Quote from Rutherford B.Hayes

The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not leave us the survival of the fittest.The unscrupulous succeed best in accumulating wealth.-Rutherford B.Hayes

Quote from D.H.Lawrence

Creation destroys as it goes,throws down one tree for the rise of another.But ideal mankind would abolish death,multiply itself million upon million,rear up city upon city,save every parasite alive,until the accumulation of mere existence is swollen to a horror.-D.H.Lawrence

Quote from Umberto Eco

You die,but most of what you have accumulated will not be lost;you are leaving a message in a bottle.-Umberto Eco

Quote from David Mitchell

I'm an innate maximalist.-David Mitchell

Quote on travel

Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs.-Susan Sontag

Quote from Alan Bennett

Never at my best when at my best behaviour.-Alan Bennett

Quote from Guillermo Del Toro

What we read and why we do so defines us in a profound way.You are what you read,I suppose.Browsing through someone's library is like peeking into their DNA.-Guillermo Del Toro

Quote from Steven Pinker

Irregularity in grammar seems like the epitome of human eccentricity and quirkiness.-Steven Pinker,THE LANGUAGE INSTINCT.

Quote on best-sellers

Hacks are killing our national literary culture.America treats best-sellers like literary lions and literary lions worse than stray dogs.-David B.Lenz,NOVEL CRITICISM:HOW TO CRITIQUE NOVELS LIKE A NOVELIST.

Quote on marriage

Marriage is supposed to be a partnership.Good-looking people marry good-looking people and the others take what's left.-Alan Bennett

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old,but of the natural.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Norman Rockwell

I'm the oldest antique in town.-Norman Rockwell

Quote on fraud

Fraud is the daughter of greed.-Jonathan Gash,THE GREAT CALIFORNIA GAME

Quote from Alan Bennett

One reads for pleasure---it is not a public duty.-Alan Bennett,THE UNCOMMON READER.

African proverb

A fool looks for dung where the cow never browsed.-African proverb

Quote from Alan Bennett

At eighty things do not occur;they recur.-Alan Bennett

Quote on life

Life is rather like a tin of sardines-we're all of us looking for the key.-Alan Bennett

Quote from Clyde Desouza

What use was time to those who'd soon achieve Digital Immortality?-Clyde Desouza,MEMORIES WITH MAYA.

Quote on time travel

If time travel is possible,where are the tourists from the future?-Stephen Hawking,A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME.

Quote from J.K.Rowling

Books are like mirrors:if a fool looks in,you cannot expect a genius to look out.-J.K.Rowling

Quote from Josephus Daniels

A man is as old as his arteries and his interests.If he permits his economic,religious or social arteries to harden,or loses interest in whatever concerns mankind---he will need only six feet of earth.-Josephus Daniels

Interesting quote from Alisa Steinberg

There's a cover for every pot,but I've never seen so many mismatched pots and covers in all my life.-Alisa Steinberg,NOTES FROM ELLEN WASSERFELDMAN.

Quote from Alisa Steinberg

Being an idealist is not being a simpleton;without idealists there would be no optimism and without optimism there would be no courage to achieve advances that so-called realists would have you believe could never come to fruition.-Alisa Steinberg

Quote on Prince Charles

Prince Charles is the only member of the Royal Family who ever left Cinderella for the Ugly Duckling.-Des Hanafin

Quote from Maeve Binchy

Women who start out as ugly ducklings don't become beautiful swans.What they mainly become is confident ducks.They take charge of their lives.-Maeve Binchy

Quote from Kingman Brewster Jr.

Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.-Kingman Brewster Jr.

212th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Elle Est Belle(1984)-Peter Pringle
2.Comme Un Soleil-Alain Morisod et Sweet People
3.Mon Copain Julie-Joe Dassin
4.Je y pense et puis -Alain Morisod et Sweet People
5.Cafe Vanille ou Chocolat(1966)-Carole Menard
6.J'Attends Une Idole(1966)-Carole Menard
7.Si J'Etais Magicien-Peter Pringle
8.Incertitude-Carole Menard.(This song is a French version of the Tom Jones song 'UNTRUE UNFAITHFUL')
9.Le Plus Beau De Moi Vient De Toi-Alain Morisod et Sweet People.
10.J'ai Plus Ma Place-France D'Amour
10.Le Tigre-Ginette Sage

Quote from Wendy Kaminer

Only people who die very young learn all they really need to know in kindergarten.-Wendy Kaminer(born 1949).

