke

To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes.-John Locke

Quote from Mahatma Gandhi

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.-Mahatma Gandhi

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from George Alec Effinger

Premature burial works just fine as a cure for adolescence.-George Alec Effinger

Quote from Henry Miller

All growth is a leap in the dark,a spontaneous,unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.-Henry Miller

Quote on traditionalists

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimistic about the past.-Lewis Mumford

Quote from Thomas Hardy

Fear is the mother of foresight.-Thomas Hardy

Quote from Paul Samuelson

Good questions outrank easy answers.-Paul Samuelson

Interesting quote on golf

A golf course is nothing but a pool room moved outdoors.-Frank Butler

Quote from Mason Cooley

Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.-Mason Cooley