Quote from James Hillman

I think we're miserable partly because we have only one god,and that's economics.-James Hillman

Quote from Candace Bergen

Memory is the first casualty of middle age,if I remember correctly.-Candace Bergen

Insightful quote on sanity

Our sanity depends essentially on a narrowness of vision-the ability to select the elements vital to survival,while ignoring the great truths.-Josephine Hart,DAMAGE.

Quote from John Saladino

A house is much more than a mere shelter,it should lift us emotionally and spiritually.-John Saladino

Quote on memory

Memory is never pure.And recollection is always coloured by the life lived since.-Josephine Hart

Quote from Josephine Hart

Damaged people are dangerous.They know they can survive.-Josephine Hart

Quote from Coco Chanel

Luxury must be comfortable,otherwise it is not luxury.-Coco Chanel

A Malagasy proverb

Don't bypass a town where there's a friend.-Malagasy proverb(from Madagascar).

Quote from Helmut Newton

I hate good taste.It is the worst thing that can happen to a creative person.-Helmut Newton

Quote from Neil Postman

On television,charm is the heart of the matter,language a mere adornment----The ascendancy of the image as a decisive signifier of truthfulness also explains why Tv newscasters make up the handsomest group of people in America;why they become as famous as movie stars,why they appear as guests and emcees on entertainment programs;why some are fired for having low credibility ratings,none for speaking falsely.Good looks,a trustworthy gaze,celebrity---these reach regions where reason cannot go,and the word is thus rendered irrelevant.In the Age of Television,truth is a gut reaction.-Neil Postman,LOS ANGELES TIMES.

Quote on middle age

You know you've reached middle age when your weightlifting consists merely of standing up.-Bob Hope

Quote from Jane E.Brody

Turn your midlife crisis to your own advantage by making it a time for renewal of your body and mind,rather than stand by helplessly and watch them decline.-Jane E.Brody

Quote from Robert Hillman

Love and loathing can hold no surprises for most people in middle age.What we haven't gorged on,we've sampled.-Robert Hillman

Quote from David Foster Wallace

I had kind of a midlife crisis at twenty which probably doesn't augur well for my longevity.-David Foster Wallace

Quote from Ernest Hemmingway

Prose is architecture,not interior decoration,and the Baroque is over.-Ernest Hemmingway,DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON.

Quote on fear

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.-John Cheever

Quote from Frank O'Hara

I Wonder if the course of narcissism through the ages would have been any different had Narcissus first peered into a cesspool.He probably did.-Frank O'Hara

186th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Tout Le Monde Rit D'Un Clown-Song by Claude Francois(This song is a French version of the song'EVERYBODY LOVES A CLOWN' by Gary Lewis and The Playboys).
2.J'ai Joué,J'ai Perdu-Claude Francois
3.Entre Nous Il Est Fou-Petula Clark.(This song is a French version of the Leslie Gore hit song 'SHE'S A FOOL')
4.Le Tango De L'Esquimau(1959)-Petula Clark.
5.Chanson Sentimentale Pour Une Fille Sentimentale(1970)-Renée Martel.(This song is a French version of the Herman's Hermits song 'MY SENTIMENTAL FRIEND')
6.Quand La Pluie Finira De Tomber-Claude Francois
7.Nuits D'Espagne-Dalida.(This song is a French version of the hit song 'SPANISH HARLEM' by Ben E.King in 1961)
8.Trente Manieres De Quitter Une Fille-Michel Delpech.(This song is a French version of the Paul Simon hit 1976 song '50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER').
9.L'Amour C'est Comme L'Été-Nana Mouskouri.(This song is a French version of the Gordon Lightfoot hit 1974 song 'SUNDOWN')
10.Du Pain et Du Beurre(1964)-Claude Francois(This song is a French version of the 1964 hit song 'BREAD AND BUTTER' by The Newbeats).

Another quote by Alexandra Bracken

The darkest minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces.-Alexandra Bracken,THE DARKEST MINDS.

Quote on ghosts

Ghosts don't haunt people----their memories do.-Alexandra Bracken,NEVER FADE.

Quote from Theodore Zeldin

Breaking accepted rules does not bring people together.-Theodore Zeldin(b.1933),English philosopher.

