Great quote on specialists

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist;two to one,he is a pedant.-Oliver Wendell Holmes(1809-1894),American physician,writer,poet,humorist and Professor at Harvard.

Interesting quote on specialists

No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot.-George Bernard Shaw(1856-1950)

Quote from Sylvester Stallone

I think that gravity sets into everything,including careers,but pendulums do swing and mountains do become valleys after a while---if you keep on walking.-Sylvester Stallone

Quote from Terry Venables

If you can't outplay the opposition,you must outnumber them.-Terry Venables

Quote from Sylvester Stallone

If bad decorating was a hanging offense,there'd be bodies hanging from every tree!-Sylvester Stallone

Interesting French proverb

Every evil comes to us on wings and goes away limping.-French proverb

Quote from Patsy Stone

You can never have too many hats,gloves and shoes.-Patsy Stone

Quote from William Wordsworth

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.-William Wordsmith

Superb quote from Patsy Stone

One should never be the oldest thing in one's house.-Patsy Stone

Quotation from Timothy Ferriss

Practice the art of nonfinishing.Starting something doesn't automatically justify finishing it.-Timothy Ferriss

Quote from Billy Baldwin

Be faithful to your own taste,because nothing you really like is ever out of style.-Billy Baldwin

Quotye from Geoffrey Ross

Every room needs a slap in the face.-Geoffrey Ross

Interesting quote from John Perkins

Life is composed of a series of coincidences.How we react to these-how we exercise what some people refer to as free will---is everything;the choice we make within the boundaries of the twists of fate determine who we are.-John Perkins,CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN.

Quote from Timothy Ferriss

To do the impossible,you need to ignore the popular.-Tim Ferriss

Quote from Richard Branson

If people aren't calling you crazy,you aren't thinking big enough.-Richard Branson

Interesting website on travel

http://alittleadrift.com

Some interesting sites and blogs for self-improvement and self-motivation

1 www.keepinspiring.me
2 http://staroversky.com
3 www.dailybusinessquotes.com
4 www.mrselfdevelopment.com
5 http://gregkamradt.com
6 www.sensophy.com
7 www.brookeboser.com
8 http://zenpencils.com
9 http://tinybuddha.com

Quote from Timothy Ferriss

It isn't enough to think outside the box.Thinking is passive.Get used to acting outside the box.-Timothy Ferriss

Quote from Timothy Leary

We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history.But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go.-Timothy Leary

Quote from Gustave Flaubert

The heart,like the stomach wants a varied diet.-Gustave Flaubert

Quote from Colin Powell

Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.-Colin Powell

Quote from Thomas Henry Huxley

It is far better for a man to go wrong in freedom than to go right in chains.-Thomas Henry Huxley

Quote from John D.Rockefeller

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.-John D.Rockefeller

Quote from William S.Burroughs

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.-William S.Burroughs

Quote from Thelonious Monk

Sometimes it's to your advantage for people to think you're crazy.-Thelonious Monk

Great quote on burnout

Burnout is nature's way of telling you, you've been going through the motions your soul has departed;you're a zombie,a member of the walking dead,a sleepwalker.False optimism is like administrating stimulants to an exhausted nervous system.-Sam Kelly,FIRE IN THE BELLY:ON BEING A MAN.

Great quote from Thomas Babington Macaulay

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.-Thomas Babington Macaulay

Quote on genius

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The reason why men do not obey us,is because they see the mud at the bottom of the eye.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Steve Jobs

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.-Steve Jobs

Quote on apricots

Apricots are like cute furry pets you can eat-legally.-Jarod Kintz

Insightful quote on mayors

If a large city can,after intense intellectual efforts,choose for its mayor a man who will merely not steal from it,we consider it a triumph of the suffrage.-Frank Moore Colby(1865-1925),American writer and educator.

Quote from Timothy Ferriss

One can steal ideas,but noone can steal execution or passion.-Timothy Ferriss

Quote on hell

Pure hell forces action,but anything less can be endured with enough clever rationalization.-Timothy Ferriss,THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK

Quote from Timothy Leary

The universe is an intelligence test.-Timothy Leary

Quote from Paul Theroux

It is fatal to know too much at the outcome:boredom comes as quickly to the traveler who knows his route as to the novelist who is overcertain of his plot.-Paul Theroux,TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.

