Quote from Oscar Wilde

Better the rule of one,whom all obey,than to let clamorous demagogues betray our freedom with the kiss of anarchy.-Oscar Wilde

Quote from Ann Beattie

It seems to me that the problem with diaries,and the reason that most of them are so boring,is that every day we vacillate between examining our hangnails and speculating on cosmic order.-Ann Beattie

Great quote from Nick Hornby

All the books we own,both read and unread,are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal---But with each passing year,and with each whimsical purchase,our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are,whether we read the books or not.-Nick Hornby

Quote from Dean Smith

If you treat every situation as a life and death matter,you'll die a lot of times.-Dean Smith

Quote from Daniel Defoe

Self-destruction is the effect of cowardice in the highest extreme.-Daniel Defoe

Great quote from Lucy M.Montgomery

What a spineless thing I must be not to have one enemy!-L.M.Montgomery,THE BLUE CASTLE

Great quote from Oscar Wilde

The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure,nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin.-Oscar Wilde

Quote on seasickness

A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree.-Spike Milligan

Great quote on hugging

I love hugging.I wish I was an octopus,so I could hug ten people at a time.-Drew Barrymore

Quote from Dale Carnegie

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs.Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger.If you do the little jobs well,the big ones tend to take care of themselves.-Dale Carnegie

Inspiring quote for book collectors

I love to own books.Though I read few books twice,I have filled every shelf in my house with books,have had more shelves made and filled those too.My books surround me like a cocoon.When I run my fingers along the backs of my books they feel like the ribcage of an old familiar lover.Visit my shelves and you will learn much about me.-Joe Bennett,BEDSIDE LOVERS.

Interesting blog that has disappeared from the internet

http://incurablelogophilia.blogspot.com was a popular blog for many years.However,when I tried to visit it today,I found the blog no longer existed on the internet and that it had been pulled by its authors.I searched at www.archive.org but found no archives of this blog there .Other search engine research yielded no archived posts of this blog.Hundreds of blogs,many of them very interesting, disappear from the internet without a trace every month.A lot of history is lost on the internet,and some of it may not be archived anywhere.

150th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Je Suis Heureux Près De Toi-Claude Steben(This song is a French version of the Tom Jones 1968 hit song 'HELP YOURSELF')
2.Ballade(1969)-25e Régiment
3.On S'Aimera(1974)-Jimmy Bond
4.Tu ne savais pas(1966)-Les Dalcos(et Claude Steben)
5.Si je prétends(1965)-Claude Steben
6.Adios Amor(1967)-Sheila
7.Plus Fort Que Toi-Linda Kerby(This song is a French version of the Shadows song 'ATLANTIS')
8.Reine De Mes Nuits-Yvan Daniel (This song is a French version of the Helen Shapiro song 'QUEEN FOR TONIGHT.')
9.Je Ne Danserai Plus-Pierre Lalonde.(This song is a French version of the Bobby Rydell song 'I'll NEVER DANCE AGAIN')
10.Pendant Les Vacances(1963)-Sheila.(This song sounds like a French version of The Everly Brothers song 'DREAM')

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

When shall I be tired of reading?
When the moon is tired of waxing and waning,
When the sea is tired of ebbing and flowing,
When the grass is weary of growing,
When the planets are tired of going.-Ralph Waldo Emerson(Journals,entry for July 31,1835).

Quote from Sylvia Ashton Warner

As the blackness of night recedes so does the nadir of yesterday.The child I am forgets so quickly.-Sylvia Ashton Warner

Quote from Miv Schaaf

When life seems not worth living,ten minutes in a library proves otherwise.-Miv Schaaf

Portuguese proverb

A busy mother makes slothful daughters.-Portuguese proverb

Quote from Lawrence Clark Powell

Write to be understood,speak to be heard,read to grow.-Lawrence Clark Powell(1906-2001),American librarian,writer and literary critic.

Quote from John Braine

Being a writer in a library is rather like being a eunuch in a harem.-John Braine

Quote from Vladimir Nabokov

A good reader,a major reader,an active and creative reader is a rereader.-Vladimir Nabokov

Quote from Daphne Du Maurier

Writers should be read,but neither seen nor heard.-Daphne Du Maurier(1907-1989)

Quote for book collectors

The collecting instinct reaches its apotheosis in books.-Lawrence Clark Powell,``Three Loves Have I'' in A PASSION FOR BOOKS,1958.

