Quote from Al Neuharth

The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.-Al Neuharth

Quote from Jacqueline Schiff

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.-Jacqueline Schiff

Quote on discoveries

Discoveries are often made by not following instructions,by going off the main road,by trying the untried.-Frank Tyger

Interesting quote from Sam Cummings

The higher you climb on the mountain,the harder the wind blows.-Sam Cummings

Quote from Barry Finlay

Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.-Barry Finlay

Quote from John Muir

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!-John Muir

Quote from Robert Sweetgall

We live in a fast-paced society.Walking slows us down.-Robert Sweetgall

Quote from Wallace Stevens

Perhaps the truth dépends on a walk around the lake.-Wallace Stevens

Quote from Ashton Kutcher

The scruffier your beard,the sharper you need to dress.-Ashton Kutcher

Quote on tradition

Tradition wears a snowy beard,romance is always Young.-John Greenleaf Whittier

Quote on moustaches

Moustaches are so cool that I have not only one-I have two.I wear both of mine above my eyes.-Jarod Kintz,WHENEVER YOU'RE GONE,I'M HERE FOR YOU.

Quote on Brooke Shields

The Russians love Brooke Shields because their eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev.-Robin Williams

Another quote from James St.James

If letters had eyebrows,these would be arched.-James St.James,PARTY MONSTER:A FABULOUS BUT TRUE TALE OF MURDER IN CLUBLAND.

Quote on drug addicts

Drug addicts are so funny that way.Just spinning around,lost in their own little world.Doing so much,accomplishing so little.How sad.-James St.James,PARTY MONSTER:A FABULOUS BUT TRUE TALE OF MURDER IN CLUBLAND.

Quote on elections

An election is a moral horror,as bad as a battle except for the blood;a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.-George Bernard Shaw(1856-1950)

Quote from Theodore Roosevelt

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.-Theodore Roosevelt(1858-1919),American President.

Quote from Thorstein Veblen

The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before.-Thorstein Veblen

Quote from Jackie Joyner Kersee

It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.-Jackie Joyner Kersee

Quote from Edward W.Howe

The underdog often starts the fight,and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.-Edward W.Howe

Quote from Joseph Dargent

No government could survive without champagne.In the throat of our diplomatic people it is like oil in the wheels of an engine.-Joseph Dargent

Quote from Andrew Cuomo

There was never a war on poverty.Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty.-Andrew Cuomo

Quote from Brandi L.Bates

You settle for less,you get less.-Brandi L.Bates,REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

Quote from Lois McMaster Bujold

If the truth doesn't save us,what does that say about us?-Lois McMaster Bujold,DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY.

Quotye from Julianna Baggott

Love is a luxury.It's something that people are allowed to indulge in when they're not simply trying to survive and keep other people alive.-Julianna Baggott,FUSE.

Quote on bureaucracy

The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of an expanding bureaucracy.-Oscar Wilde

Another quote from Oscar Wilde

There is luxury in self-reproach.When we blame ourselves we feel that noone else has a right to blame us.-Oscar Wilde,THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY.

Quote from Oscar Wilde

Let me be surrounded by luxury,I can do without the necessities!-Oscar Wilde

Quote from Brandi L.Bates

The reason why many people remain on the bottom is because they play to 'not lose',as opposed to playing to win at all costs.-Brandi L.Bates,REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

Quote on smart people

Smart people always choose comfort over luxury.-Celso Cukierkorn,SECRETS OF JEWISH WEALTH REVEALED.

Quote on sophistication

Sophistication is upscale conformity.-James Richardson

Quote from Bertrand Russell

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.-Bertrand Russell

Quote from Josh Stern

I always splash on the cologne before a blind date because dogs can smell fear.-Josh Stern

Quote from Meg Wolitzer

The past is so tenacious.-Meg Wolitzer,THE INTERESTINGS.

Another quote from Richard Carlson

We need to break the habit of overreacting because of our speedy assumption and judgments.-Richard Carlson

Good quote from Richard Carlson

Choose being kind over being right and you'll be right every time.-Richard Carlson

Quote from Jon Carroll

When the going gets tough,the tough get empirical.-Jon Carroll

Great quote from Julia Butterfly Hill

We live in a disposable society.We throw so much away.But it doesn't come from nowhere.It comes from the planet and it comes from future generations' lives.-Julia Butterfly Hill

Great quote from Neil LaBute

We live in a disposable society.It's easier to throw things out than to fix them.We even give it a name-we call it recycling.-Neil LaBute

Great quote from Bryant McGill

A disposable society is only fit for disposable people.-Bryant McGill,Author,speaker and activist