Quote from Mark Twain

War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting;whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull.-Mark Twain,LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

Hippocrates and baldness

Hippocrates,'The Father of Medicine' recommended rubbing pigeon droppings on the scalp as a cure for baldness.

Quote from George Macdonald

Age is not all decay;it is the ripening,the swelling,of the fresh life within that withers and burts the husk.-George MacDonald

Quote from Mort Sahl

That feeling of hopelessness only serves your masters.-Mort Sahl,HEARTLAND.

Quote from Albert Einstein

If a man aspires to a righteous life,his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.-Albert Einstein

Quote from Mort Sahl

A yuppie is someone who believes it's courageous to eat in a restaurant that hasn't been reviewed yet.-Mort Sahl

A Scottish proverb

Wisdom comes in 10 parts,9 of which are silence.The tenth is brevity of language.-Scottish proverb

Quote from Wendy Kaminer

The press and the public like certainty and affirmation of popular biases.But real science thrives on the capacity for doubt.-Wendy Kaminer

Quote from Mort Sahl

I don't believe in good people and bad people.I believe in the better parts of people.-Mort Sahl,HEARTLAND.

Quote on conservatives

A conservative is someone who believes in reform.But not now.-Mort Sahl

A quote on love

Love is liking someone better than you like yourself.-George MacDonald

Quote from George Macdonald

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected.The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.-George Macdonald

Quote on conservatives and liberals

A liberal is a conservative who's been arrested.A conservative is a liberal who's been mugged.-Wendy Kaminer

Quote on love

Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes.-George MacDonald

Quote from Wendy Kaminer

Jargon seems to be the place where the right brain and the left brain meet.-Wendy Kaminer

Quote on political correctness

Political correctnessis about denial,usually in the weasel circumlocutory jargon which distorts and evades and seldom stands up to honest analysis.-George MacDonald Fraser

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

You shall have joy,or you shall have power,said God;you shall not have both.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote on whoring

Whoring is like military service---okay in the upper brackets,not so good lower down.-Robert A.Heinlein(1907-1988)

Quote from Douglas MacArthur

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.-Douglas MacArthur

Quote from Leonard Nimoy

A life is like a garden.Perfect moments can be had,but not preserved,except in memory.-Leonard Nimoy

Quote from Douglas MacArthur

Age wrinkles the body.Quitting wrinkles the soul.-Douglas MacArthur(1880-1964)

Quote from Paul Samuelson

The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the world there comes a hungry stomach.Rather it is that,attached to those hands are sharp elbows.-Paul Samuelson

Quote on jargon

Jargon is the verbal sleight of hand that makes the old hat seem newly fashionable;it gives an air of novelty and specious profundity to ideas that,if stated directly,would seem superficial,stale,frivolous,or false.The line between serious and spurious scholarship is an easy one to blur,with jargon on your side.-David Lehman,SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

211th list of 10 French songs you like

1.C'est Le Temps de Partir-Claire Syril
2.Reste(1966)-Carole Menard
3.Les Roses de Mon Jardin-Ginette Menard.(This song is a French version of the song 'BIDIN' MY TIME' by Gene Maclellan)
4.Tu Es Devant Moi-Bobby Leclerc
5.C'Est l'Amour-Bobby Leclerc
6.Faut-il que je t'Aime(1966)-Carole Menard
7.Cendrillon(1971)-Anna Bell
7.La Guerre Des Chansons(1966)-France Gall
8.Le Cheval De Fer(Iron Horse)-Joe Dassin
9.Celle que j'oublie-Joe Dassin
9.Le Costume Blanc-Joe Dassin
10.Clotilde(1964)-Franck Fernandel(jazzy).