Quote on Los Angeles

Los Angeles is often described as the nadir of vapidity,a smog-choked space cradle.-Diablo Cody

Interesting German proverb

For the diligent,a week has seven days;for the slothful,seven tomorrows.-German proverb

More great blogs and websites for book lovers and book collectors

1 www.peacefulreader.com
2 http://chasingbawa.com
3 www.sheistoofondofbooks.com
4 www.smilingshelves.com
5 www.sophisticateddorkiness.com
6 www.readinginthekitchen.com
7 www.travelwithabook.com

Great quote on books

Books are islands in the ocean of time.They are also oases in the deserts of time.-Lawrence Clark Powell

Quote from Jean Fritz

When I --discovered libraries,it was like having Christmas every day.-Jean Fritz

Great quote on libraries

Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism.-Neil Gaiman

Quote from Lawrence Clark Powell

No city is civilized that does not support a variety of bookshops. -Lawrence Clark Powell,THE LITTLE PACKAGE,1964.

Quote from Andy Warhol

Since people are going to be living longer and getting older,they'll just have to learn how to be babies longer.-Andy Warhol

Great blogs and websites for book lovers and book collectors

1 http://atlantareader.wordpress.com
2 www.shelf-awareness.com
3 http://wellreadman.com
4 http://evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com
5 http://readinginterrupted.com
6 http://literarytourist.com
7 www.earlyword.com
8 http://desktopretreat.blogspot.com
9 www.bookforum.com
10 http://bookriot.com
11 www.babygotbooks.com
12 www.booktryst.com
13 www.citizenreader.com

Quote from Charles Bernstein

Read globally,write locally.-Charles Bernstein in ''The Practice of Poetics.''

Quote from Raymond Carver

Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.-Raymond Carver

Quote from Ann Landers

Any one who believes the competitive spirit in America is dead has never been in a supermarket when the cashier opens another checkout line.-Ann Landers

Quote from Wayne Dyer

How people treat you is their karma;how you react is yours.-Wayne Dyer

Quote from Vicki Baum

There are short-cuts to happiness,and dancing is one of them.-Vicki Baum

Great website for book collectors

http://bookshelfporn.com

Quote on simplicity

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.-Charles Warner

Quote on kind hearts

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness,making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.-Washington Irving

Inspiring quote for book lovers

I would prefer to have one comfortable room well stocked with books to all you can give me in the way of decoration which the highest art can supply.-John Bright

Quote from Bernard Berenson

My house is a library with living rooms attached.-Bernard Berenson

Interesting quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man's library is a sort of harem,and tender readers have a great prudency in showing their books to a stranger.-Ralph Waldo Emerson,'SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE.'

Quote from Henry Miller

We do not talk-we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers,magazines and digests.-Henry Miller

Quote from Zig Ziglar

Some of us learn from other people's mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people.-Zig Ziglar

Insightful quote from Marshall McLuhan

Far more thought and care go into the composition of any prominent ad in a newspaper or magazine than go into the writing of their features and editorials.-Marshall McLuhan

Interesting quote on chaos

Chaos often breeds life,when order breeds habit.-Henry B.Adams

Quote from Jim Rohn

Either you run the day or the day runs you.-Jim Rohn

Quote from Nolan Bushnell

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.-Nolan Bushnell

Quote on deadlines

A deadline is negative inspiration.Still,it's better than no inspiration at all.-Rita Mae Brown

Interesting quote on magazines

A magazine is simply a device to induce people to read advertising.-James Collins

Quote from Karen Chaffee

Life should be embraced,not merely endured.-Karen Chaffee

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the highest civilization the book is still the highest delight.He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Hazel Rochman

Reading makes immigrants of us all.It takes us away from home,but more important,it finds homes for us everywhere.-Hazel Rochman

Quote from Joyce Carol Oates

Keep a light,hopeful heart.But expect the worst.-Joyce Carol Oates

Greate quote from Rudyard Kipling

We're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.-Rudyard Kipling

Quote from Jules Renard

When I think of all the books still left for me to read,I am certain of further happiness.-Jules Renard

Great quote on magazines

Magazines all too frequently lead to books,and should be regarded by the prudent as the heavy petting of literature.-Fran Lebowitz