Another quote from Timothy Ferriss

Simple works,complex fails.-Timothy Ferriss

Quote from Timothy Ferriss

Age doesn't matter;an open mind does.-Timothy Ferriss(b.1977)

Funny quote on love

Love can make a flower more fragrant,a blue sky bluer,and an empty bank account emptier.I should probably sign up for another credit card.-Jarod Kintz,LOVE QUOTES FOR THE AGES.

Quote on New York

New York is the great stone desert.-Israel Zangwill

Quote from Barbara Dale

Behind every woman is an enormous pile of unwashed laundry.-Barbara Dale

Quote from William S.Burroughs

Man is an artifact designed for space travel.He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.-William S.Burroughs

Quote on talk

Talk ought always to run obliquely,not nose to nose with no chance of mental escape.-Frank Moore Colby

Great quote from Frank Moore Colby

Were it not for the presence of the unwashed and the half-educated,the formless,queer and incomplete,the unreasonable and absurd,the infinite shapes of the delightful human tadpole,the horizon would not wear so wide a grin.-Frank Moore Colby(1865-1925),American writer.

Quote from Ross Perot

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty.The activist is the man who cleans up the river.-Ross Perot

Insightful quote from Tom Robbins

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be,it is not insensitive to freedom.Somewhere in the archives of crudest instinct is recorded the truth that it is better to be endangered and free than captive and comfortable.-Tom Robbins

Quote on the bottom line

The bottom line is that you only have the rights you fight for.-Timothy Ferriss,THE FOUR-HOUR WORK WEEK.

Great quote on excitement

Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness,and it is precisely what you should strive to chase.It is the cure-all.-Timothy Ferriss(born 1977),THE 4-HOUR WORK WEEK

Quote on neutrality

Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.-Louis Brandeis

Quote from Louis Brandeis

There are no shortcuts in evolution.-Louis D.Brandeis

Quote from Timothy Ferriss

Focus on being productive instead of busy.-Timothy Ferriss,THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK:ESCAPE 9-5,LIVE ANYWHERE,AND JOIN THE NEW RICH.

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

MOtivational quote from Edward Teller

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over-it became a butterfly.-Edward Teller

Great quote on the law

If we desire respect for the law,we must first make the law respectable.-Louis D.Brandeis(1856-1941),American judge

Quote on mosquitoes

Mosquitoes remind us that we are not as high up on the food chain as we think.-Tom Wilson

Quote from Louis Brandeis

Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wonders.-Louis Brandeis

Insightful quote from Muriel Spark

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree,but smiles.-Muriel Spark

Quote on journeys

A journey is like a person in itself;no two are alike.And all plans,safeguards,policing and coercion are fruitless.We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip;a trip takes us.-John Steinbeck(1902-1968),American novelist and writer,Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1962.

Quote from Joe Abercrombie

When you're in hell,only a devil can point the way out.-Joe Abercrombie,HALF A KING.

Quote from Joe Abercrombie

Pick your enemies more carefully than your friends,they will be with you longer.-Joe Abercrombie,LAST ARGUMENT OF KINGS.

Quote from Mark Van Doren

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.-Mark Van Doren

Quote from Jarod Kintz

My search was fruitless.I was searching for love,and all I found were vegetables.-Jarod Kintz,LOVE QUOTES FOR THE AGES SPECIFICALLY AGES 18-81

Quote from Dorothy Parker

Love is like quicksilver in the hand.Leave the fingers open and it stays.Clutch it,and it darts away.-Dorothy Parker(1893-1967),American short-story writer and poet.

Quote on nonvoting

Nonvoting is a fruitless temper tantrum.-Bruce Wright

Quote from Chapman Cohen

Gods are fragile things;they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.-Chapman Cohen

Quote on golf

Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition,courage deflated by stupidity,skill soured by a whiff of arrogance.-Alistair Cooke

Quote from Stanley Milgram

It is easy to ignore responsibility when one is only an intermediate link in a chain of action.-Stanley Milgram

Quote on enemies

We should forgive our enemies,but not before they are hanged.-Joe Abercrombie,BEFORE THEY ARE HANGED.

Great quote on travel

Travel brings wisdom only to the wise.It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.-Joe Abercrombie,LAST ARGUMENT OF KINGS.

Quote on creative people

Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities.-Criss Jami

Olive oil brand that you finished consuming

In October 2014,you finished consuming a 500 ml glass bottle of Levante Extra-virgin olive oil.This olive oil was a product of Italy,and was quite good.

Quote from Oscar Wilde

For his mourners will be outcast men,and outcasts always mourn.-Oscar Wilde,Irish poet,playwright and novelist.