Quote on dreams

A dream is what makes people love life even when it is painful.-Theodore Zeldin

Quote from Mark Twain

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.-Mark Twain(1835-1910)

Quote from Margaret Atwood

All this talking,this rather liquid confessing,was something I didn't think I could ever bring myself to do.It seemed foolhardy to me,like an uncooked egg deciding to come out of its shell:there would be a risk of spreading out too far,turning into a formless puddle.-Margaret Atwood

Quote on introverts

Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important,people they love,or anything they value highly.-Susan Cain

Quote on instant gratification

Instant gratification is like instant coffee,only it won't keep you up all night.-Jarod Kintz,WHENEVER YOU'RE GONE,I'M HERE FOR YOU.

Quote from Susan Cain

---I also believe that introversion is my greatest strength.I have such a strong inner life that I'm never bored and only occasionally lonely.No matter what mayhem is happening around me,I know I can always turn inward.-Susan Cain

Quote from Jane Austen

I am half agony,half hope.-Jane Austen

Quote from Anais Nin

Our culture made a virtue of living only as extroverts.We discouraged the inner journey,the quest for a center.So we have lost our center and have to find it again.-Anais Nin

Quote on companionship

Companionship is a foreign concept to some people.They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.-Criss James

Quote from Laurie Helgoe

Quiet is might.Solitude is strength.Introversion is power.-Laurie Helgoe

Quote from Susan Cain

There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.-Susan Cain

Quote from Rumi

Raise your words,not your voice.It is rain that grows flowers,not thunder.-Rumi

Quote from F.Scott Fitzgerald

And I like large parties.They're so intimate.At small parties there isn't any privacy.-F.Scott Fitzgerald,THE GREAT GATSBY.

Quote from Stephen Hawking

Quiet people have the loudest minds.-Stephen Hawking

Quote from Brent Runyon

The only problem with seeing people you know is that they know you.-Brent Runyon ,THE BURN JOURNALS.

Quote from Clark Moustakas

Accept everything about yourself-I mean everything.You are you and that is the beginning and the end-no apologies,no regrets.-Clark Moustakas

Quote from Susan Cain

Love is essential,gregariousness is optional.-Susan Cain

A proverb

Every flower must grow through dirt.-Proverb

Quote from Oprah Winfrey

Turn your wounds into wisdom.-Oprah Winfrey

Quote on introversion

Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured---Spend your free time the way you like,not the way you think you're supposed to.-Susan Cain

Quote from Rainer Maria Rilke

The highest form of love is to be the protector of another person's solitude.-Rainer Maria Rilke

Quote from Dimitri Zaik

I want to be alone---with someone else who wants to be alone.-Dimitri Zaik

Interesting quote on introverts

When introverts are in conflict with each other---it may require a map in order to follow all the silences,nonverbal cues and passive-aggressive behaviors !.-Adam S.McHugh

Quote from Criss Jami

Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell.-Criss Jami

Quote from Audrey Hepburn

I have to be alone  very often.I'd be perfectly happy if I spent Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment.That's how I fuel.-Audrey Hepburn,actress.

Quote from Olivia Fox Cabane

You can be a very charismatic introvert.-Olivia Fox Cabane

Quote from Sunday Adelaja

Discipline is when we delay our gratifications.-Sunday Adelaja

Quote from Bryant McGill

Immediate gratification is a dream killer.-Bryant McGill,SIMPLE REMINDERS:INSPIRATION FOR LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE.

Quote on poets

A poet may look like a janitor,a janitor like a poet.Art is the only domain that resists generalities.-Ned Rorem,THE NEW YORK DIARY(1967),page 19,Entry from spring 1956.

Quote from Bernadette McDonald

To  be a climber one has to accept that gratification is rarely immediate.-Bernadette McDonald

Quote from Ned Rorem

The hoped-for never materializes.Still,one cannot be positive of exactly knowing when the End's around-and who can say whether doubt might not be the ultimate joy?-Ned Rorem,American composer in his book THE NEW YORK DIARY(1967),PAGE 5,entry from October 1955.

Dermatillomania

Dermatillomania:A condition marked by compulsive skin picking.

Quote from Paul Tillich

Doubt is not the opposite of faith;it is one element of faith.-Paul Tillich

Quote from Jill Scott

I just think it's silly  to be stingy with compliments.If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way,why not let them know?-Jill Scott

Quote from Carrie Fisher

Instant gratification takes too long.-Carrie Fisher

Quote on jargon

To resist jargon is to protest against professionalism,professionalization,professions-and not incidentally ,professors.-Marjorie Garber,ACADEMIC INSTINCTS.