Quote from Oliver Goldsmith

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.-Oliver Goldsmith

Another quote from Woody Allen

You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.-Woody Allen

Quote from Henny Youngman

My Grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses.Drinks right out of the bottle.-Henny Youngman

Quote from Woody Allen

Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness.-Woody Allen

Quote from Ronald Reagan

One picture is worth 1,000 denials.-Ronald Reagan

Quote from Ellen Thompson

My home is where my books are.-Ellen Thompson

Quote from Beverly Sills

In youth we run into difficulties.In old age difficulties run into us.-Beverly Sills

Quote on anger

Anger begins with folly ,and ends with repentance.-Beverly Sills

Quote from Christopher Morley

Malnutrition of the reading faculty is a serious thing.-Christopher Morley in the book THE HAUNTED WORKSHOP

Quote on art

Art is the signature of civilizations.-Beverly Sills(born in 1929)

Quote on reading

Reading is important-read between the lines.Don't swallow everything.-Gwendolyn Brooks

Good quote from Beverly Sills

Attachment to spiritual things is--just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.-Beverly Sills

A couple of quotes by Voltaire

1.Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.-Voltaire
2.The secret of being boring is to say every thing.-Voltaire

Quote on prejudice

Prejudice is opinion without judgement.-Voltaire

Quote from Upton Sinclair

I aimed at the public's heart,and by accident I hit it in the stomach.-Upton Sinclair

Quote from W.H.Auden

Some books are undeservedly forgotten;none are undeservedly remembered.-W.H.Auden

Quote from Oscar Wilde

My own business always bores me to death;I prefer other people's.-Oscar Wilde

Quote from Oscar Wilde

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.-Oscar Wilde

Another quote from Charles Dickens

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.-Charles Dickens

Quote from Charles Dickens

Minds,like bodies,will often fall into a pimpled,ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.-Charles Dickens

Quote from Humphrey Bogart

The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.-Humphrey Bogart

Quote from David Rains Wallace

Fermentation may have been a greater discovery than fire.-David Rains Wallace

Quote from Benjamin Franklin

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.-Benjamin Franklin

Interesting quote from Jim Parker

A bar is better than a newspaper for public discussion.-Jim Parker

Quote on colleges

Colleges hate geniuses,just as convents hate saints.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Montrealers and their patriotism

Montrealers are known for their onion skin patriotism.They,in many cases, think of themselves foremost as Montrealers,then as Quebecers and then as Canadians.

Quote on absurdity

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.-Oliver Goldsmith

Quote from Oliver Goldsmith

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.-Oliver Goldsmith

Line from the movie GOOD WILL HUNTING

The bad things in life open your eyes to the good things you weren't paying attention to before.-Quote from the movie GOOD WILL HUNTING.

Quote from Richard Burton

Respectability unmakes what nature made.-Richard Burton

Quote on the law

Law grinds the poor,and rich men rule the law.-Oliver Goldsmith

Quote on travelers

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher;but he who goes from countryto country,guided by the blinded impulse of curiosity,is a vagabond.-Oliver Goldsmith

Quote from Helen Nielsen

Humility is like underwear;essential,but indecent if it shows.-Helen Nielsen ,on humility.

Another quote from Oliver Goldsmith

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.-Oliver Goldsmith

Quote from Oliver Goldsmith

Where wealth accumulates,men decay.-Oliver Goldsmith

Interesting quote from Paolo Bacigalupi

An untrampled scorpion troubles no one.-Paolo Bacigalupi,American science fiction and fantasy writer.

Quote from Maya Angelou

I want my senses engaged.Let me absorb the world's variety and uniqueness.-Maya Angelou

Quote from Rosita Forbes

That is the charm of a map.It represents the other side of the horizon where everything is possible.-Rosita Forbes

Quote from John Green

My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.-John Green,THE FAULT IN OUR STARS.

Quote from Mark Feeney

Once the implicit aim of biography was to uplift now it is to unveil.-Mark Feeney

Quote from Bryanty H.McGill

Emotion is often what we rely upon to carry us across the unfathomable voids in our intelligence.-Bryant H.McGill

Quote from Harry Emerson Fosdick

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery,for man is the riddle of the universe,and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capacities.-Harry Emerson Fosdick

Superb quote from Henry Miller

What have we achieved in mowing down mountain ranges,harnessing the energy of mighty rivers,or moving whole populations about like chess pieces,if we ourselves remain the same restless,miserable,frustrated creatures we were before?To call such activity progress is utter delusion.We may succeed in altering the face of the earth until it is unrecognizable even to the creator ,but if we are unaffected wherein lies the meaning?-Henry Miller(1891-1980),American author and writer.

