Quote from Desmond Tutu

Don't raise your voice,improve your argument.-Desmond Tutu

Quote from Thomas Leonard

A lifestyle is what you pay for;a life is what pays you.-Thomas Leonard

Quote from Henry Fielding

A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.-Henry Fielding

Quote from Eleanor Catton

The proper way to understand any social system was to view it from above.-Eleanor Catton,THE LUMINARIES.

Quote from Sylvester Stallone

If you think people are inherently good,get rid of the police for 24 hours--see what happens.-Sylvester Stallone

Quote on hope

Hope rises like a phoenix from the ashes of shattered dreams.-S.A.Sachs

Quote from Dave Ramsey

A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.-Dave Ramsey

Quote from Salman Rushdie

There is no such thing as perfect security,only varying levels of insecurity.-Salman Rushdie

Quote on music

I think music in itself is healing.It's an explosive expression of humanity.-Billy Joel

Quote on loneliness

Loneliness cannot be reassured by proportion.-Eleanor Catton,THE LUMINARIES.

Quote from Rabindranath Tagore

Clouds come floating into my life,no longer to carry rain or usher storm,but to add color to my sunset sky.-Rabindranath Tagore

Quote from Henry Fielding

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.-Henry Fielding

Quote on metaphor

I love metaphor the way some people love junk food.-William H.Gass,PARIS REVIEW.

Quote from Washington Irving

Great minds have purposes,others have wishes.-Washington Irving

Quote on hip-hop

The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground,ideas from the underbelly,from people who have mostly been locked out,who have not been recognized.-Russell Simmons

Quote from Martin Van Buren

It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.-Martin Van Buren

Quote from Richard Brautigan

Language does not leave fossils,at least not until it has been written.-Richard Brautigan,TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA.

Quote from Gaston Bachelard

The words of the world want to make sentences.-Gaston Bachelard,THE POETICS OF REVERIE.

Quote from James Douglas

It is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presence may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought.-James Douglas

Brands of spring water(mineral water)available in Quebec in plastic bottles

1.Evian
2.Perrier
3.Eska
4.Montclair
5.Fiji.
6.Naya
7.Dasani

Quote from Paul Hawken

This planet came with a set of instructions,but we seem to have misplaced them.Civilization needs a new operating system.-Paul Hawken

Quote from Diane Ackerman

There is no way in which way to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar-net of our senses.-Diane Ackerman

Quote from Terri Guillemets

Invisible tears are the hardest to wipe away.Just let it out,my friend.-Terri Guillemets

Quote from Oliver Goldsmith

Life is a journey that must be travelled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.-Oliver Goldsmith

Quote from Pablo Picasso

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.-Pablo Picasso

Interesting quote from Wilt Chamberlain

They say that nobody is perfect.Then they tell you practice makes perfect.I wish they'd make up their minds.-Wilt Chamberlain

Quote from Simon Wiesenthal

What connects two thousand years of genocide?Too much power in too few hands.-Simon Wiesenthal

Insightful quote from Shannon L.Alder

When a person is punished for their honesty they begin to learn to lie.-Shannon L.Alder

Quote on war

War means blind obedience,unthinking stupidity,brutish callousness,wanton destruction,and irresponsible murder.-Alexander Berkman

Quote from John Maynard Keynes

Words ought to be a little wild,for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.-John Maynard Keynes

Quote from Lee Iacocca

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.-Lee Iacocca

Quote from Mitch Hedburg

I like vending machines because snacks are better when they fall.If I buy a candy bar at the store,sometimes I will drop it so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential.-Mitch Hedburg

Quote from Lee Iacocca

In times of great stress or adversity,it's always best to keep busy,to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.-Lee Iacocca.

Quote from Warren Buffett

Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.-Warren Buffett

Quote from K.M.Alexander

It's funny.That feeling of home.It's so temporary,like bathwater:the warmth eventually grows cold.-K.M.Alexander,THE STARS WERE RIGHT.

Quote from Paul Monette

Go without hate,but not without rage.Heal the world.-Paul Monette

Quote on artists

As an artist,you reach for the pen that's full of blood.-Paul Monette

Quote from Paul Monette

Go without hate,but not without rage.-Paul Monette

Quote from Freddie Mercury

I want to lead the Victorian life,surrounded by exquisite clutter.-Freddie Mercury,lead singer of rock group Queen.

Quote on self-pity

Self-pity becomes your oxygen.But you learned to breathe it without a gasp.So,nobody even notices you're hurting.-Paul Monette