Quote on bravery

To be brave among friends was nothing.To have the world against you and pick your path regardless-there is courage.-Joe Abercombie,RED COUNTRY.

Quote from Henry Miller

Honest criticism means nothing;what one wants is unrestrained passion,fire for fire.-Henry Miller(1891-1980)

Quote from Joe Abercrombie

Everything sounds fairer in the daylight.-Joe Abercrombie

Quote on skies

The skies make no special dispensation for Magi,boy,they piss on everyone the same.-Joe Abercrombie,BEFORE THEY ARE HANGED.

Quote on masks

A man doesn't put on a mask unless he's got some dark work in mind.-Joe Abercrombie,THE BLADE ITSELF.

Quote from Joe Abercrombie

It is so often the small things overlooked which leave our schemes in ruins.-Joe Abercrombie,HALF A KING.

Quote from Joe Abercrombie

Plans have a way of coming apart when you lean on them.-Joe Abercrombie,LAST ARGUMENT OF KINGS.

Insightful quote from Richard Savage

When anger rushes unrestrained to action,like a hot steed,it stumbles on its way.The man of thought strikes deepest and strikes safely.-Richard Savage

Quote from Joe Abercrombie

When God means to punish a man He sends him stupid friends and clever enemies.-Joe Abercrombie,BEST SERVED COLD.

Interesting quote on loyalty

Loyalty's a dangerous foundation.Tends to wash away in a storm.Self-interest stands in any weather.-Joe Abercrombie,THE HEROES.

Great quote on airlines

I never trust the airlines from those countries where the pilots believe in the afterlife.You are safer when they don't.-Muriel Spark,THE DRIVER'S SEAT.

Quote from David Suzuki

We have much to learn by studying nature and taking the time to tease out its secrets.-David Suzuki,Canadian environmentalist and geneticist

Great quote from Cynthia Lord

Not everything worth keeping has to be useful.-Cynthia Lord,RULES.

Quote on psychiatrists

One should only see a psychiatrist out of boredom.-Muriel Spark

Quote from George V.Higgins

Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence are taken as credentials probative of powers to astound the multitude.-George V.Higgins(1939-1999),American writer.

Quote from Muriel Spark

I often wonder if we were all characters in one of God's dreams.-Muriel Spark

Great quote from Edward Koch

You punch me,I punch back.I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.-Edward Koch,former New York mayor

Quote from Javier Rodriguez

Don't follow your dreams,lead them.-Javier Rodriguez

Interesting quote on parents

Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.-Muriel Spark

Great quote on time

Time is a river without banks.-Muriel Spark

Another quote from Anthony Liccione

We can't rewind the past,nor fast-forward the future,so today,all we can do is play,record,pause and keep moving,until somebody should press the stop button.-Anthony Liccione

Quote from Anthony Liccione

Life is like a lit cigarette.The past is ashes,the present is burning,and the future is up in smoke.Fast as a breath;inhale exhale.-Anthony Liccione

Quote from Lee Trevino

A hungry dog hunts best.-Lee Trevino

Quote from Elizabeth Bowen

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.-Elizabeth Bowen

Great book that should be recommended reading for businessmen

The Age of Oversupply:Overcoming The Greatest Challenge To The The Global Economy-Daniel Alpert

Nestle ice cream flavour

On Saturday,October 4,2014,you had a delicious mango Nestlé ice cream in an ice cream cone at Carrefour Angrignon in LaSalle.This was the first time you had mango-flavored Nestlé ice cream and were delighted with it.You did not even know Nestlé had a mango ice cream.

Quote from Lee Trevino

Columbus went around the world in 1492.That isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course.-Lee Trevino

Quote from Anthony Liccione

Be open in everything with your partner,because where there is secrecy,it can mistakenly come off as being sneaky;where you just may be innocently quiet.-Anthony Liccione

Quote from Anthony Liccione

Fool me once,shame on you
fool me twice,shame on me
fool me thrice,I'm gonna get the frying pan.-Anthony Liccione

Quote from Jeff Bezos

The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy.-Jeff Bezos

Quote from Anthony Liccione

A heart anchored in money will only drift away.-Anthony Liccione

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

We can see well into the past;we can guess shrewdly into the future;but that which is rolled up and muffled in impenetrable folds is today.-Ralph Waldo Emerson(1803-1882),American poet,lecturer and essayist

Quote on bereavement

Bereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unbereaved.-Iris Murdoch(1919-1999),British novelist and philosopher.

