Superb quote from Eleanor Brown

Self-care is not selfish.You cannot serve from an empty vessel.-Eleanor Brown

Quote from Tia Walker

Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn't know possible.-Tia Walker

Quote from Alan Fletcher

Symbols are instruments which convert raw intelligence into culture.-Alan Fletcher

Great blogs for frugal people

1 www.frugal-mama.com
2 www.frugalgirl.com
3 www.frugal-senior.com
4 www.frugal-foods.com
5 www.milliondollarjourney.com
6 thefrugalhomemaker.com
7 www.thriftyandfrugalliving.com

Quote from Tony Gaskins

If you don't build your dream someone will hire you to help build theirs.-Tony Gaskins

Quote from Friedrich Nietzsche

Our thoughts are the shadows of our feelings.-Friedrich Nietzsche

Trash

Americans throw away enough garbage every day to fill 63,000 garbage trucks.
Source:Idaho Public TV

Quote from Alfred North Whitehead

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.-Alfred North Whitehead

Quote on workaholics

Our reverence for workaholism has produced corporate leaders who believe they don't need sleep,and neither should anyone else.-Stanley Coren,,Canadian psychologist and author of the great book SLEEP THIEVES(1996).

Quote from Vandana Shiva

You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder.It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.-Vandana Shiva

Some great blogs for thrifty people

1 www.ecothriftyliving.com
2 http://shabbynest.blogspot.com
3 www.laurenliess.com
4 http://vintagerevivals.com
5 www.brooklynlimestone.com
6  www.simplyfrugal.ca
7 www.livingwellspendingless.com
8 youngandthrifty.ca
9 http://financialpanther.com
10 www.frugalwoods.com
11 thethriftycouple.com
12 www.frugalbabe.com
13 www.prettyfrugalliving.com
14 frugalfrolicker.com
15 thriftynomads.com
16 www.frugalrules.com
17 beingfrugalbychoice.com
18 www.thefrugalifestyle.com

Quote from Elisabeth Bennington

I only stayed because you turned the lights out.-Elisabeth Bennington

Quote from Arnold H.Glasgow

A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they're not so good,and sympathizes with your problems when they're not so bad.-Arnold H.Glasgow

Quote from Konrad Lorenz

It is a good idea for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast.-Konrad Lorenz

Quote from George Meredith

Behold the life at ease;it drifts.The sharpened life commands its course.-George Meredith

Quote from Marilyn Von Savant

Being defeated is often a temporary condition.Giving up is what makes it permanent.-Marilyn Von Savant

Quote from Horatio Nelson

I have only one eye--I have a right to be blind sometimes.-Horatio Nelson

Quote from Martha Graham

Dance is the hidden language of the soul.-Martha Graham

Quote from Henri Matisse

Creative people are curious,flexible,persistent,and independent with a tremendous spirit of adventure and a love of play.-Henri Matisse

Quote on buildings

Buildings don't exist to be pinned,like brooches,on the front of bigger structures to which they bear only the most distant of relationships.-Paul Goldberger(born 1950).

Quote from Ray Davis

A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it.-Ray Davis

Quote from Craig D.Lounsbrough

Instead of the weight that sinks us,consequences are often the life preserver that saves us.-Craig D.Lounsbrough

Quote from Zalman Stern

The problem with the cutting edge is that someone has to bleed.-Zalman Stern

Quote from Federico Fellini

Life is a combination of magic and pasta.-Federico Fellini

Quote from Paul Goldberger

The taste of people with large bank accounts  tends not to be on the cutting edge.-Paul Goldberger

Quote from Jacob Bronowski

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.-Jacob Bronowski

Quote from Becky Chambers

The very fact we use the term ''cold-blooded'' as a synonym for ''heartless'' should tell you something about the innate bias  we primates hold against reptiles.Do not judge other species by your own social norms.-Becky Chambers

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every's man task[his 'great dream' and impassioned life-goal] is his life preserver.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from H.L.Mencken

The true function of art is to criticize,embellish and edit nature---the artist is a sort of impassioned proof-reader,blue penciling the bad spelling of God.-H.L.Mencken(1880-1956)

