Quote from Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Intellectually curious men become generalists.Intellectually lazy men settle for being specialists.-Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Monopathy

Monopathy:Another word for overspecialization.

Quote on scholarship

Scholarship that is indifferent to human suffering is immoral.-Richard Levins

Quote from Shelby Foote

A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.-Shelby Foote

Quote on Switzerland

Switzerland is simply a large,lumpy,solid rock with a thin skin of grass stretched over it.-Mark Twain(1835-1910),American humorist,lecturer and writer.

Quote from Michael Connelly

I view people two ways.They're either eye-for-eye people or they are turn-the-cheek people.-Michael Connelly,THE LINCOLN LAWYER.

A Japanese proverb

When you buy a vase cheap,look for the flaw;when a man offers favors,look for the motive.-Japanese proverb

A useful proverb

Do not throw a stone at the mouse and break the precious vase.-Proverb

Quote on civil unrest

Civil unrest occurs when the feelings of overwhelming powerlessness hit critical mass.-Michael Connelly,ANGELS FIGHT.

Quote from Cavett Robert

If you don't think every day is a good day,try missing one.-Cavett Robert

Quote on the media

Somebody once called the media the merchants of chaos.-Michael Connelly,ANGELS FLIGHT.

Quote from Ella Wheeler Wilcox

There is no chance,no destiny,no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.-Ella Wheeler Wilcox(1850-1919),American poet and writer.

Proverb

Better joy in a cottage than sorrow in a palace.-Proverb

Quote from Michael Connelly

But too much going with the flow is heading us into the sewer.-Michael Connelly,THE BLACK ECHO.

Mycophagist

Mycophagist:Someone who eats mushrooms.

Quote from Karl Pilkington

I'd rather live in a cave with a view of a palace than live in a palace with a view of a cave.-Karl Pilkington

Quote from Frank McCourt

You might be poor,your shoes might be broken,but your mind is a palace.-Frank McCourt,ANGELA'S ASHES.

Sweden wrong with cashless society

I hope more people in Sweden and Norway protest the idea of the planned cashless society.
                         In a cashless society,the government and banks can track your every financial transaction and you lose all privacy whatsoever.You fall into  a state of servitude where banks and financial institutions charge you all the fees they want.You do not own your money any more;the banks do.
                                The option of cash must always exist.Norway and Sweden are going down a frightening path by promoting a cashless society.Obviously Norwegians and Swedes do not seem to mind the government controlling more and more aspects of their lives.

Quote on Twitter

I like the way you can circumvent the media gatekeepers and go right to the people.That's my favorite thing about Twitter.-Rob Lowe

Quote from Angela Carter

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.-Angela Carter(1940-1992),English novelist

Quote from Alan McCluskey

Despair is an ugly thing when it refuses hope.-Alan McCluskey,IN SEARCH OF LOST GIRLS.

Quote on golf

The uglier a man's legs are,the better he plays golf.It's almost a law.-H.G.Wells

Quote from George Orwell

Four legs good,two legs bad.-George Orwell,ANIMAL FARM.

Quote from Ken Poirot

Even the most beautiful girl in the world becomes unsightly without depth of character.-Ken Poirot

Quote from Mary Tyler Moore

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.-Mary Tyler Moore

Quote from Stewart Brand

Once a new technology rolls over you,if you're not part of the steamroller,you're part of the road.-Stewart Brand

Quote from Ellen Goodman

In the biotech revolution,it is the human body,not iron or steel or plastic,that's at the source.Are the biocapitalists going to be allowed to dig without consent into our genetic codes,then market them?-Ellen Goodman

Quote on copycats

Copy cats may seem good at what they are doing,but they will never find a spot at the top.-Cyc Jouzy

Quote from Ayn Rand

Every loneliness is a pinnacle.-Ayn Rand

Quote from Cyc Jouzy

Being number one doesn't mean you are the best.-Cyc Jouzy

Quote from A.D.Posey

Don't let the poison of the past spoil a fruitful future.-A.D.Posey

Only 4 Dunkin Donuts coffee shops left in Montreal in January 2017.