Quote on relationships

You can't lift a relationship up if you keep walking over the other person's mistakes.-Anthony Liccione

Quote from Anthony Liccione

Expect while reaching for the stars,people to whirl by with their dark clouds and storm upon you.-Anthony Liccione

Quote from Anthony Liccione

If something bad smells in the basement,it will eventually make its way to the attic.-Anthony Liccione

Quote from Anthony Liccione

Trying to change someone,and their views,is like throwing paper into a fire.-Anthony Liccione

Quote from Napoleon Hill

Reduce your plan to writing.The moment you complete this,you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.-Napoleon Hill

Interesting quote from C.S.Lewis

When equality is treated not as a medicine or a safety-gadget,but as an ideal,we begin to breed that stunted and envious sort of mind which hates all superiority.-C.S.Lewis(1898-1963)

Quote on change

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it,move with it and join the dance.-Alan Watts

Quote from Julian Barnes

When you read a great book,you don't escape from life,you plunge deeper into it.-Julian Barnes

Interesting quote on light

Not all light is good.There is negative light,that can cast bad shadows.-Anthony Liccione

Thought-provoking quote from C.S.Lewis

Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.-C.S.Lewis(1898-1963),British scholar and novelist.

Greate quote on bad tempers

I know some people with such bad tempers that,even if they accidentally walked into a tree branch,they will chop the whole tree down.-Anthony Liccione

Quote on science

Science is the refusal to believe on the basis of hope.-Carrie Snow

Quote on dead-end roads

Dead-end roads don't mean you've come to your end,just means you need to take a different detour.-Anthony Liccione

Great quote on advertising

Advertising degrades the people it appeals to;it deprives them of their will to choose.-Carrie Snow

Quote from Carrie Snow

No day is so bad it can't be fixed with a nap.-Carrie Snow

Quote on coffee

If coffee were like dreams,then I would be wired in constant bliss,never needing sleep to live out my dreams.-Anthony Liccione

Superb quote on confidence

Confidence,is like a belt worn around the waist.Wear it too tight,you come off cocky and arrogant,Wear it too loose,you come off timid and a walkover,but wear it fit and snug,it will uphold you in every step of the way-Anthony Liccione

Illuminating quote from Anthony Liccione

We are just wind on this earth,wind breathing in air.-Anthony Liccione

Quote on anchor

Don't bring an anchor,on a sinking boat.-Anthony Liccione

Great quote on hope and love

Hope is like a word made with cloud,without faith,it quickly blows away.-Anthony Liccione

Quote from Jean-Louis Barrault

You have to wake up a virgin each morning.-Jean-Louis Barrault

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm.We wake from one dream into another dream.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Napoleon Hill

The starting point of all achievement is desire.-Napoleon Hill

Quote from Anthony Liccione

Sometimes you need to go through many small doors ,to get to that big door of opportunity.-Anthony Liccione

Sometimes you need to go through many small doors ,to get to that big door of opportunity.-Anthony Liccione

Quote from Anthony Liccione

To cop-out is not a way to cope.-Anthony Liccione

Quote from Joseph Conrad

I have wrestled with death.It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine.It takes place in an impalpable grayness,with nothing underfoot,with nothing around,without spectators,without clamor,without glory,without the great desire of victory,without the great fear of defeat.-Joseph Conrad(1857-1924)

Quote on teeth

Teeth aren't pearly until you smile.-Anthony Liccione

Quote from Aldous Huxley

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.-Aldous Huxley(1894-1963)

Quote from Anthony Liccione

Some men would rather die in their pride than live in their humility.-Anthony Liccione

Quote from Nelson Mandela

Money won't create success,the freedom to make it will.-Nelson Mandela

Quote on red-headed people

When red-headed people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.-Mark Twain

Quote from Anthony Liccione

If you choose to walk through the fire,why do you complain it's hot?-Anthony Liccione

Great quote from Anthony Liccione

There are those laughing their way to hell;and those,crying themselves to heaven.-Anthony Liccione

Quote from Simon Weil

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.-Simon Weil

Quote from Anthony Liccione

As dogs return to their vomit,some men return to their wives.-Anthony Liccione

Quote on beauty

As we grow old,the beauty steals inward.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Interesting quote on stress

Stress should be a powerful driving force,not an obstacle.-Bill Phillips

Interesting quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote on creativity

To express open creativity,you first need to create your own space of seclusion.-Anthony Liccione

Interesting quote from Saul Bellow

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on the other side.-Saul Bellow