Quote from Yann Martel

Evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out.-Yann Martel

Some interesting blogs

1 http://nostalgiaasacountry.wordpress.com
2 http://mouserants.wordpress.com
3 http://thissideofgaudy.wordpress.com

Great quote on critics

Critics are eunuchs at a gang bang.-George Burns

Quote from Jeannette Walls

Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential.-Jeannette Walls

Quote from Yann Martel

I was as surprised as a flower that sees for the first time a bee coming towards it.-Yann Martel

Quote on critics

Critics are like eunuchs;they can tell you what to do,but they can't do it themselves!-Harry Cohn

Quote from Ernest Hemmingway

That is the greatest fallacy,the wisdom of old men.They do not grow wise.They grow careful.-Ernest Hemmingway

Quote from Abigail Adams

Learning is not attained by chance,it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.-Abigail Adams

Quote from Yann Martel

The grand march of progress apparently includes the unfortunate necessity of chopping down every obstacle in its way.-Yann Martel,THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OF PORTUGALÉ

Quote on cleverness

Clever is the eunuch version of funny.-George Meyer

Quote on screenwriters

Being a screenwriter in Hollywood is like being a eunuch at an orgy.Worse,actually,at least the eunuch is allowed to watch.-Albert Brooks

Quote from Yann Martel

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.-Yann Martel,LIFE OF PI

Quote from Margaret Mead

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood,all the work into middle age,and all the regrets into old age.-Margaret Mead

Another quote from Yann Martel

When your own life is threatened,your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible,selfish hunger for survival.-Yann Martel,LIFE OF PI.

Quote from Yann Martel

I know zoos are no longer in people's good graces.Religion faces the same problem,Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.-Yann Martel,LIFE OF PI

Quote on fear

I must say a word about fear.It is life's only true opponent.Only fear can defeat life.-Yann Martel

Quote from Eugene O'Neill

Obsessed by a fairy tale,we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.-Eugene O'Neill

Some interesting websites and blogs on urban planning

1 www.myurbanist.com
2 http://cityobservatory.org
3 www.citylab.com
4 www.crosscut.com
5 http://emergenturbanism.com
6 www.humantransit.org
7 www.futurewise.org
8 www.joelkotkin.com
9 www.planetizen.com
10 www.qualitygrowthalliance.com
11 http://restoringtheurbanfabric.blogspot.com

Quote from Hilary Putnam

No sane person should believe that something is subjective merely because it cannot be settled beyond controversy.-Hilary Putnam

Quote from Judith Thurman

There's no objectivity,only vigilant subjectivity.-Judith Thurman

Quote from Sylvia Plath

The hardest thing is to live richly in the present without letting it be tainted-out of fear for the future or regret from the past.-Sylvia Plath

Quote from Margaret Atwood

A word after a word after a word is power.-Margaret Atwood

Quote from Judith Thurman

You have to stand out and you have to fit in.And how you negotiate that tension really defines how fashionable you are.-Judith Thurman

Interesting quote on editing

The border between editing and ghostwriting is,at its extremes,a bit porous.An editor really improves and sometimes restructures a manuscript and suggests changes.-Judith Thurman

Quote from William J.Bennett

Home is a shelter from storms---all sorts of storms.-William J.Bennett

Quote from Judith Thurman

A mad person sees what isn't there;A visionary sees what isn't there yet.-Judith Thurman

227th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Doucement-Roch Voisine
2.La Belle Vie-Roch Voisine/Garou/Corneille
3.Non,Je ne regrette rien-Mireille Mathieu
4.Adieu Mon Bébé Chanteur-Alain Chamfort
5.Soledad-Nana Mouskouri
6.J'Aime Guy-Ginette Reno
6.L'Enfant Do-Petula Clark
7.La Saison de l'Amour-Jacques Thisdale
8.Un Air d'Été-Pierre Bertrand
9.À Quoi ca sert-Jacques Salvail
10.Paradis City-Jean Leloup.(This song starts with the line 'Tous les chemins menent à l'enfer)

Quote from Hannah Arendt

Loving life is easy when you are abroad.When noone knows you and you hold life in your hands all alone,you are more master of yourself than at any other time.-Hannah Arendt

Quote from Judith Thurman

Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you've never been to,perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground.-Judith Thurman

Quote from Alan Coren

I sometimes wonder if the manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things.-Alan Coren

Quote from Sarah Bombell

The pain of discipline is far less than the pain of regret.-Sarah Bombell

Quote from Alan Coren

Being a personality is not the same as having a personality.-Alan Coren(1938-2007)