Tim Hortons,Starbucks and Second Cup dominate Montreal's coffee shop landscape.There are only four Dunkin Donuts coffee shops left in Montréal in January 2017,at the following locations:
1.4501 Wellington Street,Verdun
2. 1 Place Ville Marie(Place Ville Marie,downtown)
3.600 Rue Laurier(Mall Montenac)-Plateau Mont Royal
4.7275 Sherbrooke East,local 3.(Place Versailles)-Métro Radisson

Quote on traditions

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds.The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe and aren't even aware of.-Ellen Goodman

Quote from Stewart Brand

If you don't like bacteria,you're on the wrong planet.-Stewart Brand

Great pizzeria in Montreal

You can eat great pizza in Montréal at Martini Pizza.The address is 9481 Lajeunesse street in Ahuntsic.Opening hours are 11:am to 11:pm.Phone number:(514)388-9672.The pizzeria is a 5-minute walk from metro Sauvé.

Quote on meat

Recognize meat for what it really is:the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured animal.-Ingrid Newkirk(born 1950),founder of PETA.

Quote from Randy Pausch

A good apology is like antibiotic,a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.-Randy Pausch

Poignant website

Visit www.suicidememorialwall.com

Quote from Charles Gow

Many people are extremely happy,but are absolutely worthless to society.-Charles Gow

Quote from Henry Morgan

Bookie:A pickpocket who lets you use your own hands.-Henry Morgan

Quote from Jarod Kintz

I'm picking pickpockets,because I hate politicians.-Jarod Kintz

Quote from Margaret Atwood

An odd thing souvenir-hunting:now becomes then even while it is still now.-Margaret Atwood,THE BLIND ASSASSIN.

Interesting blogs on the economy and cash

1 http://dollarvigilante.com
2 http://viableopposition.blogspot.ca
3 www.financialsense.com

Quote on cashless society

The more cashless our society becomes,the more our moral compass slips.-Dan Ariely,THE HONEST TRUTH ABOUT DISHONESTY.

Quote on overregulation

Overregulation corrupts the citizens and weakens the rule of law.-Lawrence Lessig,FREE CULTURE:THE NATURE AND FUTURE OF CREATIVITY.

Quote from Chloe Thurlow

The seed of all impulse is a feeling bursting to express itself in action.-Chloe Thurlow,KATIE IN LOVE.

Quote from Renee Ahdieh

Every impulse that we strive to strangle broods in the mind and poisons us.-Renee Ahdieh,THE WRATH AND THE DAWN.

Quote from Thomas Hardy

---Our impulses are too strong for our judgement sometimes.-Thomas Hardy,TESS OF THE D'UBERVILLES.

Quote from Craig D.Lounsbrough

We often throw rocks not realizing that they're going to land somewhere.-Craig D.Lounsbrough

Quote from Ellen Hopkins

Anger is easier than forgiveness.-Ellen Hopkins,PERFECT.

Quote from Theodore Roosevelt

Comparison is the thief of joy.-Theodore Roosevelt

Quote from Stephen Blackmoore

The thing I hate most about skeletons is you can never tell when they're smiling.-Stephen Blackmoore,DEAD THINGS.

Quote on skeletons

If she opened the closet with her skeletons,they might drag her in with them.-Kayla Krantz,ALIVE AT SUNSET.

Interesting blog on psychiatry

www.madinamerica.com

Quote from Richard Florida

What fosters creativity?More than anything else:The presence of other creative people.-Richard Florida

Chinese proverb

When the winds of change blow,some people build walls and others build windmills.-Chinese proverb

Quote from Majora Carter

You don't have to move out of your neighborhood to live in a better one.-Majora Carter

Quote on flowers

Flowers and fruits are always fit presents;flowers,because they are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Oprah Winfrey

One of the greatest gifts you can give is your undivided attention.-Oprah Winfrey

Quote from Harley King

May your dreams be gifts from the gods and may you open them with excitement and pleasure.-Harley King

Famous psychiatrist commits suicide

The psychiatrist of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,Moshe Yatom,committed suicide in Tel Aviv in June 2010.

