Quote from James Baldwin

The moment we break faith with one another,the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.-James Baldwin

Quote on dinner invitations

A dinner invitation,once accepted,is a sacred obligation.If you die before the dinner takes place,your executor must attend.-Ward McAllister

Quote from Camille Paglia

Men chase by night those they will not greet by day.-Camille Paglia

Quote on bibliophiles

A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often.Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air,high as birds,high as prices.-Pablo Neruda,MEMOIRS.

Quote from Camille Paglia

Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.-Camille Paglia

Quote on civilization

If civilization had been left in female hands we would still be living in grass huts.-Camille Paglia

Quote on tea

Tea is quiet and our thirst for tea is never far from our craving for beauty.-James Norwood Pratt

Quote from Helen Hanson

Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus.Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll.-Helen Hanson

Brand of olive oil you finished consuiming in December 2015

In December 2015,you finished consuming a 1 Litre glass bottle of Organic-ÉMILE NOEL Extra Virgin -Fruity Olive Oil (Cold Extraction)(Generous Taste)(Non GMO Project).
                                     This olive oïl is from France.It was excellent.

Quote on avant-garde

Everything that calls itself avant-garde today is just a tedious imitation of earlier and far superior modern art.-Camille Paglia

Quote from Charles Stross

Any sufficiently advanced lingerie is indistinguishable from a lethal weapon.-Charles Stross.

Quote on television

Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books.The Madness of Tv is the Madness of human life.-Camille Paglia,HARPER's.

Funny quote on Christmas

Christmas:the one time of year when you can't avoid the nuts in your family muesli.-Charles Stross,OVERTIME.

Quote from Charles Stross

Any civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children.-Charles Stross,TOAST AND OTHER STORIES.

Great quote from Alfred Bester

If a man's got talent and guts to buck society,he's obviously above average.You want to hold on to him.You straighten him out and turn him into a plus value.Why throw him away?Do that enough and all you've got left are sheep.-Alfred Bester

Quote from Alfred Bester

If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen,you're happy.-Alfred Bester

Quote on time

Time is a corrosive fluid,dissolving motivation,destroying novelty,and leaching the joy from life.-Charles Stross,GLASSHOUSE.

Quote from Whoopi Goldberg

Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.-Whoopi Goldberg

Quote from Charles Stross

One ape's hallucination is another ape's religious experience-it just depends on which one's god molecule is overactive at the time.-Charles Stross,ACCELERANDO.

Quote from Alfred Bester

Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts.-Alfred Bester(1913-1987),Author.

Quote on the intellect

Intellect is the ability to avoid belaboring the obvious.-Alfred Bester

Quote from Alfred Bester

The man who gives his own decisions priority over society is a criminal.-Alfred Bester

Quote from E.A.Bucchianeri

There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious setting of the kitchen table.-E.A.Bucchianeri

Quote from George Lopez

When things are bad,it's the best time to reinvent yourself.-Comedian George Lopez

Another quote from Gabriel Inglesias

I'm not fat.It's just my awesomeness swelling up inside of me.-Gabriel Iglesias,comedian.

Quote from Gabriel Iglesias

I drink diet coke so I can eat regular cake.-Gabriel Iglesias(born 1976),comedian.

Quote from Stokely Carmichael

An organization that claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of the community.-Stokely Carmichael(1941-1998),activist.

Quote on the audience

An audience can be like a pack of wolves.-Paul Mooney(born 1941),comedian.

Quote from Stokely Carmichael

There is a higher law than the law of government.That's the law of conscience.-Stokely Carmichael(1941-1998)

Quote from Samuel Smiles

It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one,but the success will be of a truer kind,earned without fraud or injustice.-Samuel Smiles(1812-1904),Scottish author.

Quote from Lester Maddox

Honest businessmen should be protected from the unscrupulous consumer.-Lester Maddox

Quote from Charles Dickens

Great men are seldom overscrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.-Charles Dickens(1812-1870)

Quote from Vauvenargues

There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything.-Vauvenargues

Quote from George Eliot

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world,and leave only a margin by which we see the blot?I know no speck so troublesome as self.-George Eliot

Quote from Tim Minchin

The day they discover yoga mats are carcinogenic will be the happiest day of my life.-Tim Minchin(b.1975),comedian.

Quote from Alfred Glossbrenner

With so much information now online,it is exceptionally easy to simply dive in and drown.-Alfred Glossbrenner

Quote on genius

A genius is a mentally ill person with an audience.-Tim Minchin

Quote from Daniel Tosh

No one dies a virgin,Life screws us all.-Daniel Tosh

Great quote on pitbulls

Pitbulls are like a gun you can pet.-Bill Burr

Quote from Tim Minchin

Love without evidence is stalking.-Tim Minchin

Quote from Daniel Tosh

The only reason Woodstock was necessary is because they didn't have iTunes.-Daniel Tosh

Quote from Tim Minchin

It's the fine balance of caffeine and alcohol that bookends my days.-Tim Minchin(b.1975)

Quote from Octavia E.Butler

When your rage is choking you,it is best to say nothing.-Octavia E.Butler,FLEDGLING.