Brand of Butter beans that you consumed in July 2017

In July 2017,you bought and consumed a 400 g tin can of PAPA JOHN-KRINOS-Baked Giant Butter Beans.-Product of Greece
-Ingrédients:Giant beans,tomato sauce(onions,dehydrated onions[antioxidants:potassium metabisulphite,tomato paste,peeled tomatoes,salt,dill,sugar,parsley,red pepper,black Pepper),soya oïl.
            -Selected only from the finest quality giant butter beans,this exquisitely tasteful vegetarian dish may be served as either an appetizer or a main dish.
                            You loved this brand of butter beans.Papa John Butter beans are very recommendable.

Quote from Yoko Ono

A dream you dream alone is only a dream.A dream you dream together is a reality.-Yoko Ono

Quote from Alan Coren

To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.-Alan Coren(1938-2007)

Quote on land

Strictly speaking,the land does not exist;it is merely dehydrated sea.-Alan Coren

Quote from Sebastian Thrun

I'm really looking forward to a time when generations after us look back and say how ridiculous it was that humans were driving cars.-Sébastian Thrun

Fact about Mount Everest

Eight times more climbers die on their way down from Mount Everest than on their way up.

Quote from Noam Chomsky

Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above.They come out of struggles from below.-Noam Chomsky

Quote on Canada

Canada is the essence of not being.Not English,not American,it is the mathematic of not being.And a subtle flavor-We're more like celery as a flavor.-Mike Myers

Quote from Will Foley

The world is full of cactus,but we don't have to sit on it.-Will Foley

Quote from Josh Billings

There's a great power in words,if you don't hitch too many of them together.-Josh Billings

Quote on science

Science is voiceless;it is the scientists who talk.-Simone Weil

Quote from Leonard Sidney Woolf

The grinding of the intellect is for most people as painful as a dentist's drill.-Leonard Sidney Woolf

Quote from Erol Orzan

You can't understand a city without using its public transportation system.-Erol Orzan

Quote from Edwin Way Teale

Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life,and the labors of life reduce themselves.-Edwin Way Teale

Quote from Pim Van Lommel

Every thought we have is a form of energy that continues to exist forever.-Pim Van Lommel

Quote from Winston Churchill

We must beware of needless innovations,especially when guided by logic.-Winston Churchill(1874-1965)

Quote from Lord Mansfield

It is needless to enter into many reasons for quashing the conviction,when one alone is sufficient.-Lord Mansfield

Quote from William Strunk Jr.

Omit needless words.-William Strunk Jr.

Quote on congestion

As the avenues and streets of a city are nothing less than its arteries and veins,we may well ask what doctor would venture to promise bodily health if he knew that blood circulation was steadily growing more congested!-Hugh Ferriss,THE METROPOLIS OF TOMORROW.

Quote from John Stilgoe

The landscape people created around railroads may have been better than the sprawl automobiles engender.-Historian John Stilgoe

Quote from Sophocles

We resent an injury from a friend more than from an enemy.-Sophocles

Quote from Greg Mortenson

---Hope resides in the future,while perspective and wisdom are almost always found by looking into the past.-Greg Mortenson

Quote from Greg Mortenson

If you fight terrorism,it is based on fear.If you promote peace,it's based on hope.-Greg Mortenson

Quote from Game of Thrones

Violence is a disease.You can't cure a disease by spreading it to more people.-Game of Thrones

Quote from Joseph Conrad

The terrorist and the policeman both come from the same basket.-Joseph Conrad

Quote from Julius Rosenwald

Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart.There is ample proof to the contrary.-Julius Rosenwald

Quote from Wayne Dyer

Go for it now.The future is promised to no one.-Wayne Dyer

Quote on alcohol

Alcohol is liquid sugar.It's more depleting than restorative.To feel your best,you shouldn't be having alcohol everyday,even red wine.-Frank Lipman,THE NEW HEALTH RULES:SIMPLE CHANGES TO ACHIEVE WHOLE-BODY WELLNESS.