Egyptian proverb

Don't ask the doctor;ask the patient.-Egyptian proverb

Quote from Publilius Syrus

The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.-Publilius Syrus

Quote from Susan Lendroth

Ever poised on that cusp between past and future,we tie memories to souvenirs like string to trees along life's path,marking the trail in case we lose ourselves around a bend of tomorrow's road.-Susan Lendroth

Quote from Diane Lane

I love the rebelliousness of snail mail,and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp.There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter.-Diane Lane

Quote from Sandra Lee

My most cherished possessions are my grandma's letters and my vintage Martha Washington cookbook.-Sandra Lee

Quote from James Fallows

Always write angry letters to your enemies.Never mail them.-James Fallows

Quote from Jean Vanier

Envy comes from people's ignorance of,or lack of belief,in their own gifts.-Jean Vanier

Quote on dogs

A dog reflects the family life.Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family,or a sad dog in a happy one?Snarling people have snarling dogs,dangerous people have dangerous ones.-Arthur Conan Doyle

Quote on history

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.-Lawrence Durrell

Quote on thinness

I was so thin I could slice bread with my shoulderblades,only I seldom have bread.-Charles Bukowski,THE LAST NIGHT OF THE EARTH POEMS.

Quote from Henry Moore

There's no retirement for an artist,it's your way of living so there's no end to it.-Henry Moore(1898-1986)

Quote on political correctness

Political correctness does not change us,it shuts us up.-Glenn Beck

Quote from Jeffrey Eugenides

During a warm winter rain---the basins of her collarbones collected water.-Jeffrey Eugenides,THE VIRGIN SUICIDES.

Quote on obesity

One of the leading causes of obesity is the misbelief that,when it comes to juice,'100%',means 'sugar-free.'
-Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Food that you consumed in January 2017

In January 2017,you bought and consumed a 212 g glass jar of Dona Isabel-Yellow Hot Pepper Taste.
              It was a product of Peru. Visit www.peruvianimport.com


                    

Quote from MIlos Zeman

There is a term called political correctness,and I consider it to be a euphemism for political cowardice.-Milos Zeman

Quote on political correctness

I got a feeling about political correctness.I hate it.It causes us to lie silently instead of saying what we think.-Hal Holbrook

Quote from Jacques Barzun

Political correctness does not legislate tolerance;it only organizes hatred.-Jacques Barzun

Quote from Jean Jacques Rousseau

Slaves lose everything in their desire,even the desire of escaping from them.-Jean Jacques Rousseau

Quote from Henry Moore

I think in terms of the day's resolutions,not the years'.-Henry Moore(1898-1986).

Quote from Patti Page

The best substitute for money is ingenuity.-Patti Page(1927-2013)

Quote from Ellen Goodman

In today's amphetamine world of news junkies,speed trumps thoughtfulness often.-Ellen Goodman

Quote from Alan Kay

A new friend is new wine,when it grows old,you will enjoy drinking it.-Alan Kay

Quote from George Fisher

When you aim for perfection,you discover it's a moving target.-George Fisher

Quote from Marion Woodman

It takes great courage to break with one's past history and stand alone.-Marion Woodman

Quote from Alan Frome

Being grandparents sufficiently removes us from the responsibilities so that we can be friends.-Alan Frome

Quote on democracy

Democracy is a see-saw between complete chaos and tolerable confusion.-Rohinton Mistry,A FINE BALANCE.

Quote from Marion Woodman

A flower won't open if I yell at it and say 'Bloom!'-Marion Woodman

Quote from Andy Rooney

If you smile when no one else is around,you really mean it.-Andy Rooney

Quote from Winwood Reade

Life is bottled sunshine and Death the silent-footed butler who draws out the cork.-Winwood Reade,THE MARTYRDOM OF MAN.