Great quote on disposable society

In today's disposable culture,we throw away people like we do razors,always assuming there's someone better out there to hang out with,or to work for--people who will never embarrass us,let us down or offend us.-Kelly Cutrone,NORMAL GETS YOU NOWHERE

Quote from Cher

Men should be like kleenex,soft ,strong and disposable.-Cher

Quote from Jiddu Krishnamurti

It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.-Jiddu Krishnamurti

Quote on bread

How can a nation be called great if its bread tastes like kleenex?-Julia Child

Quote on cooking

Always start out with a larger pot than what you think you need.-Julia Child

Interesting quote from Julia Child

A party without cake is just a meeting.-Julia Child

Quote on butter

If you're afraid of butter,use cream.-Julia Child

Quote from Melody Beattie

Gratitude makes sense of our past,brings peace for today,and creates a vision for tomorrow.-Melody Beattie,author.

Quote from Ashleigh Brilliant

Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.-Ashleigh Brilliant

Interesting quote from Michael Ellner

Just look at us.Everything is backwards.Everything is upside down.Doctors destroy health,lawyers destroy knowledge,governments destroy freedom,the major media destroy information,and religion destroys spirituality.-Michael Ellner

Quote from Julia Child

If you're in a good profession,it's hard to get bored,because you're never finished-there will always be work you haven't done.-Julia Child

Great quote on opportunity

Opportunity does not knock;it presents itself  when you beat down the door.-Kyle Chandler,American actor.

Interesting quote from Norman Franz

Gold is the money of kings;silver the money of gentlemen ;Barter the money of peasants;But debt is the money of slaves.-Norman Franz

Another quote from Daniel Webster

Keep cool;anger is not an argument.-Daniel Webster

Quote from Daniel Webster

The materials of wealth are in the earth,in the seas,and in their natural and unaided productions.-Daniel Webster

Interesting website

www.futilitycloset.com

Interesting website

http://futilitycloset.com

Quote from Mark Twain

When I 'm playful,I---drag the Atlantic ocean for whales.-Mark Twain

Quote on talent

Where talent is a dwarf,self-esteem is a giant.-John Petit-Senn

Great quote from Robert Burton

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.-Robert Burton

Quote from Gloria Swanson

Never say never,for if you live long enough,chances are you will not be able to abide by its restrictions.-Gloria Swanson,American actress.

Quote from James Grainger

What's fame?An empty bubble;Gold?A transient shining trouble.-James Grainger

Quote on rock and roll

Rock and roll ain't nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.-Keith Richards,LIFE.

Quote from Keith Richards

To me,life is a wild animal.You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.-Keith Richards,of the Rolling Stones

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Invention breeds invention.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Gary Cooper

In Westerns,you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.-Gary Cooper

Quote on life

What is life but playing with time?-Keith Richards,of the Rolling Stones band

Quote on slot machines

Slot machines are like crack for old people.-Keenan Ivory Wayans

Interesting quote on love

Love is the total absence of fear.Love asks no questions.Its natural state is one of extension and expansion,not comparison and measurement.-Gerald G.Jampolsky

Quote on prejudice

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.-William Hazlitt

Quote on loyalty

Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.-Woodrow Wilson

Quote on puns

Puns are the gag hand buzzers of conversation.It hurts a bit but everyone gets a good laugh out of it.-Grey Livingston

Quote on politics

Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.-James Ellroy

Quote from James Ellroy

Dead people belong to the live people who claim them most obsessively.-James Ellroy,MY DARK PLACES.

Quote from Alan Bennett

A bookshelf is particular to its owner as are his or her clothes;a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot.-Alan Bennett

Quote from George Eliot

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.-George Eliot

153rd list of 10 French songs you like

1.Requin Chagrin(1975)-Michel Sardou et Mireille Darc
2.Pauvre Petite Fille Riche(1963)-Claude Francois
3.J'y pense et Puis j'Oublie-Claude Francois
4.Le Lundi Au Soleil-Claude Francois
5.Je Te Demande Pardon-Claude Francois(This song is a French version of the 1971 hit song 'ROSE GARDEN' by Lynn Anderson)
6.Danse Ma Vie-Claude Francois
7.La Plus Belle Chose Au Monde-Claude Francois.(This song is a French version of the Bee Gees hit song 'MASSACHUSETTS.')
8.Winchester Cathedral-Claude Francois
8.Voleurs Bohemiens-Claude Francois.(This song is a French version of the Cher hit song from 1972 'GYPSIES,TRAMPS AND THIEVES')
9.Le Jouet Extraordinaire-Claude Francois
10.Dimanche Apres Midi-Claude Francois(This song is a French version of the 1976 hit song 'AFTERNOON DELIGHT' by Starlight Vocal Band)

Quote from Clive James

It is a good rule in life to be wary of the company of people who think of themselves in the third person,no matter how well justified they might seem to be in doing so.-Clive James

Quote from Jarod Kintz

I'll wishy-wash your car.Maybe.-Jarod Kintz,SERIOUSLY DELIRIOUS,BUT NOT AT ALL SERIOUS.