Quote from Diane Arbus

Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding.-Diane Arbus

Half a dozen great blogs and websites for book lovers,book collectors and bibliophiles

1 www.foodiebibliophile.com
2 http://bookcannibal.blogspot.com
3 www.seasonedwithlove.com
4 www.reclusivebibliophile.com
5 http://stellarjunk.blogspot.com
6 http://nobentspines.blogspot.com

Great quote from John Le Carre

Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.-John Le Carre

Quote from a bibliophile

I wish to have one copy of every book in the world.-Sir Thomas Phillips

Quote from Randall Short

Everything in the world exists in order that it may end up in a book.-Randall Short

Quote from Margaret C.Whitman

You don't have to be perfect to be a leader but you can't be timid.-Margaret C.Whitman

Quote from Anne Fadiman

If you truly love a book,you should sleep with it,write in it,read aloud from it,and fill its pages with muffin crumbs.-Anne Fadiman

Ancient quote from Lucretius

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.-Lucretius

Quote from Vera Nazarian

Whenever you read a good book,somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.-Vera Nazarian

Quote from Richard Sloma

Never try to solve all the problems at once,make them line up for you one-by-one.-Richard Sloma

Quote from Harold Kushner

I think of life as a good book.The further you get into it,the more it begins to make sense.-Harold Kushner

Interesting quote from J.K.Rowling

If you don't like to read you haven't found the right book.-J.K.Rowling

Quote from Edward P.Morgan

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it.-Edward P.Morgan

Quote from Les Dawson

I went to my doctor and asked for something for persistent wind.He gave me a kite.-Les Dawson

Quote from Mary McCarthy

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.-Mary McCarthy

Great quote on music

I suspect music is auditory cheesecake,an exquisite confection crafted to tickle the sensitive spots of ---our mental faculties.-Steven Pinker

Quote from Jonathan Stroud

What is a gathering without unseemly drunkenness?-Jonathan Stroud,HEROES OF THE VALLEY

Quote from Eric Butterworth

Don't go through life,grow through life.-Eric Butterworth(b.1916),Canadian educator.

Quote from Lou Holtz

It's not the load that breaks you down,it's the way you carry nit.-Lou Holtz

Quote from William James

We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.-William James

Quote from William Kent Krueger

I used to ask for an easy life,now I ask to be strong.-William Kent Krueger,IRON LAKE.

Very insightful quote about bureaucracy

In any bureaucracy,one soon learns that an error is never admitted.It is correctedas discreetly as possible.-Lawrence Sanders(1920-1998),American novelist.

Quote from Lawrence Sanders

If I felt any better,I'd be unconscious.-Lawrence Sanders

Quote from Cyril Connolly

Everything is a dangerous drug except reality,which is unendurable.-Cyril Connolly

Quote on Hollywood

The propaganda arm of the American Dream machine-Hollywood.-Molly Haskell

Quote from Les Brown

Too many are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.-Les Brown

Quote from George Bernard Shaw

I'm only a beer teetotaler,not a champagne teetotaler.-George Bernard Shaw

Quote from Fulton J.Sheen

Life is like a cash register,in that every account,every thought,every deed,like every sale,is registered and recorded.-Fulton J.Sheen

Quote on Hollywood

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Quote from Buster Keaton

Silence is of the gods;only monkeys chatter.-Buster Keaton(1895-1966),American comic and actor.

Quote from Bruce Springsteen

The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.-Bruce Springsteen

Quote from Seneca

It is the nature of a great mind to be calm and undisturbed.-Seneca

Quote from Wilson Mizner

Some of the greatest love affairs I've known have involved one actor unassisted.-Wilson Mizner(1876-1933)

Quote from Jim Goodwin

The impossible is often the untried.-Jim Goodwin

Quote on Australia

Australia is a huge rest home,where no unwelcome news is ever wafted on to the pages of the worst newspapers in the world.-Germaine Greer

Quote on history

History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.-Ted Koppel

Interesting quote from Eric Butterworth

Most people show up for work being physically accoutered but mentally disheveled.-Eric Butterworth,Minister and author

Quote on naps

A nap,my friend,is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavor to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures.-George Bernard Shaw(1856-1950)

Quote from Cary Grant

Ah,beware of snobbery;it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.-Cary Grant(1904-1986),American actor.