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The intellectual man requires a fine bait;the sots are easily amused.But everybody is drugged with its own frenzy,and the pageant marches at all hours,with music and banner and badge.-Ralph Waldo Emerson(1803-1882)

Quote from Harry Leon Wilson

She'd fight a rattlesnake and give it the first two bites.-Harry Leon Wilson

Quote from Peter Lynch

Never invest in any idea you can't illustrate with a crayon.-Peter Lynch

Quote from Lance Morrow

A rattlesnake loose in the living room tends to end all discussion of animal rights.-Lance Morrow(born 1939),American journalist and essayist

Quote from Becky Chambers

No good can come from a species at war with itself.-Becky Chambers

Quote from Toby Beta

Fame is vanity's bait.-Toba Beta

Quote on modesty

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.-Lord Chesterfield(1694-1773),British statesman,diplomat and wit.

Quote from S.A.Harazin

I hope she never needs heart surgery,because the doctors wouldn't be able to find it.-S.A.Harazin,BLOOD BROTHERS.

Quote from Woodrow Wilson

The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.-Woodrow Wilson

Quote from Martin Luther King Jr.

It may be true that the law cannot change the heart but it can restrain the heartless.-Martin Luther King Jr.

Quote from Sercan Leylek

Leftists are brainless,rightists are heartless.-Sercan Leylek

Quote from Anthony Liccione

Thoughts are like an ocean,they can either move you forward within its waves,or sink you under deep into its abyss.-Anthony Liccione

Fact about the TV show The Simpsons

On the Tv show The Simpsons all the characters have four fingers on each hand.

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Coffee is good for talent,but genius wants prayer.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Edward Dahlberg

The ruin of the human heart is self-interest,which the American merchant calls self-service.We have become a self-service populace,and all our specious comforts-the automatic elevator,the escalator,the cafeteria---are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy.-Edward Dahlberg(1900-1977)

Cenosillicaphobia

Cenosillicaphobia -The fear of an empty beer glass.The bartender always recognizes the customer who suffers from cenosillicaphobia.

Quote from Thomas Mann

Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul.-Thomas Mann

Quote from Mae West

If I had asked for a cup of coffee,someone would search for the double meaning.-Mae West

A Japanese proverb

The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.-Japanese proverb

Quote from Sandra Bullock

I gave up coffee.It's almost worse than giving up a lover.-Sandra Bullock

Quote from Abigail Reynolds

I like my coffee with cream and my literature with optimism.-Abigail Reynolds,IN PEMBERLEY BY THE SEA.

Quote from Rumi

Where there is ruin,there is hope for treasure.-Rumi

Quote from Henri Nouwen

We never know the wine we are becoming while we are being crushed like grapes.-Henri Nouwen

Quote from Eileen Mayhew

Let your tears come.Let them water your soul.-Eileen Mayhew

Quote from Bobby Jones

Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying.-Bobby Jones

Irish proverb

The waiting man thinks the time long.-Irish proverb

Quote from Clark Gable

I never laugh until I've had my coffee.-Clark Gable

Quote on cocaine

Cocaine is like really evil coffee.-Courtney Love

Quote from Harriet Lerner

People marry with a deep longing that their partner will tend to their wounds,not throw salt in them.Honor your partner's vulnerability.-Harriet Lerner

Quote from Daniel Boorstin

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.-Daniel J.Boorstin(born 1914),American social historian and educator

Quote from Neal Shusterman

What we perceive as art,the universe perceives as directions.-Neil Shusterman,CHALLENGER DEEP.

Quote from Robert W.Service

It's the steady,quiet,plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.-Robert W.Service

Quote on advertising

A vast sector of modern advertising ---does not appeal to reason but to emotion;like any other kind of hypnoid suggestion,it tries to impress its objects emotionally and then make them submit intellectually.-Erich Fromm

Great quote from Neal Shusterman

You are only one boy,with one voice----If you keep trying to be a choir,you'll lose that voice,and then who will hear you?-Neal Shusterman,UNDIVIDED

Quote from Neal Shusterman

We all need a moratorium on misery now and then.-Neal Shusterman,UNDIVIDED.