Quote from Emily Dickinson

The truth must dazzle gradually or every man be blind.-Emily Dickinson

Quote from Ingo Molnar

I have a very simple question to people----who seem to suffer from excessive narcissism:Please name three other persons who are smarter and more capable than you,in the field you work in.(In most cases they are utterly unable to answer that question honestly.)-Ingo Molnar

Quote from John Steinbeck

It's hard to split a man down the middle and always to reach for the same half.-John Steinbeck

Quote from Patricia Marx

I love narcissists-even more than they love themselves.You don't have to buoy them up.They are their own razzle-dazzle show and you are blessed,favored with a front-row seat.-Patricia Marx

Quote from Alexandra Bracken

I bet it gets pretty lonely with only your ego for company.-Alexandra Bracken

Quote from David Brooks

It is especially painful when narcissists suffer memory loss because they are losing parts of the person they love most.-David Brooks

Quote from Jackie French Koller

There are two ways to be rich:One is by acquiring much,and the other is by desiring little.-Jackie French Koller

Quote from Erich Fromm

The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one's narcissism.-Erich Fromm

Quote from Norman Mailer

The paradox is that no love can prove so intense as the love of two narcissists for each other.-Norman Mailer

Quote from Antonio Machado

This Narcissus of ours
Can't see his face in the mirror
Because he has become the mirror.-Antonio Machado

Insightful quote from Alex Morritt

The more time we spend interconnected via a myriad of devices,the less time we have to develop true friendships in the real world.-Alex Morritt,IMPROMPTU SCRIBE.

Quote from Steve Maraboli

The greater our own level of narcissism,the more we detest it in others.-Steve Maraboli

Quote on short story collections

Short story collections are the literary equivalent of canapes,tapas and mezze in the world of gastronomy:Delightful assortments of tasty morsels to whet the reader's appetite.-Alex Morritt,IMPROMPTU SCRIBE.

Quote on anger

Anger is always fear in disguise.-Spider Robinson

Quote from Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Plant and your spouse plants with you;weed and you weed alone.-Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Quote from Spider Robinson

Time didn't pass;it tailgated.-Spider Robinson

Quote on euphemisms

Euphemisms are for the differently brained.-Spider Robinson

Quote on dreams

Dreams should be forgotten when we wake.Or one day we will find ourselves unable to sleep.-Spider Robinson,MELANCHOLY ELEPHANT.

Quote from Amanda Torroni

How starved you must have been that my heart became a meal for your ego.-Amanda Torroni

Quote on love

Love doesn't die a natural death.Love has to be killed,either by neglect or narcissism.-Frank Salvato

Quote from Nathan W.Morris

Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly.It's your masterpiece after all.-Nathan W.Morris

Quote from Christine Koh

Think of yourself as a curator,rather than a customer.-Christine Koh

Great quote from Alex Morritt

Better to reach your deathbed with regrets for things done rather than remorses for things never tried.-Alex Morritt

Quote on keys

Owning fewer keys opens more doors.-Alex Morritt,IMPROMPTU SCRIBE

Quote from Stuart Aken

Evil people rely on the acquiescence of naive good people to allow them to continue with their evil.-Stuart Aiken

Quote from Mortimer Adler

You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you,to let your mind think.-Mortimer Adler

Quote from Ken Blanchard

None of us is as smart as all of us.-Ken Blanchard

Quote on poets

Poets ----are literal-minded men who will squeeze a word till it hurts.-Archibald MacLeish,APOLOGIA.

Quote on laughing

Laughing together is as close as you can get to a hug without touching.-Gina Barreca

Great quote on dogs

If you have a dog,you will most likely outlive it;to get a dog is to open yourself to profound joy and,prospectively,to equally profound sadness.-Marjorie Garber

Interesting quote from Aldous Huxley

Nature is monstrously unjust.There is no substitute for talent.Industry and all the virtues are of no avail.-Aldous Huxley,POINT COUNTER POINT.

Great quote from Marjorie Garber

It's often the material things that provide the essence of memory.-Marjorie Garber,academic and author

Insightful quote on technological advance

Every giant leap for mankind resulting from a technological advance requires a commensurate step in the opposite direction-a counterweight to ground us in humanity.-Alex Morritt,IMPROMPTU SCRIBE.