Quote from STerling Seagrave

A realm of cliff-lined seascapes and misty peaks that unrolled each dawn from the scroll of night.-Sterling Seagrave

Quote from Ruth Burke

Only boring people get bored.-Ruth Burke

Quote from William Hazlitt

There are names written in her immortal scroll at which Fame blushes!-William Hazlitt(1778-1830)

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The aristocrat is the democrat ripe and gone to seed.-Ralph Waldo Emerson(1803-1882)

Quote from F.Scott Fitzgerald

That is part of the beauty of all literature.You discover that your longings are universal longings,and you're not lonely and isolated from anyone.-F.Scott Fitzgerald

Great quote on science and faith

Science adjusts its views based on what's observed.Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.-Tim Minchin

Quote from Stephen Jay Gould

Objectivity cannot be equated with mental blankness;rather,objectivity resides in recognizing your preferences and then subjecting them to especially harsh scrutiny-and also in a willingness to revise or abandon your theories when the tests fail(as they usually do).-Stephen Jay Gould

Great quote from A.A.Milne

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority.The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority.The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.-A.A.Milne

Quote from Noam Chomsky

Choice of sources can shield extreme bias behind a facade of objectivity.-Noam Chomsky

Quote from Star Trek Enterprise

There's a difference between keeping an open mind and believing something because you want it to be true.-Star Trek Enterprise

Quote from Bertolt Brecht

Corpses sour you.They are bad for objectivity.-Bertolt Brecht

Quote from Brian Spellman

I love objectivity when mine.-Brian Spellman,CARTOONIST'S BOOK CAMP

Quote from Marty Rubin

The hardest thing:Not to take loss personally.--Marty Rubin

Quote from Chris Hedges

One needs solitude and quiet to think.The cacophony of modern culture is designed to make that impossible.-Chris Hedges

Quote from George Herbert

By all means use sometimes to be alone.Salute thyself;see what thy soul doth wear.-George Herbert

Quote from Paul Harvey

Retiring is just practicing up to be dead.That doesn't take any practice.-Paul Harvey(1918-2009),American journalist.

Quote from Michael Pollan

I think perfect objectivity is an unrealistic goal;fairness,however,is not.-Michael Pollan

Quote from Peter Drury

The crowd----a cacophony of colour.-Peter Drury

Quote from Naomi Klein

Free speech is meaningless if the commercial cacophony has risen to the point where no one can hear you.-Naomi Klein

Quote on lawns

A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule.-Michael Pollan

Great quote on animal rights

Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering?Because government is not.Why not?Animals don't vote.-Paul Harvey(1918-2009),American journalist.

Quote from Jessica Savitch

My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.-Jessica Savitch

Quote on optimism

Optimism is self-delusion.-Francois McCrossan

Quote from Kenny Rogers

Do not be afraid to give up the good for the great.-Kenny Rogers

Quote from Paul Fussell

If we do not redefine manhood,war is inevitable.-Paul Fussell

Quote from Robert Altinger

The darkness of the whole world cannot swallow the glowing of a candle.-Robert Altinger

A Japanese proverb

The inarticulate speak longest.-Japanese proverb

Quote from Sam Lefkowitz

When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup.-Sam Lefkowitz

Quote from Albert Schweitzer

In the hopes of reaching the moon we fail to see the flowers that blossom at our feet.-Albert Schweitzer

Quote on negative thoughts

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.-Norman Vincent Peale

Quote from George Eliot

Wear a smile and have friends;wear a scowl and have wrinkles.-George Eliot

Quote from David Sedaris

But I don't distinguish between being laughed with,and laughed at.I'll take either.-David Sedaris

Quote from Roald Dahl

I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.If you are interested in something,no matter what it is,go at it full speed.Embrace it with both arms,hug it,love it and above all be passionate about it.Lukewarm is no good.-Roald Dahl

Quote from Ray Charles

Love is a special word,and I use it only when I mean it.You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.-Ray Charles

Quote from Donald Shoup

Minimum parking standards are fertility drugs for cars.-Donald Shoup

Quote on anthropocentrism

Anthropocentrism,regarding human kind as the very center and pinnacle of existence,is a disease of arrested development.-Michael Fox

Great quote from Joseph Joubert

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.-Joseph Joubert

Quote from David Crystal

English is a kind of vacuum cleaner of language-it sucks in vocabulary from any language it can get.-David Crystal,TIME magazine.