Quote from Bo Bennett

Most of us are consumed with our own thoughts and desires and are not always thinking about what other people may want.This is not necessarily being egocentric;it is just being human.-Bo Bennett

210th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Regarde-moi(1966)-Les Miladys
2.Chante Pour Toi(1970)-Les Miladys.(This song is a French version of the hit song 'JINGLE JANGLE' by The Archies)
3.Donne-Moi Ton Amour-Les Miladys.(This song is a French version of the hit song 'WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO' by The Suprêmes)
4.Jazz A Go Go-Les Miladys
5.Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes-Les Miladys
6.Cette Musique-Ginette Ménard
7.Heureux Tous Les Deux(1967)-Nicole et Fréderic
8.Marie-Hélène(1969)-Robert Arcand
9.Désir Désir(1984)-Laurent Voulzy et Véronique Jeannot(This song starts with the lines 'Mais Toutes les chansons racontent la même histoire,Mon premier c'est désir;mon deuxième du plaisir)
10.Roger(1963)-Ginette Reno
10.La petite Josanne-Bobby Leclerc

Quote from Nicholson Baker

For me,as a beginning novelist,all other living writers form a control group for whom the world is a placebo.-Nicholson Baker

209th list of 10 French songs you like

1.La Chanson Oriental-Sacha Distel
2.Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour(1963)-Francoise Hardy
3.Dors Mon Amour(1970)-Danielle Jourdan
4.Attends-Moi(1971)-Danielle Jourdan
5.Une Tête Folle-Danielle Jourdan
6.Une Carte Postale-Ginette Ménard
7.La Casa d'Irène-Sacha Distel
8.Mon Grand Amour C'est Toi-Sacha Distel
9.Si Je Savais Parler D'Amour(1970)-Les Fils D'Alexandre
10.Adios Amigo-Sacha Distel
10.Blanc,Petit Oiseau Blanc(1970)-Les Miladys with Raymond Berthiaume.(This song is a French version of the song 'FLY LITTLE WHITE DOVE' by The Bells)

Quote on drugs

I'm in favor of legalizing drugs.According to my values system,if people want to kill themselves,they have every right to do so.Most of the harm that comes from drugs is because they are illegal.-Milton Friedman(1912-2006),American economist.

Quote from Robert Creeley

Form is never more than an extension of content.-Robert Creeley(1926-2005),poet

Quote from Gerald Brenan

Do not believe those persons who say they have never been jealous.What they mean is that they have never been in love.-Gerald Brenan(1894-1987)

Jam that you ate in April 2016

In April 2016,you bought and consumed a 250 ml glass bottle of Bonne Maman-Rhubarb Jam
(Product of France).
Ingredients:Rhubarb,Sugar,Golden Sugar,Concentrated Lemon Juice,Fruit Pectin.
                                         This was the first time you had bought rhubarb jam.It was quite good.

Quote from David Mitchell

Prayer may be a placebo for the disease of helplessness,but placebos can make you feel better.-David Mitchell,THE BONE CLOCKS.

Quote from Steven James

Stop feeding your pain and it'll dissipate.-Steven James,PLACEBO:A JEVIN BANKS NOVEL.

208th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Entre Matane et Baton Rouge-Isabelle Boulay
2.J'ai Mal a L'Amour-Isabelle Boulay
3.Je Viens Comme Un Voleur-Joe Dassin
4.Les Talons Hauts-Robert Charlebois
5.Quand On a Une Belle Fille,Il Faut La Garder-Sacha Distel
6.Le Gout De Vivre(1967)-Jean Claude Decamp
7.Ahh!Apres tout(Pourquoi Pleurer)-Jean Claude Decamp
8.La Chanson Des Cigales-Joe Dassin
9.Les Aventuriers(1976)-Joe Dassin.(This song is a French version of the hit 1976 song 'LET YOUR LOVE FLOW' by The Bellamy Brothers)
10.Hum Hum Hum-Frank Alamo

Brand of olive oil you consumed in April 2016

In April 2016,you bought and consumed a 1 Litre glass bottle of Mantova-Extra Virgin Olive Oil(Cold -pressed)(Cholesterol-Free)(Fratelli Mantova since 1905)-Packed in Italy.Product contains  select high quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil from E.U.origin.
                                  This olive oil was quite good.
                             

Quote from Jack Spicer

Loneliness is necessary for pure poetry.-Jack Spicer(1925-1965),poet

207th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Oublie Larry-Dany Logan et Les Pirates.(This song is a French version of the hit song 'HATS OFF TO LARRY' by Del Shannon)
2.Seize Ans-Ginette Reno
3.Le Jour Viendra-Ginette Reno(This song is a French version of the 1963 hit song 'OUR DAY WILL COME' by Ruby and The Romantics)
4.Lui-Michèle Torr
5.Le Problème Avec Toi-Luc De LaRochelière et Andrea Lindsay
6.Donne Tes Seize Ans(1963)-Danny Logan
7.Le Passager De L'Heure de Pointe-Beau Dommage
8.Sur La Veranda-Beau Dommage
9.M'Envoler Avec Toi(1968)(Chanson francaise)-Pascale Concorde
10.Un Sourire Au Gré du Vent(1968)-Patrice Gall.(Patrice Gall is the brother of singer France Gall)
10.T'as Seize Ans Demain(1963)-Dick Rivers

Quote from Steven James

People don't want to be loved,they want to feel loved.-Steven James,PLACEBO.