Quote from Brian Tracy

This is the process of ''systemic desensitization''.By confronting your fear,and by repeatedly doing the thing you fear,the fear eventually disappears.-Brian Tracy,NEGOTIATION.

Quote from George Washington

Working on your biceps?Try chopping down a cherry tree.-George Washington

Quote from Ed Coan

Biceps are like ornaments on a Christmas tree.-Ed Coan

Quote from Arnold Schwarznegger

It's simple;if it jiggles,it's fat.-Arnold Schwarzenegger

Quote from Brian Tracy

Nobody works better under pressure.They just work faster.-Brian Tracy(born 1944)

Quote on live concerts

A live concert needs to be listened to live.Otherwise,it's like eating day-old salad.-Maria Semple,TODAY WILL BE DIFFERENT.

Quote from Lemony Snicket

It is one of life's bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting.-Lemony Snicket

Quote on Seattle

The sky in Seattle is so low,it felt like God had lowered a silk parachute over us.-Maria Semple,WHERE'D YOU GO,BERNADETTE.

Another quote from Lena Horne

Always be smarter than those who hire you.-Lena Horne

Quote from Ralph Marston

There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path.Don't allow yourself to become one of them.-Ralph Marston,Author and publisher of The Daily Motivator

Quote from Lena Horne

It's not the load that breaks you down-it's the way you carry it!-Lena Horne

Quote from Mark Bell

The road to nowhere is paved with excuses.-Mark Bell

Quote from Julian Barnes

What is the easiest,the most comfortable thing for a writer to do?To congratulate the society in which he lives:to admire its biceps,applaud its progress,tease it endearingly about its follies.-Julian Barnes

Quote from Steve Prefontaine

To give any less than your best is to sacrifice a gift.-Steve Prefontaine,runner

Quote from Norman Cousins

The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope.-Norman Cousins

A Turkish proverb

A worthy man is still worthy even penniless,a donkey is a donkey even if he is finely saddled.-Turkish proverb

Quote on prejudice

Sometimes prejudice can be slapped upside the head by tolerance.-Neal Shusterman,UNBOUND.

Quote on manhood

You can't measure manhood with a tape line around his biceps.-Billy Sunday

Quote from Billy Sunday

The only way to keep a broken vessel full  is to keep it always under the tap.-Billy Sunday

Quote on excuses

An excuse is a skin of a reason stuffed with a lie.-Billy Sunday

Quote from Neal Shusterman

Being ignored has its advantages.Dignity doesn't grow under a microscope.-Neal Shusterman,UNBOUND.

Zucchini doughnut

Today I bought and ate a zucchini doughnut for the first time at The Five Seasons Grocery Store on Greene street in Westmount.It was quite tasty.

Quote on the moon

The moon should be colonised,I thought.Mankind should seek a happier beginning,and humans should be free to stroll hand in hand regardless of their weight and orientation.-Rawi Haig,CARNIVAL:A NOVEL.

Quote on models

Even the models we see in magazines wish they could look like their own images.-Cheri K.Erdman

Quote on medicine

Medicine sometimes snatches away health,sometimes gives it.-Ovid

Quote on nurses

A nurse is compassion in scrubs.-Lexie Saige

Quote from Barack Obama

America's nurses are the beating heart of our medical system.-Barack Obama

Quote from Norman Cousins

Drugs are not always necessary,belief in recovery always is.-Norman Cousins

Quote from Elle Sommer

Instead of measuring yourself by your weight,measure yourself  by your acts of kindness.-Elle Sommer

Quote from Craig D.Lounsbrough

The burdens I carry on my back are in direct correlation to the weight of my ego.-Craig D.Lounsbrough

Quote from George Bernard Shaw

In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured,but in a nursing home they don't let you out till you are dead.-George Bernard Shaw