Quote from Martin Luther King Jr.

We must accept finite disappointment,but never lose infinite hope.-Martin Luther King Jr.

Chinese proverb

Tension is who you think you should be.Relaxation is who you are.-Chinese proverb

Quote from Estra Perel

Sex isn't something you do-it's a place you go.-Estra Perel

Quote from Frederick The Great

A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.-Frederick The Great

Quote from Hugh Prather

Until I accept my faults I will most certainly doubt my virtues.-Hugh Prather

Interesting quote on atheists

I've never known a tranquil atheist.Don't they always look like they just sat on a tack?-Vicki Covington,BIRD OF PARADISE.

Interesting quote on mornings

Mornings are fresh like babies,uncontaminated by events.I find them sad for that reason.They're too fragile and naive.-Vicki Covington,BIRD OF PARADISE.

Quote from Jeff Lindsay

Hope is for people who can't see the Truth.-Jeff Lindsay,DEXTER IS DEAD.

Quote from Oscar Wilde

Deceiving others.That is what the world calls a romance.-Oscar Wilde

Quote from Arthur Helps

Men rattle their chains-to manifest their freedom.-Arthur Helps

Shaving blades

The lubricating strip in a shaving blade minimizes skin irritation and friction.
                      The lubricating strip is also known as the mopisture strip.

Quote on courtship

In courtship,who wins and who loses will determine who passes on their DNA to tomorrow.-Helen Fisher

Quote from William Congreve

Courtship is to marriage,as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.-William Congreve

Quote from Arthur Helps

Nature intended you to be the fountain-spring of cheerfulness and social life,and not the mountain of despair and melancholy.-Arthur Helps

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5 www.thriftyfun.com

Quote on words

Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their lustre.-Cyril Connolly,THE UNQUIET GRAVE.

Quote from Sir Arthur Helps

Offended vanity is the great separator in social life.-Arthur Helps

Free Love Fenner

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Quote on civilization

Tolerance is the only real test of civilization.-Arthur Helps

Quote on opportunity

Opportunity comes like a snail,and once it has passed you it changes into a fleet rabbit and is gone.-Arthur Brisbane

Quote from Arthur Helps

The most enthusiastic man in a cause is rarely chosen as the leader.-Arthur Helps

Quote on routine

Routine is not organization,any more than paralysis is order.-Arthur Helps

Quote on boredom

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?-Sir Arthur Helps

Quote on editorials

Writing good editorials is chiefly telling the people what they think,not what you think.-Arthur Brisbane(1864-1936)

Quote on wisdom

Wisdom is seldom gained without suffering.-Arthur Helps

Quote on cemeteries

The fence around a cemetery is foolish,for those inside can't get out and those outside don't want to get in.-Arthur Brisbane

Quote from Arthur Brisbane

Get away from the crowd when you can.Keep yourself to yourself,if only for a few hours daily.-Arthur Brisbane

Quote from M.F.Moonjazer

You cannot be both religious and unbiased.-M.F.Moonjazer

Quote from Joel A.Barker

Vision without action is merely a dream.Action without vision just passes the time.Vision with action can change the world.-Joel A.Barker

Quote from Will Durant

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.-Will Durant

Quote on childhood

Childhood is that wonderful time when all you need to lose weight is take a bath.-Joe Moore

Quote from Oscar Wilde

Where there is no exaggeration there is no love,and where there is no love there is no understanding.It is only about things that do not interest one,that one can give a really unbiased opinion;and this is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always valueless.-Oscar Wilde,speaker.

Quote on slang

Slang,is at least,vigorous and apt.Probably most of our vital words were once slang.-John Galsworthy,CASTLES IN SPAIN AND OTHER SCREEDS.

Quote from Jason Fried

Obscurity is a good thing.You can fail in obscurity.It removes the fear of failure.-Jason Fried

Quote on obscurity

Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence.-Robert A.Heinlein,STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND.

Quote from Samuel Johnson

One of the most pernicious effects of haste is obscurity.-Samuel Johnson(1709-1784).

Quote on creativity

Creativity is not so much a boundless well,but an all you-can-eat buffet of elements for your creative endeavor.-Vera Nazarian