Quote from Jack Spicer

The dead are notoriously hard to satisfy.-Jack Spicer(1925-1965),poet

Quote on thrift

Thrift is not an affair of the pockket,but an affair of character.-S.W.Straus

Quote from Milton Friedman

Nobody spends somebody else's money as carefully as he spends his own.Nobody uses somebody else's resources as carefully as he uses his own.So if you want efficiency and effectiveness,if you want knowledge to be properly utilized,you have to do it through the means of private property.-Milton Friedman(1912-2006)

Quote from Robert Creeley

For love-I would split open your head and put a candle in behind the eyes.-Robert Creeley,poet.

Insightful quote from Milton Friedman

If all we want are jobs,we can create any number-for example,have people dig holes and then fill them up again,or perform other useless tasks.Work is sometimes its own reward.Mostly,however,it is the price we pay to get the things we want .Our objective is not just jobs but productive jobs-jobs that will mean more goods and services to consume.-Milton Friedman(1912-2006),American economist.

Quote from Gerald Brenan

The more we feel sorry for ourselves,the less sorry others will feel for us.People don't waste their small store of sympathy on those who can provide it so richly for themselves.-Gerald Brenan(1894-1987).

Quote on the Internet

I think that the Internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government.-Milton Friedman(1912-2006),Economist.

Quote on words

Words are as recalcitrant as circus animals,and the unskilled trainer can crack his whip at them in vain.-Gerald Brenan(1894-1987),British writer and Hispanist.

Quote on old age

Old age takes away from us what we have inherited and gives us what we have earned.-Gerald Brenan(1894-1987)

Insightful quote from Gerald Brenan

Those who have money think that the most important thing in the world is love.The poor know it is money.-Gerald Brenan(1894-1987)

Quote on illness

Concealing an illness is like keeping a beach ball under water.-Karen Duffy(born 1962),American actress.

Quote on inflation

Inflation is taxation without legislation.-Milton Friedman(1912-2006),American econimist

Interesting quote from Gerald Brenan

Every writer and artist wonders what in the world people of other professions can find to live for.-Gerald Brenan(1894-1987)

Quote from Milton Friedman

One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.-Milton Friedman(1912-2006)

Quote from Gerald Brenan

Poets and painters are outside the class system,or rather they constitute a special class of their own,like the circus people and the Gypsies.-Gerald Brenan(1894-187)

Quote from Milton Friedman

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.-Milton Friedman(1912-2006)

Quote from Henry David Thoreau

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.-Henry David Thoreau(1817-1862)

Quote from Karen Duffy

I prefer atrophy over exercise any day.-Karen Duffy

Quote from Lewis Mumford

In its revolt against congestion and sordor,a space-hungry generation has,I fear,developed eyes that are bigger than its stomach.-Lewis Mumford

Quote from Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I swim against the tide because I like to annoy.-Carlos Ruiz Zafon,THE ANGEL'S GAME.

Quote on literature

The only test of literature is that it shall please other ages than its own.-Gerald Brenan(1894-1987)

Quote from Gerald Brenan

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies.Very few people can endure much leisure.-Gerald Brenan(1894-1987)

Quote from Cassandra Duffy

The beauty of standing up for your rights is others will see you standing and stand up as well.-Cassandra Duffy

Insightful quote from Russell Smith

This shows the limitations of the electronic form:It can't get too ambitious.There's no way you can address difficult philosophical or political issues in a single screen,or even in three screens of brightly illustrated ,incandescent text.And three screens is about as much as I can patiently read on a computer.Apparently this is the limitation of language itself: Weighty ideas require actual weight.-Russell Smith,THE GLOBE AND MAIL.

Quote from R.Thomas Berner

Some new words sound like fingernails on a chalkboard and last about that long,but the beauty of English is that it's flexible enough to give all comers an opportunity regardless of race,religion or ethnic background.-R.Thomas Berner,CENTRE DAILY TIMES.

