Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconcile everybody.-Samuel Pepys
Quote from Mahatma Gandhi
I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.-Mahatma Gandhi
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Quote from Charles Caleb Colton
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.-Charles Caleb Colton
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Insightful quote from Aldous Huxley
Armaments,universal debt and planned obsolescence -those are the three pillars of Western prosperity.-Aldous Huxley,ISLAND.
Great quote from Scott Adams
And bring me a hard copy of the Internet so I can do some serious surfing.-Scott Adams
Great quote from Jack London
Darn the wheel of the world!Why must it continually turn over?Where is the reverse gear?-Jack London
Quote on cruelty
Cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse,and pretense of reluctance.-George Bernard Shaw
Quote from Julia Penelope
Language forces us to perceive the world as man presents it to us.-Julia Penelope
Monday, December 22, 2014
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Quote from H.G.Wells
The forceps of our minds are clumsy things and crush the truth a little in the course of taking hold of it.-H.G.Wells
Quote from Jacqueline Susann
Everyone has an identity.One of their own,and one for show.-Jacqueline Susann,VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.
Quote on routine
I like to be anchored by routine,not shackled by it.-Gabrielle Hamilton,BLOOD,BONES AND BUTTER.
Quote from John Howe
What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once,and yet have no regard to throwing it away by parcels and piecemeal.-John Howe
Quote on teaching
In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work.It is invisible and remains so,maybe for twenty years.-Jacques Barzun
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Quote from Norman Vincent Peale
The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center.So does a person.-Norman Vincent Peale
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Monday, December 15, 2014
Quote from R.C.Ferguson
A man is getting old when he walks around a puddle instead of through it.-R.C.Ferguson
Line from The Andy Griffith show
Opie,you haven't finished the milk.We can't put it back in the cow,you know.-from THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
Quote on boredom
Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time.Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores of the face.-Charlotte Whitton
Quote on education
Education is indoctrination if you're white-subjugation if you're black.-James Baldwin
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Quote from Jeb Dickerson
Most people,upon reaching the top,look down and enjoy the view.The smart money is on looking up and finding new mountains to climb.-Jeb Dickerson
Great quote on time
Time is an old firmly rooted tree;we are the breeze rustling its leaves.-Terri Guillemets
Quote from Terri Guillemets
You'll meet more angels on a winding path than on a straight one.-Terri Guillemets
Great quote on critics
A critic is someone who enters the battlefield after the war and shoots the injured.-Murray Kempton
Quote from Sandra Dallas
When it's raining pudding,hold up your bowl.-Sandra Dallas,PRAYERS FOR SALE.
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Quote from Jeb Dickerson
May your passion be the kernel of corn stuck between your molars,always reminding you there's something to tend to.-Jeb Dickerson
Interesting quote on art
Art doesn't have to matter to a lot of people to matter a lot.-Jeb Dickerson
Quote from Jeb Dickerson
Releasing the pressure,it's good for the teapot and the water.Try it sometime.-Jeb Dickerson
Quote from Hugh Mackay
Recounting their histories,people often sound like interested bystanders to their own lives.-Hugh Mackay
Quote from Al McGuire
Winning is overrated.The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.-Al McGuire
Friday, December 12, 2014
Quote from Henry Ford
Business is never so healthy as when ,like a chicken,it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.-Henry Ford
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Quote from Goldie Hawn
Why not just live in the moment especially if it has a good beat?-Goldie Hawn
Quote from Henry Ford
If I'd asked my customers what they wanted they'd have said a faster horse.-Henry Ford
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Tuesday, December 09, 2014
Quote from Ashleigh Brilliant
My mind contains many good ideas,but it's not always easy to squeeze one out.-Ashleigh Brilliant
Quote from Clive Barker
If you want to look like the people next door,you're probably smothering yourself and your dreams.-Clive Barker
Quote from Lou Reed
There's a bit of magic in everything,and some loss to even things out.-Lou Reed,"Magic And Loss."'
Monday, December 08, 2014
Quote from Zig Ziglar
Wouldn't it be wonderful if our mind growled like our stomach does when it is hungry?-Zig Ziglar
Funny quote from Stuart Rogers
A man's screech should exceed his rasp,or what's a violin for?-Stuart Rogers
Quote from Terri Guillemets
The world is hugged by the faithful arms of volunteers.-Terri Guillemets
Quote from John Updike
I want to write books that unlock the traffic jam in everybody's head.-John Updike
Quote from Andrew Carnegie
There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves.You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself.-Andrew Carnegie
An American proverb
Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets.-American proverb
Quote from Alfred Hitchcock
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.-Alfred Hitchcock
Great quote on criticism
Don't be distracted by criticism.Remember the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.-Zig Ziglar
Sunday, December 07, 2014
Quote on drunks
I knew how it was with drunks.They ran out of generosity,even for themselves.-Ross MacDonald
Quote from Ross MacDonald
Never sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse tham your own.-Ross MacDonald,BLACK MONEY.