Quote from Arthur Conan Doyle

Unwelcome truths are not popular.-Arthur Conan Doyle,Sr.(1859-1930),Scottish writer and creator of detective Sherlock Holmes.

Interesting quote from Ted Koppel

Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted.In its purest form,truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder.It is a howling reproach.-Ted Koppel

Quote on self-pity

Self-pity is egotism undiluted,after all-self-centredness in its purest form.-Rick Yancey,THE MONSTRUMOLOGIST.

Quote on Richard Burton

Richard Burton:"The Frank Sinatra of Shakespeare.''-Elizabeth Taylor in THE NEW YORK TIMES(1984)

Quote from Vera Nazarian

In the plains the grass grows tall,since there is no one to cut it.There is no one to water it either.-Vera Nazarian,THE PERPETUAL CALENDAR OF INSPIRATION.

Adjective of spatula

Spatulate-Adjective for spatula.

Quote from J.R.R.Tolkien

For even the very wise cannot see all ends.-J.R.R.Tolkien,THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING.

Quote on Brad Pitt

Death would be a beautiful place if it looks like Brad Pitt.-Carmen Electra

Great q uote from Howard Zinn

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy;it is absolutely essential to it.-Howard Zinn

Quote from Malcolm Muggeridge

Bad humor is an evasion of reality;good humor is an acceptance of it.-Malcolm Muggeridge

Insightful quote on the internet

Everybody tells me what a timesaver the Internet is,and how they can't believe they ever got along without it.And I know what they mean,but every time I use it I wind up wondering what people did with their spare time before computers came along to suck it all up.-Lawrence Block ,ALL THE FLOWERS ARE DYING.

Another quote from John Cage

We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.-John Cage

Quote on Music

Music is a means of Rapid Transportation.-John Cage

Quote from John Cage

Get yourself out of whatever cage you find yourself in.-John Cage

Quote from Lawrence Block

Everybody has mean little places inside himself.-Lawrence Block,THE SINS OF THE FATHERS.

Quote on dreams

Dreams are like stars-you may never touch them,but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny.-Lawrence Block

Great quote on coffee

If you cannot stand a spoon upright in the cup,then the coffee is too weak.-Lawrence Block

Quote from William Least Heat Moon

What you have done becomes the judge of what you're going to do-especially in other people's minds.When you're traveling,you are what you are right there and then.People don't have your past to hold against you.No yesterdays on the road.-William Least Heat Moon,BLUE HIGHWAYS

Quote on tourists

The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.-Russell Baker

Quote from Lawrence Block

Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.-Lawrence Block

Quote from Lawrence Block

Ideas come to people who are receptive to them.-Lawrence Block

Quote from Erma Bombeck

As a child,my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school.I actually believed all those books belonged to her.-Erma Bombeck

Quote from John Steinbeck

A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ.-John Steinbeck

Quote from Robert Benchley

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.-Robert Benchley

Interesting quote from Uma Thurman

I still love the people I've loved,even if I cross the street to avoid them.-Uma Thurman,American actress(born in 1970).

Quote from Samuel Johnson

Being in a ship is being in a jail,with the chance of being drowned.-Samuel Johnson

Quote from Carlo Goldoni

A wise traveler never despises his own country.-Carlo Goldoni

Quote from Henny Youngman

I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places.He told me to quit going to those places.-Henny Youngman

Quote from Regina Nadelson

Most travel is best of all in the anticipation of remembering;the reality has more to do with losing your luggage.-Regina Nadelson

Italian proverb

Long voyages,great lies.-Italian proverb

Quote from Milton Glaser

Travel penetrates your conscience,but not in a rational way.-Milton Glaser

Quote from Howard Gardner

Hitler didn't travel.Stalin didn't travel.Saddam Hussein never traveled.They didn,t want to have their orthodoxy challenged.-Howard Gardner

Quote from Miriam Beard

Travel is more than the seeing of sights;it is a change that goes on,deep and permanent,in the ideas of living.-Miriam Beard

Quote from Hillaire Belloc

We wander for distraction,but we travel for fulfillment.-Hillaire Belloc

Quote from Susan Heller

When preparing to travel,lay out all your clothes and all your money.Then take half the clothes and twice the money.-Susan Heller