Quote from Geoffrey West

A city plays the role of a great big magnet that's sucking people up.-Geoffrey West(born 1940).

Quote from Marlene Dietrich

A country without bordellos is like a house without bathrooms.-Marlene Dietrich(1901-1992)

Quote from Martin Behrman

You can make prostitution illegal,but you can't make it unpopular.-Martin Behrman(1864-1926)

206th list of 10 French songs you like

1.L'Inconnu Du Terminus-Beau Dommage(I find this beautiful song underrated).
2.Le Retour Du Flâneur-Beau Dommage
3.Polichinelle-France Gall
4.Tzeinerlin(1970)-Les Compagnons De La Chanson
5.Le Vent Du Fleuve-Beau Dommage
6.Rouler La Nuit-Beau Dommage
6.Le Cœur Endormi-Beau Dommage
7.Un Prince Charmant(1965)-France Gall
8.Deux Oiseaux(1965)-France Gall
9.Polichinelle-France Gall
10.Le Chef De La Bande(1963)-Frank Alamo(This song is a French version of the hit song 'THE LEADER OF THE PACK' by The Shangrilas.)
10.Au Premier Tunnel(1967)-Frank Alamo(This song is a French version of the Monkees hit song 'A LITTLE BIT YOU A LITTLE BIT ME')

Quote on nurses

Nurses are the hospitality of the hospital.-Carrie Latet

205th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Le Cœur Sur La Corde Raide-Beau Dommage
2.Il A Neigé Sur Mykonos(1981)-Mireille Mathieu
3.Échappé Belle-Beau Dommage
4.Les Gens Heureux N'Ont Pas D'Histoire(1976)-Chantal Pary
5.Tous .Les Palmiers-Beau Dommage
6.Boom Boom(1967)-France Gall
7.Cet Air-là-France Gall
8.Les Mini-Jupes-Lorraine Myra
9.Le Printemps-Francois Deguelt
10.Que Sera Sera-Francois Deguelt

Quote from Amit Abraham

I bless you with a curse to always remain busy.-Amit Abraham

Quote from Christopher Morley

The unluckiest insolvent in the world is the man whose expenditure of speech is too great for his income of ideas.-Christopher Morley,INWARD HO!

Quote from Christopher Morley

The unluckiest insolvent in the world is the man whose expenditure of speech is too great for his income of ideas.-Christopher Moreley,INWARD HO!

Quote on loyalty

Loyalty never put blood back in a man's veins.-Carol Berg

Quote on cities

Cities tolerate crazy people.Companies don't.-Geoffrey West(born 1940).

Quote from C.S.Lewis

Of all tyrannies,a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep,his cupidity may at some point be satiated;but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.-C.S.Lewis

Quote from Ray Bradbury

May you be in love everyday for the next 20,000 days.And out of that love,remake a world.-Ray Bradbury

Quote from Kurt Vonnegut

Here we are,trapped in the amber of the moment.There is no why.-Kurt Vonnegut

Quote from The Nightvale Podcast

Death is only the end if you assume the story is about you.-The Nightvale Podcast

Quote from Franklin D.Roosevelt

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.-Franklin D.Roosevelt

Quote from Theodore Roosevelt

The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.-Theodore Roosevelt

Quote on spring

Spring is a true reconstructionist.-Henry Timrod

Quote on reactionaries

Reactionary:a man walking backwards with his face to the future.-Aneurin Bevan

Quote on conservatives

I'd be a conservative if I'd never met any.They're selfish,egocentric,reactionary and boring.-Pat Conroy

Quote from Thomas L.Friedman

It is always dangerous to declare a turning point in history.We always tend to feel that,when we are alive,something really major is happening.-Thomas L.Friedman,THE WORLD IS FLAT:A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.