Quote from Clive James

The inevitable effect of a biographer's hindsight is to belittle the subject's foresight.-Clive James,CULTURAL AMNESIA:NECESSARY MEMORIES FROM HISTORY AND THE ARTS.

African American proverb

It takes a heap of licks to strike a nail in the dark.-African-American proverb

The 1980n hit song REUNITED

The 1980 HIT SONG 'REUNITED' was from Peaches and Herb,not Ashford and Simpson as mentioned below.

152nd list of 10 French songs you like

1.Le Lundi Au Soleil-Claude Francois
2.La Plus Belle Chose Du Monde-Claude Francois.(This song is a French version of the Bee Gees hit song 'MASSACHUSETTS.')
3.Le Neon-Salvatore Adamo
4.Voila Bien Sur Mon Amour-Richard Anthony(This song is a French version of the hit Bobby Vee song 'TAKE GOOD CAREV OF MY BABY.')
5.Lecon De Twist-Richard Anthony
6.Mon Amour Disparu-Richard Anthony.(This song is a French version of the hit 1961 Del Shannon song 'RUNAWAY')
7.Paris En Colere-Mireille Mathieu
8.Cinq Heures Du Matin(1971)-Donald Lautrec
9.Reunis-Song by Pierre Lalonde et Michele Richard.(This song is a French version of the Ashford and Simpson hit 1979 song 'REUNITED')
10.Action-Donald Lautrec

Quote from Joseph Addison

What sunshine is to flowers,smiles are to humanity.These are but trifles,to be sure;but scattered along life's pathway,the good they do is inconceivable.-Joseph Addison(1672-1719),English essayist,poet and politician.

Quote from Anne Lamott

A hundred years from now?All new people.-Anne Lamott

151st list of 10 French songs you like

1.Le Grand Joe-Pierre Lalonde
2.Le Soleil Est Au Soleil-Pierre Lalonde
3.Une Colombe-Céline Dion
4.Prouve-Moi Que Tu M'Aimes-Pierre Lalonde
5.C'est Mon Coeur Qui Chante Clair-Pierre Lalonde
6.Quand Tu Auras 20 ans-Pierre Lalonde
7.Marchons Ensemble Toi Et Moi-Pierre Lalonde et Claude Valade
8.T'es Pas Une Autre-Pierre Lalonde
9.Le Secret Du Bonheur-Pierre Lalonde et Donald Lautrec.(This song is a French version of the Jimmy Sole hit song 'IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY')
10.La Marquise Coton(1963)-Renée Claude

Quote from Nicole Brossard

Reading is food.-Nicole Brossard

List of adjectives pertaining to medical conditions

1.Glaucomatous-Relating to,or affected with glaucoma.
2.Gouty-Adjective for gout
3.Syphilitic-Relating to,or afflicted with syphilis
4.Cataractous-Adjective of cataract
5.Appendicular-Pertaining to appendicitis or appendix;adjective of appendix
6.Tonsilitic-Adjective of tonsilitis or tonsils;relating to the tonsils.
7.Dropsical-Of or relating to dropsy.

Adjective for scabies

Scabietic-Adjective describing scabies or releated to scabies.

Interesting quote on television

All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies.The demand for extraordinary movies increased.If any one thing is wrong with the movie industry today,it is the unrelenting effort to astonish.-Clive James

Quote from Henny Youngman

The hotel I'm in has a lovely closet.A nail.-Henny Youngman

Quote from Saul Alinsky

Change means movement.Movement means friction.Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict.-Saul Alinsky

Quote on aging

Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength.-Betty Friedan

Quote from William James

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness.It is itself almost religious.Our scientific temper is devout.-William James

Unflattering quote on Facebook

Dear FB Friends,
                        Fuck Facebook!!-It has proven to be worthless as a book-selling device,and is nothing but a repository for perverts,reparation-seekers,old buddies looking for handouts,syphilitic girlfriends looking for extra-curricular schlong and hack writers begging for blurbs.-James Ellroy

Quote from Maria Gripe

Anyone who writes a book spins a web.Anyone who reads a book is struggling in a web.-Maria Gripe