Quote from David Airey

A logoless company is a faceless man.-David Airey

Olive oil brand you bought and consumed in June 2017

In June 2017,you bought and consumed a 500 ml glass bottle of CILLIUM Earth Flavors-Extra virgin olive oil-From organic farming.
               -Product of Tunisia.(since 1991).
                       This olive oil was very good,excellent.
                         Visit www.cillium.net

Quote on housework

Housework hassles go on,are never resolved,and will probably extend into the afterlife(``Why am I the one who takes the clouds to the dry cleaners ?'')-Marni Jackson

Quote from Flip Wilson

You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.-Flip Wilson

Quote from Marni Jackson

Well,delusions are a wonderful thing,and they keep you company too.-Marni Jackson

226th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Ange Vagabond-Richard Séguin
2.Jolie Louise-Isabelle Boulay
3.Émilie Jolie-Julien Clerc
4.Fin Octobre Début Novembre-Isabelle Boulay
5.Le Coin Des Amours-Les Bel Air
6.L'Amour est plus fort-Don Juan
7.Savoir-Diane Tell
7.Personnalité-Sacha Distel
8.Ma Mère Chantait-Alain Morisod et Sweet People
9.La Seine-Giselle McKenzie
10.Tout Simplement-Patrick Norman

Quote from Charles Nodier

A writer should read until he is filled to the brim and like a pitcher which is over-filled overflows.And then he should write.-Charles Nodier

Poignant letter on hospital thefts from Montreal Gazette

Beware of thefts in hospital rooms


                                      My mother passed away in hospital recently at the age of 94.
                                         She had been there for nine weeks.
                                            When my sister and I went to collect her things,we found that her clothes,purse and watch had been stolen after she died.
                                              No one at the hospital seemed surprised.
                                                   Thefts of this kind,we were told by staff,are common.
                                               My advice to anyone who requires a hospital stay is to keep all your belongings locked up,even if it means buying a small safe,and to take photos of all your items with witnesses present.-David Bernstein,Dollard-des-Ormeaux,Letter to Editor,MONTREAL GAZETTE,May 1,2017.
                                  

Quote from Steen Willadsen

In the end,America is not ruled by ethics.It is ruled by law.-Steen Willadsen( quoted in THE NEW YORK TIMES,12-2-1997)

Quote from Lewis Mumford

Once wheeled traffic is treated as the chief concern of planning,there will never be enough space to keep it from becoming congested,or a high enough residential density to provide enough taxes sufficient to cover its exorbitant demands.
                                   The assumed right of the private motor car to go any place in the city and park anywhere is nothing less than a license to destroy the city.-Lewis Mumford,1961.

Quote from Bill Bryson

I mused for a few moments on the question of which was worse,to lead a life so boring that you are easily enchanted,or a life so full of stimulus that you are easily bored.-Bill Bryson

Quote on DNA

DNA neither cares nor knows.DNA just is.And we dance to its music.-Richard Dawkins,RIVER OUT OF EDEN:A DARWINIAN VIEW OF LIFE(1995),page 133.

Quote from Robert Schuller

Problems are not stop signs,they are guidelines.-Robert Schuller

Quote from Richard Dawkins

We are survival machines-robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment.-Richard Dawkins,from preface to THE SELFISH GENE(1976,2006).

Quote from Marni Jackson

Like an animal,cancer sleeps,prowls,hibernates,turns surly or placid.-Marni Jackson

Quote from Samuel Taylor Coleridge

All men,even the most surly are influenced by affection.-Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Quote from Elizabeth Missing Sewell

Boys are sent out into the world to buffet with its temptations,to mingle with bad and good,to govern and direct-girls are to dwell in quite homes among few friends,to exercise a noiseless influence.-Elizabeth Missing Sewell

Quote from Che Guevara

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe.You have to make it fall.-Che Guevara

Quote from Sandra Blakeslee

In navigating the world and deciding what is rewarding,humans are closer to zombies than sentient beings much of the time.-Sandra Blakeslee,science writer for THE NEW YORK TIMES.

Quote from Lewis Mumford

Mass transportation for short distances,under a mile,should rely mainly on the pedestrian.-Lewis Mumford

Quote from Margaret Atwood

But unshed tears can turn rancid.So can memory.So can biting your tongue.My bad nights were beginning.I couldn't sleep.-Margaret Atwood

Quote from Patricia L.Steffy

After 25,the only thing you'll be precocious at is death.-Patricia L.Steffy

Quote from Gore Vidal

Precocious talents mature slowly if at all.-Gore Vidal

A good website to read about lost literature

http://lostmanuscripts.com

Quote from Jonathan Swift

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.-Jonathan Swift

Quote on books

The love of books is a love which requires neither justification,apology,nor defense.-John Alfred Langford

Quote from George Bernard Shaw

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.-George Bernard Shaw

Quote from William Gaddis

Trains do not depart:they set out and move at a pace to enhance the landscape,and aggrandize the land they traverse.-William Gaddis