Quote from Scott Cameron

Travel makes one modest.You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.-Scott Cameron

Quote from Chief Seattle

Take only memories,leave only footprints.-Chief Seattle

Quote from Roy Goodman

Remember happiness is a way of travel,not a destination.-Ron Goodman

Quote on travel

Travel teaches toleration.-Benjamin Disraeli

Quote from Edith Wharton

One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good,kind people there are.-Edith Wharton

Quote from Tim Cahill

A journey is best measured in friends,not in miles.-Tim Cahill

Quote from Caskie Skinnett

I travel a lot;I hate having my life disrupted by routine.-Caskie Skinnett

Quote from Dick Clark

Jet lag is for amateurs.-Dick Clark

Interesting website for travel lovers

www.endlesslychanginghorizon.com

Quote on Armageddon

Armageddon is not around the he corner.This is only what the people of violence want us to believe.The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.-Michael Palin(b.1943)

Quote from James Whitcomb Riley

Continuous,unflagging effort ,persistence and determination will win.Let not the man be discouraged who has these.-James Whitcomb Riley

Quote from Andre Gide

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.-Andre Gide

Quote from Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Think your life was made for dreaming,nothing more,
When God's work lies all unfinished at your door?-Ella Wheeler Wilcox,American poet and writer(1850-1919)

Quote on American movies

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof.-Mary McCarthy,American novelist and critic(1912-1989)

Quote from Doug Larson

If people concentrated on the really important things in life,there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.-Doug Larson

Quote from Casey Stengel

Finding good players is easy.Getting them to play as a team is another story.-Casey Stengel

Quote from Marcus Cicero

Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever.-Marcus Tullius Cicero

Quote from George Lamming

The architecture of our future is not only unfinished;the scaffolding has hardly gone up.-George Lamming

Quote from Christina G.Rossetti

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished?Yes,work never begun.-Christina G.Rossetti(1830-1894)

Quote from George Eliot

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us.Which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.-George Eliot

Quote from William M.Holden

Aging is an inevitable process.I surely wouldn't want to grow younger.The older you become,the more you know;your bank account of knowledge is much richer.-William M.Holden

Quote on influence

Influence is like a savings account.The less you use it,the more you've got.-Andrew Young

Quote from Jawaharlal Nehru

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.-Jawaharlal Nehru

Quote from Juvenal

Revenge is the abject pleasure of an abject mind.-Juvenal

Quote from Joseph Joubert

Revenge is an act of passion;vengeance of justice.Injustices are revenged;crimes are avenged.-Joseph Joubert

Quote from Jane Porter

The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.-Jane Porter

Quote on retribution

Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.-Eric Hoffer

Quote from Abraham Cowley

Lukewarmness I account a sin,as great in love as in religion.-Abraham Cowley

Quote from Murray Pura

If winter helps you to curl up and more that makes it one of the best of the seasons.-Murray Pura

Quote on champagne

Champagne,if you are seeking the truth,is better than a lie detector.-Graham Greene,British writer(1904-1991).

Quote from Oscar Wilde

The world is a stage,but the play is badly cast.-Oscar Wilde

Quote on mockery

Mockery is often the result of poverty of wit.-Jean De La Bruyere

Quote from Don Marquis

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.-Don Marquis

Quote from Andy Warhol

Don't pay any attention to what they write about you.Just measure it in inches.-Andy Warhol

Quote from Felix Cohen

Generally the theories we believe we call facts,and the facts we disbelieve we call theories.-Felix Cohen

Quote from Charlotte Rampling

Quite often in life,when a tragic event arrives it becomes a springboard for mirroring all other things in one's life that one hasn't come to terms with.-Charlotte Rampling

Insightful quote from Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Use heroes as a springboard for inquiry into the identity and nature of admirably human qualities.Do not judge heroes -neither to put them unquestioningly on a pedestal nor to unkindly probe their flaws.-Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Interesting quote on time

We must use time as a tool,not as a crutch.-John F.Kennedy

Quote from Helena Bonham Carter

Imperfection is underrated.Perfection is overrated.-Helena Bonham Carter

Quote from Pink Floyd

I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the moment had arrived
For killing the past and coming back to life.-Pink Floyd

