Unusual Greek proverb

Painless poverty is better than embittered wealth.-Greek proverb

Quote from Katharine Whitehorn

The disease is painless;it's the cure that hurts.-Katharine Whitehorn

Quote from Alan M.Dershowitz

A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you.-Alan M.Dershowitz

Quote on judges

Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice,and they are also the most protected.-Alan M.Dershowitz(born 1938)

Quote from Matt Groening

God often gives nuts to toothless people.-Matt Groening

INteresting quote from Katherine Whitehorn

The great rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you.-Katharine Whitehorn(born 1928)

Quote from George F.Will

A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.-George F.Will

Interesting quote on born-again people

Why do born-again people so often make you wish they'd never been born the first time?-Katharine Whitehorn(b.1928)

Interesting quote on food

A food is not necessarily essential just because your child hates it.-Katharine Whitehorn(b.1928)

Great website on self-educated geniuses

www.autodidactic.com

Quote from Emile M.Cioran

Reason is a whore,surviving by simulation,versatility and shamelessness.-Emile M.Cioran

Interesting website for lovers of old film memorabilia

http://immortalephemera.com

Quote from Sheldon B.Kopp

Sometimes life seems like a poorly designed cage within which man has been sentenced to be free.-Sheldon B.Kopp,IF YOU MEET BUDDHA ON THE ROAD,KILL HIM:THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCOTHERAPY PATIENTS.

Quote from George Bernard Shaw

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly,science into superstition,and art into pedantry.Hence university education.-George Bernard Shaw,playwright.

Quote from Jesse Ventura

If Jesus came back today,I think he'd throw up.-Jesse Ventura

Great blog on lost and found photos

http://photosdie.typepad.com

Interesting quote on wrestling

Wrestling is ballet with violence.-Jesse Ventura

Great quote from Cleveland Amory

The people that set one animal against another haven't the guts to be bullies themselves.They're just secondhand cowards.-Cleveland Amory(1917-1998),American author and animal rights activist.

Quote from Shannon L.Alder

A coward talks to everyone but YOU.-Shannon L.Alder

Quote from Adlai Stevenson

Man is a strange animal,he doesn't  like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.-Adlai Stevenson

Brand of olive oil you consumed in June 2015

In June 2015,you bought and finished consuming a l Litre glass bottle of Frantoio Valtenesi-Oro Del Frantoio-Extra-Virgin Olive oïl.Bottled in Italy.It was really delicious.
                                  You bought it at Atwater market to celebrate your birthday.

Quote from Sheldon B.Kopp

And should I wear my mask too long,when I take it off and try to discard it,I may find that I have thrown my face away with it.-Sheldon B.Kopp,IF YOU MEET BUDDHA ON THE ROAD,KILL HIM.

Quote on writing

To write is to descend,to excavate,to go underground.-Anais Nin

Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche

Vocation is the spine of life.-Friedrich Nietzsche

Quote from Joyce Brothers

I think we should follow a simple rule:if we can take the worst,take the risk.-Dr.Joyce Brothers

Great quote on denial

Denial is pushing something out of your awareness.Anything you hide in the basement has a way of burrowing under the house and showing up on the front lawn.-Howard Saportas

INsightful quote from Sheldon B.Kopp

To live without the creative potential of our own destructiveness is to be a cardboard angel.-Sheldon B.Kopp

Interesting quote from Joyce Brothers

Being taken for granted can be a compliment.It means that you've become a comfortable,trusted element in another person's life.-Joyce Brothers

Quote from Mahatma Gandhi

Golden shackles are far worse than iron ones.-Mahatma Gandhi

Great quote from Cleveland Amory

For an animal person,an animal-less home is no home at all.-Cleveland Amory(1917-1998),American author and animal rights activist,THE CAT WHO CAME FOR CHRISTMAS.

Quote from Cleveland Amory

The New England conscience,I have often said,does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't----it just stops you from enjoying it.-Cleveland Amory,THE CAT AND THE CURMUDGEON.

Insightful quote on scars

There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature.A scar means the hurt is over,the wound is closed and healed,done with.-Harry Crews

Quote from Sally Edwards

If we're not willing to settle for junk living,we certainly shouldn't settle for junk food.-Sally Edwards

Quote from W.H.Auden

Private faces in public places
  Are wiser and nicer
Than public faces
     in private places.-W.H.Auden

Quote from Julia Child

In France,cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.-Julia Child

Quote from Esther Forbes

I also believe that writing becomes worthwhile and vitalized only through a full and exciting life.-Esther Forbes(1891-1967).

Quote from Lee Child

I'm not afraid of death.Death's afraid of me.-Lee Child,61 HOURS.

Great quote from Harry Crews

So far as I can see,nothing good in the world has ever been done by well-rounded people.The good work is done by people with jagged,broken edges, because those edges cut things and leave an imprint,a design.-Harry Crews

Quote from Libba Bray

There are times when one friend requires the blind faith of another.-Libba Bray,THE DIVINERS.

Quote from Libba Bray

I invited myself.Thought this table needed some class.-Libba Bray,THE DIVINERS.

Quote from Joyce Brothers

Credit buying is like being drunk.The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift---The hangover comes the day after.-Joyce Brothers

Quote from Rudyard Kipling

More men are killed by overwork than the importance of the world justifies.-Rudyard Kipling,THE PHANTOM RICKSHAW AND OTHER GHOST STORIES.

Quote from Joseph Conrad

A word carries far-very far-deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.-Joseph Conrad,LORD JIM.

Quote from George Ade

To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.-George Ade

Quote from Esther Forbes

Books are only the shadow and life the real thing.I believe this as strongly as any belief I hold.-Esther Forbes(1891-1967),American author.

Quote from Harry Crews

Men to whom God is dead worship one another.-Harry Crews,THE GOSPEL SINGER.