Quote on Southern California
There's nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure.-Ross MacDonald,novelist.
Interesting quote on clutter
Clutter,either mental or physical,is the sign of a healthy curiosity.-Christopher Fowler,THE MEMORY OF BLOOD:A PECULIAR CRIMES UNIT MYSTERY.
Quote from Milton Mayer
The marvels -of film,radio,and television -are marvels of one-way communication,which is not communication at all.-Milton Mayer
Friday, December 05, 2014
Quote from Ross MacDonald
Some men spend their lives looking for ways to punish themselves for having been born.-Ross MacDonald,THE CHILL.
Quote on alcohol
Pour alcohol on a bundle of nerves and it generally turns into a can of worms.-Ross MacDonald,THE CHILL.
Quote from George MacDonald
Work is not always required.There is such a thing as sacred idleness.-George MacDonald
Quote from David Richerby
The tooth fairy teaches children that they can sell body parts for money.-David Richerby
Thursday, December 04, 2014
Quote from George Bancroft
By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory;the only object of respect that can never excite envy.-George Bancroft
Quote on apology
Apology is a lovely perfume,it can transform the clumsiest moment into a gracious gift.-Margaret Lee Runbeck
Most popular meal in Japan at Christmastime
In Japan,the most popular meal during Christmastime since 40 years,in 2014,has been strangely Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Island in Belize
San Pedro in Belize is the island made famous by Madonna in the song 'LA ISLA BONITA.'
Favorable quote on intellectual snobs
If it were not for the intellectual snobs who pay,the arts would perish with their starving practitioners-let us thank heaven for hypocrisy.-Aldous Huxley
Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Even in the mud and scum of things,something always sings.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quote from Aimee Sands
If you choose something that's really bold,it can really stand on its own.-Aimee Sands
Quote from Ruth Boorstine
Be Bold in what you stand for and careful what you fall for.-Ruth Boorstine
Quote from Helen Steiner Rice
Love changes darkness into light and makes the heart take a wingless flight.-Helen Steiner Rice
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Quote on ethical behavior
Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when noone else is watching-even when doing the wrong thing is legal.-Aldo Leopold
Quote from Andrew Clements
But fear doesn't need doors or windows.It works from the inside.-Andrew Clements
Tuesday, December 02, 2014
Quote from William Feather
One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.-William Feather
Quote from Gerry Spence
I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.-Gerry Spence
Quote on dreams
Dreams are logs that feed the fire of our souls.-Marcela Bennett(from the website www.uniqueselfsuccess.com)
Quote from Joseph Addison
A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil,but from the temper of the sufferer.-Joseph Addison
Quote from Dave Barry
A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter,is not a nice person.-Dave Barry(b.1947),American humorist and newspaper columnist
Monday, December 01, 2014
Quote on nonconformity
Nonconformity is the highest evolutionary attainment of social animals.-Aldo Leopold,A SAND COUNTY ALMANAC WITH OTHER ESSAYS ON CONSERVATION FROM ROUND RIVER.
Quote from Anais Nin
When we blindly adopt a religion,a political system,a literary dogma,we become automatons.We cease to grow.-Anais Nin
Quote from Robert Brault
There is never an embarrassing silence that can't be turned into a regrettable conversation.-Robert Brault
A chocolate you consumed on November 28,2014,Friday
On Friday,November 28,2014,you bought and consumed a delicious 100g chocolate bar of Dark Pear Chocolate(72% Cocoa)(Flagrants Désirs).It was a product of France.
Its ingredient list: Cocoa Mass,Sugar,Pear Nuggets(Sugar,Pear Purée[Pears¨],Apple Dextrose[Wheat],Pineapple Fibers,Sodium Alginate,Di-Calcium Phosphate,Natural Pear Flavour,Citric Acid),Cocoa Butter,Low-fat Cocoa Powder,Canola Lecithin,Natural Vanilla Flavour,Cocoa Solids 72%.
Nutrition Facts-Per 40 g-%Daily Recommended Value
:Calories-210
:Protein -4g
:Vitamin A-0%
:Vitamin C-15%
:Calcium-4%
:Iron-30%
This chocolate is very good and FLAGRANTS DÉSIRS Chocolates from France are very worth recommending as treats or gifts..
Its ingredient list: Cocoa Mass,Sugar,Pear Nuggets(Sugar,Pear Purée[Pears¨],Apple Dextrose[Wheat],Pineapple Fibers,Sodium Alginate,Di-Calcium Phosphate,Natural Pear Flavour,Citric Acid),Cocoa Butter,Low-fat Cocoa Powder,Canola Lecithin,Natural Vanilla Flavour,Cocoa Solids 72%.
Nutrition Facts-Per 40 g-%Daily Recommended Value
:Calories-210
:Protein -4g
:Vitamin A-0%
:Vitamin C-15%
:Calcium-4%
:Iron-30%
This chocolate is very good and FLAGRANTS DÉSIRS Chocolates from France are very worth recommending as treats or gifts..