Quote from Stephen Colbert

The skinnification of America's jeanscape has gone too far.-Stephen Colbert

Great website on the analysis of dreams

Visit www.griefdreams.ca

Some great websites and blogs for thrifty people

1 www.thriftyandchic.com
2 www.niftythriftythings.com
3 www.thriftydecorchick.com
4 www.thriftylesley.com
5 www.thethriftyhome.com
6 http://youngandthrifty.ca
7 www.stylemethrifty.com
8 www.thethriftygroove.com
9 www.ecdothriftyliving.com

Quote from Harriet Lerner

The strongest relationships are between two people who can live without each other but don't want to.-Harriet Lerner

Quote from Richelle E.Goodrich

The key to success-keep swimming.Even when they tap you on the shoulder to say the pool has been drained,just keep swimming.-Richelle E.Goodrich

Quote from Raymond E.Feist

Some loves come unbidden like winds from the sea,and others grow from the seeds of friendship.-Raymond E.Feist,MAGICIAN.

Quote from Lord Chesterfield

The chapter of knowledge is very short,but the chapter of accidents is a very long one.-Lord Chesterfield

Quote from Nathaniel Hawthorne

We all go wrong by too strenuous a resolution to go right.-Nathaniel Hawthorne

Brand of olive oil you consumed in October 2016

In October 2016,you bought and consumed a 1Litre glass bottle of COLLINE DI SICILIA extra-Virgin OLIVE OIL.
                              (Imported by La Barbera).Packed in Italy.Blend of olive oils of European Union Origin.
                                  This olive oïl was quite good.

Luxury cars

Black is the most common color for luxury cars.

Quote from Jonatan Martensson

Feelings are much like waves,we can't stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf.-Jonatan Martensson

Quote from Raymond E.Feist

Don't assume the world evolved in the order in which you discovered it.-Raymond E.Feist

Quote from Doris Lessing

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.-Doris Lessing

Quote from Harriet Lerner

Intensity is not the same as intimacy,although we tend to confuse these two words.-Harriet Lerner

Quote from Jhumpa Lahiri

In a world of diminishing mystery,the unknown persists.-Jhumpa Lahiri

Quote from Raymond E.Feist

Never accept the proposition that just because a solution satisfies a problem,that it must be the only solution.-Raymond E.Feist

Quote from Richelle E.Goodrich

When thunderstorms roll in,you make a choice to either succumb with tears to the gloomy downpour,or smile and look for rainbows.-Richelle E.Goodrich

Quote from Josephine Hart

There is an eternal landscape,a geography of the soul;we search for its outlines all our lives.-Josephine Hart

Quote from Anton Chekhov

People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.-Anton Chekhov

Quote from Adlai Stevenson

The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.-Adlai Stevenson

Quote on October

October is crisp days and cool nights,a time to curl up around the dancing flames and sink into a good book.-John Sinor

Psychedelic

Q.Who was nicknamed 'The Queen of Psychedelic Soul'?
Answer.Janis Joplin

Shock Rock

Q.Which rock star is nicknamed 'The Godfather of Shock Rock'?
Answer.Alice Cooper

Quote from Neal Shusterman

I'm too old to rage against the system.I just whine at it.-Neal Shusterman

Quote from Richelle E.Goodrich

A good dose of fantasy is exercise for your sensibilities;it keeps your avatar strong.-Richelle E.Goodrich

Quote from Chris Hart

All the statistics in the world can't measure the warmth of a smile.-Chris Hart

Quote from Theodor Adorno

In the abstract conception of universal wrong,all concrete responsibility vanishes.-Theodor W.Adorno

Quote from Knights of Pythagoras

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.-Knights of Pythagoras

Quote on government

The all-seeing government can be very near-sighted when it comes to scrutinizing the actions of its own appendages.-Neal Shusterman,UNWHOLLY.

Quote from Neal Shusterman

When the truth hurts we always hate the messenger.-Neal Shusterman,CHALLENGER DEEP

Quote from Eric Hoffer

Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.-Eric Hoffer(1902-1983)

Quote on sports

Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.-George Will(born 1941)

Great quote on glory

Glory is largely a theatrical concept.There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.-Eric Hoffer(1902-1983)