Quote from James Dickey

Guilt is magic.-James Dickey

Interesting quote from George Ade

One man's poison ivy is another man's spinach.-George Ade

Another quote from Harry Crews

Doubt makes a man decent.-Harry Crews

Quote from Harry Crews

Survival is triumph enough.-Harry Crews

Quote from Ira Wallach

Statistics indicate that,as a result of overwork,modern executives are dropping like flies on the nation's golf courses.-Ira Wallach

Interesting quote on writing

Writing is show business for shy people.-Lee Child(born.1954)

Quote from Charles Evans Hughes

Where there is muck to be raked,it must be raked,and the public must know of it,that it may mete out justice.-Charles Evans Hughes(1862-1948)

Great quote on democracy

While democracy must have its organization and controls,its vital breath is individual liberty.-Charles Evans Hughes(1862-1948).

Great quote on war

War should be made a crime,and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals.-Charles Evans Hughes(1862-1948),American judge.

Quote from Dennis Lehane

There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers.-Dennis Lehane

Superb quote from Charles Evans Hughes

When we lose the right to be different,we lose the privilege to be free.-Charles Evans Hughes

Quote from Charles Evans Hughes

Men do not die from overwork.They die from dissipation and worry.-Charles Evans Hughes(1862-1948).

Quote from Dennis Lehane

The lines in her face were deep enough to hide gravel in.-Dennis Lehane,MOONLIGHT MILE.

Quote from Dennis Lehane

She had the air of someone clinging to a wall of soap.-Dennis Lehane,MONNLIGHT MILE.

Superb quote from Taylor Swift

If they don't like you for being yourself,be yourself even more.-Taylor Swift

Quote from Dennis Lehane

You are sheep among wolves.Be wise as serpents,yet innocent as doves.-Dennis Lehane,GONE,BABY,GONE.

Quote from Lin Yutang

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old,familiar pillow.-Lin Yutang

Quote from Charles Evans Hughes

A man has to live with himself,and he should see to it that he always has good company.-Charles Evans Hughes

Quote from Dennis Lehane

So,about the difference I see between a thief and a banker most times is a college degree.-Dennis Lehane,WORLD GONE BY.

Quote on plans

Plans are just dreams until they're executed.-Dennis Lehane,LIVE BY NIGHT.

Quote from Dennis Lehane

There are threads in our lives.You pull one,and everything else gets affected.-Dennis Lehane,MYSTIC RIVER.

Quote from Richard Lederer

Words are ideas fraught with particular recognitions and energies that enlarge and quicken life.Blur shades of meaning in language and you blur shades of thinking.-Richard Lederer,ADVENTURES OF A VERBIVORE.

Quote from Libba Bray

There are times when one friend requires the blind faith of another.-Libba Bray,THE DIVINERS.

Quote from Judith Olney

Always serve too much hot fudge sauce on hot fudge sundaes.It makes people overjoyed,and puts them in your debt.-Judith Olney

Quote from Judith Olney

Always serve too much hot fudge sauce on hot fudge sundaes.It makes people overjoyed,and puts them in your debt.-Judith Olney

Quote from Leonardo Da Vinci

Even the richest soil,if left uncultivated will produce the rankest weeds.-Leonardo Da Vinci(1452-1519),Italian draftsman,painter,sculptor,architect and engineer whose genius epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal).

Quote from Jeanette Winterson

Stories are always true---it's the facts that mislead.-Jeanette Winterson

Quote on Libba Bray

Truth casts a spell of its own.-Libba Bray

Quote on retribution

Retribution is a dog chasing its tail.-Libba Bray,THE SWEET FAR THING.

Quote from Lidda Bray

Jeez,someone needs to push the reset button on this planet.-Libba Bray,GOING BOVINE.

Quote from Anthony Lane

Youth is a clearer witness to the world.-Anthony Lane

Quote from Libba Bray

I should never be left alone with my mind for too long.-Libba Bray

Quote from John Gould

The first zucchini I ever saw I killed it with a hoe.-John Gould,MYSTERIOUS DEPRAVITY,1963.

Quote from Libba Bray

There are no safe choices.Only other choices.-Libba Bray

Quote from Leonardo Da Vinci

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.-Leonardo Da Vinci

Quote from Calvin Trillin

The price of purity is purists.-Calvin Trillin

Quote from Johnny Carson

Happiness is finding three olives in your martini when you're hungry.-Johnny Carson

Quote from Christopher Morley

What a delicate and rare and gracious art is the art of conversation!With what a dexterity and skill the bubble of speech must be maneuvered if mind is to meet and mingle with mind.-Christopher Morley,WHAT MEN LIVE BY.

Quote on health food

Health food makes me sick.-Calvin Trillin,American writer.

Quote from Calvin Trillin

Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work.-Calvin Trillin

Quote from Linda Grayson

There's nothing better than a good friend,except a good friend with chocolate.-Linda Grayson

Quote on junk food

Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.-Michael Pollan

A Norwegian proverb

Cookies are made of butter and love.-Norwegian proverb

Quote from John Updike

Hobbies take place in the cellar and smell of airplane glue.-John Updike

Dragoman

Dragoman-A professional interpreter

Quote from Andy Borowitz

Scientists say the Earth is endangered by a new strain of fact-resistant humans.-Andy Borowitz,of NEW YORKER magazine.

Quote from Samuel Foote

Born in a cellar---and living in a garret.-Samuel Foote

Quote from Sherman Alexie

But the real interesting stuff is in the cellar and the attic.-Sherman Alexie

Very interesting Turkish proverb

A man without a stomach is like a house without a balcony.-Turkish proverb

Fact on Canada Day

Canada Day is celebrated on July 1.Did you know that until 1982 Canada Day was called Dominion Day?