Egyptian proverb

Making money selling manure is better than losing money selling musk.-Egyptian proverb

Quote from Franklin D.Roosevelt

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself.Forests are the lungs of our lands,purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.-Franklin D.Roosevelt

Quote on siblings

Siblings:Children of the same parents,each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together.-Sam Levenson

Quote from Bill Watterson

A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.-Bill Watterson

Quote from D.H.Lawrence

The fairest thing in nature,a flower,still has its roots in earth and manure.-D.H.Lawrence

Quote from Christian Bovee

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff,so does affliction purify virtue.-Christian Nestell Bovee

Quote from Washington Irving

Love is never lost.If not reciprocated,it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.-Washington Irving

Quote from Barbara Kingsolver

If you're standing in the manure pile,it's somebody's job to mention the stink.-Barbara Kingsolver

Insightful quote from Richard Bach

Anyone desperate enough for suicide should be desperate enough to go to creative extremes to solve problems:elope at midnight,stow away on the boat to New Zealand and start over,do what they always wanted to do but were afraid to try.-Richard Bach

Quote on rainy days

Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.-Bill Watterson

Quote from Charles Dickens

It opens the lungs,washes the countenance,exercises the eyes,and softens down the temper;so cry away.-Charles Dickens(1812-1870)

Quote from Charles R.Swindoll

I want to preach till the last breath in my lungs runs out.-Charles R.Swindoll

Quote from Dwight Eisenhower

I do not believe that any political campaign justifies the declaration of a moratorium on ordinary common sense.-Dwight Eisenhower(1890-1969)

Quote from Pedro A.P.Raymond

Not being able to see things from several points of view is another form of egocentrism.-Pedro A.P.Raymond

Quote on Scotland

Scotland is the Canada of England!-Rainn Wilson

Quote from Ethel Merman

I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano.-Ethel Merman

Quote from Andrew Ryan

A man chooses.A slave obeys.-Andrew Ryan

Quote from David Hockney

Laugh a lot.It clears the lungs.-David Hockney

Quote from Emil Brunner

What oxygen is to the lungs,such is hope to the meaning of life.-Emil Brunner

Quote from Oscar Wilde

To elope is cowardly;it is running away from danger;and danger has become so rare in modern life.-Oscar Wilde

Quote on logic

Logic is the beginning of wisdom,not the end.-Leonard Nimoy(1931-2015)

Quote from Leonard Nimoy

I love you,for not what I want you to be,but for what you are.-Leonard Nimoy

Quote from Carl Sagan

For small creatures such as we,the vastness is bearable only through love.-Carl Sagan

Quote on zoo animals

Zoo animals are ambassadors for their cousins in the wild.-Jack Hanna

Quote from Ann Voskamp

Joy and pain,they are but two arteries of the one heart that pumps through all those who don't numb themselves to really living.-Ann Voskamp

Quote on cities

Cities are the crucible of civilization.-Geoffrey West(born 1940).

204th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Ne Dis Pas Aux Copains(1964)-France Gall
2.Avant La Bagarre(1968)-France Gall
3.Les Rubans et La Fleur(1964)-France Gall
4.Chasse-neige(1971)-France Gall
5. Dis a Ton Capitaine-France Gall
6.Le Premier Chagrin D'Amour(1964)-France Gall
7.Oh!Oh!Le Clown-Frank Alamo
8.Oh!Non(1964)-Frank Alamo
9.Mes premieres vraies vacances(1964)-France Gall
10.Quand On Est Ensemble(1966)-France Gall

Quote from Paris Hilton

Some girls are just born with glitter in their veins.-Paris Hilton

Quote from Peter Weiss

We're all so clogged with dead ideas passed from generation to generation that even the best of us don't know the way out.-Peter Weiss

Quote from Mark Twain

Wine is a clog to the pen,not an inspiration.-Mark Twain

Quote from Elbert Hubbard

Fear clogs;Faith liberates.-Elbert Hubbard(1856-1915),American editor,publisher and writer

203rd list of 10 French songs you like

1.Au Cœur De Septembre(1967)-Nana Mouskouri.(This song starts with the line'Seule dans ma chambre')
2.Les Enfants Du Monde Entier-Yves Duteil
3.Calypso-France Gall
4.L'Amérique(1965)-France Gall
5.Souviens-Toi Des Nuits d'Été-Frank Alamo.(This song is a French version of the 1965 song 'SUMMER SONG' by Chad and Jeremy)
6.Tout Se Sait Un Jour-Frank Alamo.(This song is a French version of the Lou Christie 1963 song 'TWO FACES HAVE I')
7.Heureux Tous Les Deux-Frank Alamo.(This song is a French version of the hit 1967 song 'HAPPY TOGETHER' by The Turtles)
8.Pas De Larmes-Frank Alamo
9.Long Long Longtemps-Frank Alamo.(This song is a French version of the 1958 hit song 'TO KNOW HIM IS TO LOVE HIM' by The Teddy Bears)
10.Dis-lui Non-Frank Alamo.(This song is a French version of the hit song 'TELL HER NO' by The Zombies)
10.Bleu Bleu(1963)-Frank Alamo.(This song is a French version of the song 'BLUE GIRL' by The Bruisers)