Inspiring quote from Huey P.Newton

The walls,the bars,the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.-Huey Newton

Quote from Huey P.Newton

If you stop struggling,then you stop life.-Huey P.Newton

Quote on fatalism

Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the evitable.-Natalie Clifford Barney

Another quote from Brian Koslow

The best people to listen to are those who have already been successful accomplishing exactly what you are seeking to accomplish.-Brian Koslow

Quote from Brian Koslow

The freedom to move forward to new opportunities and to produce results comes from living in the present,not the past.-Brian Koslow

Funny quote from Oscar Levant

I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away.-Oscar Levant(1906-1972)

Quote from Oscar Levant

I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing other patients.-Oscar Levant

Quote from Bertrand Russell

It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true.-Bertrand Russell

Some witty quotes from Oscar Levant

1.There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.-Oscar Levant(1906-1972)
2.When I can't sleep,I read a book by Steve Allen.-Oscar Levant
3.I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.-Oscar Levant
4.A dollar saved is a quarter earned.-Oscar Levant
5.I don't drink.I don't like it.It makes me feel good.-Oscar Levant

Another quote from Brian Koslow

One way to evaluate your own reputation is to think about what would be said of you at your eulogy.-Brian Koslow

Quote from Brian Koslow

If you spend more time asking appropriate questions rather than giving answers or opinions,your listening skills will increase.-Brian Koslow

Quote from Daniel Handler

Fate is like a strange,unpopular restaurant,filled with odd waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.-Daniel Handler(b.1970 in San Francisco,California),comedy writer

Quote on politicians

A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it.-Oscar Levant(1906-1972).

Quote from Oscar Levant

Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome.-Oscar Levant(1906-1972)

Quote on advertising

Advertising is the ability to sense,interpret---to put the very heartthrobs of a business into type,paper and ink.-Leo Burnett

Quote from Oscar Levant

It's not what you are,it's what you don't become that hurts.-Oscar Levant(1906-1972),American concert pianist,writer,comedian and producer.

Interesting quote on pity

Self-pity-it's the only pity that counts.-Oscar Levant

Another quote from Oscar Levant

So little time and so little to do.-Oscar Levant

Quote from Oscar Levant

Once I make up my mind,I'm full of indecision.-Oscar Levant

Another quote from Leo Burnett

Plan the sale when you plan the ad.-Leo Burnett

Quote from Leo Burnett

We want consumers to say ,'That's a hell of a product' instead of 'That's a hell of an ad.'-Leo Burnett

Quote on geniuses

What the world needs is more geniuses with humility,there are so few of us left.-Oscar Levant

Quote from Oscar Levant

I've given up reading books.I find it takes my mind off myself.-Oscar Levant

Another quote from Ian Fleming

Surround yourself with human beings,my dear James.They are easier to fight for than principles.-Ian Fleming,CASINO ROYALE.

Quote from Ian Fleming

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.-Ian Fleming

Quote on advertising

Good advertising does not just circulate information.It penetrates the public mind with desires and belief.-Leo Burnett

Quote on advertising

Good advertising does not just circulate information.It penetrates the public mind with desires and belief.-Leo Burnett

Quote on advertising

Good advertising does not just circulate information.It penetrates the public mind with desires and belief.-Leo Burnett

Quote from Leo Burnett

I regard a great ad as the most beautiful thing in the world.-Leo Burnett

Quote from Huey P.Newton

Laws should be made to serve the people.People should not be made to serve the laws.-Huey P.Newton,TO DIE FOR THE PEOPLE:THE WRITINGS OF HUEY P.NEWTON

Quote from Brian Koslow

Surround yourself with people who believe in you.-Brian Koslow

Quote on drink

It's just that I'd rather die of drink than of thirst.-Ian Fleming,THUNDERBALL

Another quote from Ian Fleming

Older women are best, because they always think they may be doing it for the last time.-Ian Fleming

Insightful quote from Ian Fleming

Unfortunately most ways of making big money take a long time.By the time one has made the money one is too old to enjoy it.-Ian Fleming,GOLDFINGER(1959)

Quote from Huey P.Newton

My fear was not of death itself,but a death without meaning.-Huey P.Newton

Quote on wine

Compromises are for relationships,not wine.-Sir Robert Scott Caywood

Interesting quote from Leo Burnett

When you reach for the stars,you may not quite get them,but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.-Leo Burnett