Some interesting blogs and websites for leftists

1 http://fromtheleft.wordpress.com
2 www.consortiumnews.com
3 www.couragecampaign.org
4 www.citizensforethics.org
5 http://katieschwartz.com
6 http://liberalvaluesblog.com
7 www.mockpaperscissors.com
8 www.jihadwatch.org
9 http://pamelageller.com
10 www.rightwingwatch.com
11 http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com
12 http://theleftcoaster.com
13 www.watchingamerica.com
14 http://whitenoiseinsanity.com
15 http://whohijackedourcountry.blogspot.com

Quote from Lawrence Durrell

Most people lie and let life play upon them like the tepid discharges of a douche-bag.-Lawrence Durrell(1912-1990)

Quote from W.H.Auden

All I have is a voice
To undo the folded lie.-W.H.Auden in 1939

Superb quote on the underground economy

Black money is so much a part of our white economy,a tumour in the centre of the brain-try to remove it and you kill the patient.-Rohinton Mistry,FAMILY MATTERS.

Quote from Rohinton Mistry

---Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.-Rohinton Mistry,A FINE BALANCE.

Quote from Lawrence Durrell

Each of our five senses contains an art.-Lawrence Durrell,BALTHAZAR.

Quote on love

Love is poetry plus biology.-Lawrence Durrell(1912-1990)

Quote from Lawrence Durrell

But I like to feel events overlapping each other,crawling over one another like wet crabs in a basket.-Lawrence Durrell,BALTHAZAR.

Quote from Jello Biafra

For every prohibition you create,you also create an underground.-Jello Biafra

Quote on hell

Hell has ways of permeating heaven's membrane.-Rohinton Mistry,FAMILY MATTERS.

Quote on time

But in the end,time is a noose around the neck,strangling slowly.-Rohinton Mistry

Quote from Rudy Francisco

My hobbies include editing my life story,hiding behind metaphors
  And trying to convince my shadow that I'm someone worth following.-Rudy Francisco

Quote from Frank Sinatra

People who make a living off other people's fortunes or misfortunes are parasites.-Frank Sinatra,LARRY KING LIVE,May 13,1988.

Quote on public opinion

Public opinion is to an unconventional idea---what abortion is to sperm.-Mokokoma Mokhonoana,THE CONFESSIONS OF A MISFIT.

Quote from Rudy Francisco

I bet if we dusted her heart for fingerprints,we'd only find yours.-Rudy Francisco

Quote on music

Music is only love looking for words.-Lawrence Durrell

Quote from Lawrence Durrell

The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.-Lawrence Durrell(1912-1990)

Quote from Rudy Francisco

I'm learning that everything doesn't always come back the way you send it.Sometimes love is more brick and less boomerang.-Rudy Francisco,NO GRAVITY.(Rudy Francisco is the 2009 National Underground Poetry Slam Champion,the 2010 San Diego Grand Slam Champion,the 2010 San Francisco Grand Slam Champion and the 2010 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion).

Quote from Rudy Francisco

I'm still learning to love the parts of me that no one claps for.-Rudy Francisco

Quote from Patti Page

People have a way of laughing at our dreams until we make them come true.-Patti Page(1927-2013),singer.

Quote on poems

To write a poem is like trying to catch a lizard without its tail falling off.-Lawrence Durrell

Quote from Barbara Kingsolver

The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.-Barbara Kingsolver

Quote on women

Women encourage killers.They do it by falling in love with warriors and heroes.Men know it and respond with enthusiasm.The Crusaders marched off to war with ladies favors in their helmets.The heroes sliced up adults and baked infants on spits,all the while thinking of how the damsels back home would admire their bravery.-Howard Bloom(born 1943).

Quote on patriots

It is the duty of every patriot to hate his country creatively.-Lawrence Durrell(1912-1990)

Quote on cancer

Cancer-a more or less permanent traffic jam in the body.-Andreas Moritz

Quote from John Updike

I want to write books that unlock the traffic jam in everybody's head.-John Updike

Quote on prohibition

Prohibitions create the desire they were intended to cure.-Lawrence Durrell(1912-1990)

Quote from Lawrence Durrell

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.-Lawrence Durrell(1912-1990)

Quote from Kenneth McFarland

There are no traffic jams when you go the extra mile.-Kenneth McFarland

Quote from Lawrence Durrell

It is not love that is blind,but jealousy.-Lawrence Durrell(1912-1990)

Quote on critics

A critic is a lug-worm in the liver of literature.-Lawrence Durrell

Quote from Gerald Durrell

A house is not a home until it has a dog.-Gerald Durrell(1925-1995)