Quote from Alex Haley

In all of us there is a hunger,marrow-deep,to know our heritage-to know who we are and where we have come from.Without this enriching knowledge,there is a hollow yearning.No matter what our attainments in life,there is still a vacuum,an emptiness,and the most disquieting loneliness.-Alex Haley(1921-1992)

Quote from Robert Cecil

Faith makes all evil good to us,and all good better;unbelief makes all good evil,and all evil worse.Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear,unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf-Robert Cecil

Quote from Scott Hahn

A covenant differs from a contract  almost as much as marriage differs from prostitution.-Scott Hahn

A Mimi Hétu song you like

Si Tu Veux Revenir.

Quote from Hippocrates

Walking is man's best médicine.-Hippocrates

202nd list of 10 French songs you like

1.La Nuit Je Mens-Alain Bashtung
2.Un P`tit Air d'Accordéon-C.Jérôme
3.La Fille Au Regard Vert-C.Jérôme
4.Je Veux Qu'il Revienne-Francoise Hardy
5.Baby Boy-C.Jérôme
6.Nous Tous(1963)-Francoise Hardy
7.L'Orphelin-C.Jérôme
8.Pleure Pas Pour Moi-C.Jérôme
9.Hasta Manana Mon Amour-Alain Morisod et Sweet People
10.Les bords de l'Atlantique-C.Jérôme
10.Pardonne-moi-Mimi Hétu

Quote from T.S.Eliot

We think of the key,each in his prison
Thinking of the key,each confirms a prison.-T.S.Eliot

Quote from George Bernard Shaw

Woman are called womanly only when they regard themselves as existing solely for the use of men.-George Bernard Shaw(1856-1950)

Quote from Norman Mailer

The desire for success lubricates secret prostitution in the soul.-Norman Mailer

Quote from D.H.Lawrence

If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of harlot in her,she's a dry stick as a rule.-D.H.Lawrence(1885-1930)

Interesting quote on corruption

Corruption is worse than prostitution.The latter might endanger the morals of an individual,the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.-Karl Kraus(1874-1936)

Quote from Tina Fey

Politics and prostitution have to be the only jobs where inexperience is considered a virtue.-Tina Fey

Unflattering quote on academia

Academia is to knowledge what prostitution is to love.-Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Quote from Vusi Mahlasela

If you are bitter,you are like a dry leaf that you can just squash,and you can get blown away by the wind.There is much more wisdom in forgiveness.-Vusi Mahlasela

Quote from Samuel Goldwyn

Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay home and see bad television for nothing?-Samuel Goldwyn

201st list of 10 French songs you like

1.Je ne suis là pour personne-Francoise Hardy
2.La Nuit Est Sur La Ville(1965)-Francoise Hardy
3.Mon Amie La Rose(1965)-Francoise Hardy
4.Ca M'Avance à Quoi-Joe Dassin.(This song is a French version of the 1965 song 'YOU WERE ON MY MIND' by WE FIVE)
5.Donne-Moi Un Peu d'Amour(1972)-Mimi Hétu(This song is a French version of the Paul Anka hit song 'LONELY BOY').
6.Gaby O  Gaby-Alain Bashtung
7.Manhattan-C.Jérôme
8.Jérome C'est Moi-C.Jérôme
9.Les Larmes Aux Yeux-C.Jérôme
10.Quand La Mer Se Retire-C.Jérôme
10.Chanson Pour Carole-C.Jérome.(This song is a French version of the Neil Sedaka hit song 'CAROL' from 1961).

Great quote from Guy Finley

Once something has outlived its usefulness in one area of life,its purpose for being in existence is no longer the same.The leaf that captures a stream of sunlight,and then transfers its energy to the tree,serves one purpose in the spring and summer,and another completely different one through the fall and winter.-Guy Finley

Quote from Steve Allen

Without laughter,life on our planet would be intolerable.-Steve Allen

Quote from Tyron Edwards

One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches,is this:do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.-Tyron Edwards

Prisons

In 2015,the U.S.A has 5% of the world population,but has 25% of the world's prison population.

