Wednesday, September 30, 2015
People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.-George Bernard Shaw,playwright.
Quote from Dan Millman
You don't have to control your thoughts.You just have to stop letting them control you.-Dan Millman
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Insightful quote on anxiety
Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind.If encouraged,it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.-Arthur Somers Roche
Monday, September 28, 2015
Quote from Rupert Hart-Davis
It's such pleasure to write down splendid words---almost as though one were inventing them.-Rupert Hart-Davis
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Quote from Olin Miller
If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard,just keep putting off doing it.-Olin Miller
Quote from W.B.Yeats
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot;but make it hot by striking.-W.B.Yeats
Another quote from Robert Morley
Anyone who works is a fool.I don't work-I merely inflict myself upon the public.-Robert Morley
Quote from Robert Morley
Show me a man who has enjoyed his school days and I'll show you a bully and bore.-Robert Morley(1904-1992),English actor.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Quote from Robert Morley
Beware of the conversationalist who adds ''in other words''.He is merely starting afresh.-Robert Morley,THE OBSERVER.
Quote from Olin Miller
What a pity human beings can't exchange problems.Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.-Olin Miller
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Quote from Richard Saul Wurman
Everyone spoke of an information overload,but what there was in fact was a non-information overload.-Richard Saul Wurman
Quote from Rich Devos
The only thing that stands between a person and what they want from life is often the will to try it and the faith to believe it's possible.-Rich Devos
Brand of ratatouille that you consumed
In September 2015,you bought and consumed a 425 tin can of Ratatouille(Saint Eloi brand).It was a product of France.
Ingredients:Zucchinis,crushed tomatoes,peppers,eggplants,onions,tomato paste,sunflower oil,modified corn starch,sugar,salt,spices.Acidifiant agent:citric acid.
-Nutrition facts-Per 250 ml---- --%Daily Value
:Protein-2g
:Vitamin A-10%
:Vitamin C-15%
:Calcium-4%
:Iron-8%
This ratatouille was quite good.
Ingredients:Zucchinis,crushed tomatoes,peppers,eggplants,onions,tomato paste,sunflower oil,modified corn starch,sugar,salt,spices.Acidifiant agent:citric acid.
-Nutrition facts-Per 250 ml---- --%Daily Value
:Protein-2g
:Vitamin A-10%
:Vitamin C-15%
:Calcium-4%
:Iron-8%
This ratatouille was quite good.
Quote on marriage vows
In many instances,marriage vows would be more accurate if the phrase were changed to 'Until debt do us part.'-Sam Ewing
Quote on income
I try to figure my adjusted gross income,but no matter how I figure it,it's still gross.-Sam Ewing
Quote from Sam Ewing
Two things help to keep one's job.First,let the boss think he's having his own way.Second,let him have it.-Sam Ewing
Quote from Patrick Ness
Without filter,a man is just chaos walking.-Patrick Ness,THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO.
Quote from Patrick Ness
In this world of numbness and information overload,the ability to feel,my boy,is a rare gift indeed.-Patrick Ness
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Quote from Hal Borland
If you would know strength and patience,welcome the company of trees.-Hal Borland
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Quote from Clay Shirky
There's no such thing as information overload-only filter failure.-Clay Shirky
Quote from Richard Rorty
There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.-Richard Rorty
Quote from Brian Solis
Information overload is a symptom of our desire to not focus on what's important.It is a choice.-Brian Solis
Quote on information overload
The cure to information overload is more information.-David Weinberger
Monday, September 21, 2015
Quote from Eddie Cantor
Words fascinate me.They always have.For me,browsing in a dictionary is like being turned loose in a bank.-Eddie Cantor
Quote from Andrea Gibson
Remind me that the most fertile lands were built by the fires of volcanoes.-Andrea Gibson,THE MADNESS VASE.
Quote on volcanoes
I like how volcanoes rumble before they erupt,as if to say,Get the hell off me.-Jarod Kintz,THIS BOOK HAS NO TITLE.
Quote on national pride
National pride is to countries what self-respect is to individuals:a necessary condition for self-improvement.-Richard Rorty,American philosopher.
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Quote on vacation
Vacation:Two weeks on the sunny sands-and the rest of the year on the financial rocks.-Sam Ewing
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Quote on autobiographies
If you believe the past can't be changed,you haven't read a celebrity's autobiography.-Sam Ewing
Quote from James D.Miles
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.-James D.Miles
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Great quote on advice
The trouble with giving advice is that others want to return the favor.-Sam Ewing
Interesting quote on driving
Don't drive as if you own the road,drive as if you own the car.-Sam Ewing
Quote on paint
Ever notice that nothing changes the color of paint like putting it on a wall?-Sam Ewing
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Quote from Sam Ewing
Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.-Sam Ewing
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Interesting quote from Robert Louis Stevenson
All speech,written or spoken,is a dead language ,until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.-Robert Louis Stevenson,REFLECTIONS AND REMARKS ON HUMAN LIFE.
Quote from Arnold H.Glasow
In life,as in football,you won,t go far unless you know where the goalposts are.-Arnold H.Glasow
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Quote from Kirk Diedrich
When you meet the one who changes the way your heart beats,dance with them to that rhythm for as long as the song lasts.-Kirk Diedrich
Wednesday, September 09, 2015
Quote on writing
Writing is the hardest way of earning a living,with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.-Olin Miller
Tuesday, September 08, 2015
Insightful quote from Johnny Rich
You inherit your environment just as much as your genes.-Johnny Rich,THE HUMAN SCRIPT.
Quote from Dana Stewart Scott
Learn as much as you can while you are Young,since life becomes too busy later.-Dana Stewart Scott
Monday, September 07, 2015
Insightful quote from Flannery O' Connor
Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.-Flannery O'Connor
Quote from Andy Rooney
Don't rule out working with your hands.It does not preclude using your head.-Andy Rooney
Quote from James Fenton
Windbags can be right.Aphorists can be wrong.It is a tough world.-James Fenton,THE TIMES.
Quote from Ashbel Smith
Smite the rocks with the rod of knowledge,and fountains of unstinted wealth will gush forth.-Ashbel Smith,(as he laid the first cornerstone of the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS).
Saturday, September 05, 2015
Quote from Carol Shields
I am not,by the way,unaware of the absurdity of believing one can learn goodness through the medium of print.Bookish people,who are often maladroit people,persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into acceptable expository prose.-Carol Shields,UNLESS.
INsightful quote from Joseph Joubert
When one has too great a dread of what is impending,one feels some relief when the trouble has come.-Joseph Joubert
Friday, September 04, 2015
Quote from Anthony Liccione
People from the past,have a tendency to walk back into the present,and run over the future.-Anthony Liccione