Quote from Clive James

Anyone afraid of what he thinks television does to the world is probably just afraid of the world.-Clive James

Quote from David Byrne

Analysis is like a lobotomy.Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?-David Byrne

Quote from Clive James

All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.-Clive James

Quote from Joseph Addison

Plenty of people wish to become devout,but no one wishes to be humble.-Joseph Addison

Quote from Lloyd C.Douglas

If a man harbors any sort of fear,it percolates through all his thinking,damages his personality,makes him landlord to a ghost.-Lloyd C.Douglas

Quote on art

Art is the outward integration inspired by the artist's inner disintegration.-Clive James

Interesting website for travel lovers

www.shorttraveltips.com

An interesting website for rare book lovers

www.thebookcache.com

Some interesting blogs and websites on travel

1 http://suitcasestories.com
2 http://expertvagabond.com
3 http://flipnomad.com
4 http://bittenbythetravelbug.com
5 www.shorttraveltip^s.com
6 http://nomadicsamuel.com
7 www.gettingstamped.com
8 http://aroundtheworldin80jobs.com
9 http://acraftytraveler.com

Interesting quote from Malcolm Gladwell

When I see my bookshelf expanding,it gives me the illusion that my brain is expanding too.-Malcolm Gladwell

Great website for book lovers

www.buriedinprint.com

Quote from Susan Sontag

My library is an archive of longings.-Susan Sontag

Quote from Jeanette Winterson

Books,like cats,do not wear watches.-Jeanette Winterson

Quote from Clive James

It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.-Clive James

Quote on prejudice

Prejudice is permafrost.-David Mitchell,CLOUD ATLAS

Quote from Doug Coupland

Adventure without risk is Disneyland.-Doug Coupland

Quote on holidays

To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery,but a ritual of reassurance.-Philip Andrew Adams

Unflattering quote about disco dancing

Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail.-Clive James(born 1931),Australian critic

Quote on bureaucrats

Bureaucrats:they are dead at 30 and buried at 60.They are like custard pies;you can't nail them to a wall.-Frank Lloyd Wright(1867-1959)

Interesting quote from Bill Watterson

Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating;the mind is like a battery-it recharges by running.-Bill Watterson

Insightful quote from Franz Kafka

Isn't it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much?The heroism of staying in such a place is that of a roach which won't be exterminated from the bathroom.-Franz Kafka,German writer of visionary fiction(1884-1924)

Quote from Kathy Lette

Age to women is like Kryptonite to Superman.-Kathy Lette

Provocative quotye by A.Whitney Brown

A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black.That was wrong.They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.-A.Whitney Brown

Great quote from James Baldwin

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck,and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.-James Arthur Baldwin(1924-1987),American essayist,playwright,novelist and poet.

Quote from William Faulkner

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like being in Alaska and being against snow.-William Faulkner

Quote from Malcolm X

You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.-Malcolm X

Quote from Martin Luther King Jr.

Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.-Martin Luther King Jr.(1929-1968)

Great quote from Charles Caleb Colton

We hate some persons because we do not know them;and will not know them because we hate them.-Charles Caleb Colton

Quote from Martin Luther King Jr.

I have decided to stick with love.Hate is too great a burden to bear.-Martin Luther King Jr.

Quote from Daniel Defoe

Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised.-Daniel Defoe

Cinnamon walnuts,etc

In December 2013,you bought a 100g pack of cinnamon walnuts for $2 and ate them.They were delicious as stand-alone items and on many occasions,I added cinnamon walnuts to oatmeal and sugar.The combination is delicious.
                               In January 2014,you bought a 100g pack of cinnamon pecans and ate them alone on some days and added them to oatmeal porridge with sugar on other days.Cinnamon pecans are delicious.

The official city bird of Seattle

On March 17,2003,the City Council designated the Great Blue Heron as the official city bird of Seattle.

The official flower of Seattle

On November 19,1913,Seattle established the dahlia as Seattle's official flower.

Quote from Sylvester Stallone

Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.-Sylvester Stallone

Quote from Hugh Leonard

My life is every moment of my life.It is not a culmination of the past.-Hugh Leonard

Quote from Daniel Defoe

The best of men cannot suspend their fate:the good die early, and the bad die late.-Daniel Defoe

Great website for those who love souvenirs,collectibles and books

http://stuffdoesmatter.com

Great quote on danger

Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.-Daniel Defoe

Quote on racism

Racism is man's gravest threat to man---the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.-Abraham Joshua Heschel

Quote from M.J.Abraham

It takes a lot more energy to bury pain than it does to confront it.-M.J.Abraham,RESPLENDENT