Another quote from Guy Finley

Any form of measuring yourself by an unkind action of another towards you is like looking into a badly fractured mirror and then blaming yourself for the shattered image that you see there.-Guy Finley

Olive oil brand that you finished consuming in April 2016

In April 2016,you finished consuming a 750 ml glass bottle of L'ALBERO VECCHIO Extra-virgin olive oil (Cold-Pressed)(Packed in Italy).
                             It was quite good.

Quote from Guy Finley

One way to measure your own fears is to count the number of personal questions you've allowed others to answer for you.-Guy Finley

Quote from Guy Finley

An unattended mind is the breeding ground of self-defeat.-Guy Finley

Quote from Arthur Golden

Passion can quickly slip to jealousy,or even hatred.-Arthur Golden

Quote from Rodney Dangerfield

My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous.The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.-Rodney Dangerfield

Quote from Heraclitus

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.-Heraclitus

200th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Adios Amigo-Alain Morisod and Sweet People
2.No More Bolero-Alain Morisod et Sweet People
3.Au Revoir-Alain Morisod et Sweet People.(This song contains the line 'AU REVOIR,J'AI TANT DE PEINE À TE QUITTER)
4.Les Ballons Rouges-Serge Lama
5.Marie,La Polonaise-Serge Lama
6.Vade Retro-Joe Dassin(This song contains the lines 'C'était le temps des cerises,pense pas trop')
7.Cette Fille C'Était Moi-Michèle Torr
8.La Cloche-France Gall
9.La Rose Des Vents-France Gall
10.La Braconne-Serge Lama.(This song starts with the line 'Juliette,Francoise,Simone)
10.Tout Pour La Musique(1981)-France Gall

Quote from Alex Haley

You'll find that people who celebrate you will kill you.They forget you are blood and flesh and bone.I have had days and weeks and months of schedules where everything from my breakfast to my last waking moment was planned for me.-Alex Haley(1921-1992)

Quote from Benson Bruno

Envy is for people who don't have the self-esteem to be jealous.-Benson Bruno

Another quote from Alex Haley

When you clench your fist,noone can put anything in your hand,nor can your hand pick up anything.-Alex Haley

Quote from Alex Haley

Find the good,and praise it.-Alex Haley

Quote from Socrates

Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.-Socrates

Quote on jealousy

Jealousy---is a mental cancer.-B.C.Forbes

Great quote on suffering

Suffering now so that you can be happy in the future makes as much sense as throwing yourself overboard so that later you can feel relief about being rescued.-Guy Finley(born 1949).

Quote from Aldous Huxley

Facts are ventriloquists' dummies.Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom;elsewhere,they say nothing,or talk nonsense,or indulge in sheer diabolism.-Aldous Huxley,TIME MUST HAVE A STOP.

Quote from Guy Finley

If you want light to come into your life,you need to stand where it is shining.-Guy Finley

Quote from Gregory Nunn

Anyone who doesn't miss the past never had a mother.-Gregory Nunn

Quote from Kim Elizabeth

We will all,someday,experience death,and become obsolete  as a dead leaf falling from a tree,crushed by passersby to ashes underlying the earth.-Kim Elizabeth

Quote from Guy Finley

Why do you want the approval of others who don't even approve of themselves?-Guy Finley

Quote from Alex Haley

Never completely encircle your enemy.Leave him some escape,for he will fight even more desperately if trapped.-Alex Haley(1921-1992)

Quote on curiosity

Curiosity is the direct incontinence of the spirit.-Jeremy Taylor(1613-1667),English Anglican clergyman,writer and bishop.

Quote from Charles Kettering

Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar,you present a new place for new ideas and progress.-Charles Kettering

Quote from Alex Harvey

Find the good and praise it.-Alex Harvey

Quote on American eating habits

Americans can eat garbage,provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup,mustard,chili sauce,Tabasco sauce,cayenne pepper,or any other condiment which destroys the original flavor of the dish.-Henry Miller(1891-1980),American author and writer.

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sprinkle joy.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote on grandparents

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do.Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.-Alex Haley(1921-1992)

Quote from Alex Haley

Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fencepost,you know he had some help.-Alex Harvey(1921-1992).

Quote from Keith Waterhouse

I turn over a new leaf every day.But the blots show through.-Keith Waterhouse

Quote from Ralph Caplan

Nothing is more to the point than a good digression.-Ralph Caplan

Russian proverb

The fall of a leaf is a whisper to the living.-Russian proverb