Quote on weekends

Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.-Bill Watterson

Quote from Winston Pendelton

The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother----and they'll settle for a puppy every time.-Winston Pendelton

Quote on children

Children have neither past nor future;they enjoy the present,which very few of us do.-Jean de La Bruyere

Quote from Jason Priestley

You never appreciate your anonymity until you don't have it anymore.-Jason Priestley,Canadian actor

Quote from David Sedaris

My conscience is crosswired with my sweat glands,but there's a short in the system and I break out over things I didn't do,which makes me look more suspect.-David Sedaris

Quote from Michael Eric Dyson

Charity is no substitute for justice.If we never challenge a social order that allows some to accumulate wealth-even if they decide  to help the less fortunate-while others are short-changed,then even acts of kindness end up supporting unjust arrangements.We must never ignore the injustices that make charity necessary,or the inequalities that make it possible.-Michael Eric Dyson,COME HELL OR HIGH WATER:HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE COLOR OF DISASTER.

Quote from Thomas Fuller

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.-Thomas Fuller

Brand of canola oil you consumed in October 2017

In October 2017 you bought and finished consuming a 1 Litre plastic bottle of MR.GOUDAS Canola oïl.It was quite good.

Quote from Miles Franklin

It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.-Miles Franklin(1879-1954)

Quote from Miles Franklin

Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.-Miles Franklin

Quote from Steve Maraboli

The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.-Steve Maraboli

Quote from Michael Eric Dyson

We can't exempt ourselves from the same moral calculus that we are willing to apply to others.-Michael Eric Dyson

Quote from Michael Eric Dyson

To whom much has been given,much is required.-Michael Eric Dyson(born 1958)

Quote on justice

Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.-Michael Eric Dyson

Quote on the Bible

I don't worship the Bible,I worship the God who gave the Bible.-Michael Eric Dyson(born 1958).

Quote from Peter O'Toole

I will not be a common man.---I will stir the smoooth sands of monotony.I do not crave security.I wish to hazard my soul to opportunity.-Peter O'Toole

Three quotes from Lord Acton

1.When you perceive a truth,look for the balancing truth.-Lord Acton(1834-1902)
2.Be generous before you are just.Do not temper mercy with justice.-Lord Acton(1834-1902)
3.The passion for power over others can never cease to threaten mankind,and is  always sure of finding new and unforeseen allies in continuing its martyrology.-Lord Acton(1834-1902)

Quote on gardening

What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back,with a hinge in it.-Charles Dudley Warner

Quote on mud pies

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts.So long as we are dirty,we are pure.-Charles Dudley Warner

Quote on ink

Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.-Lord Acton(1834-1902)

Another quote on history

To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.-Lord Acton

Quote on regrets

Regrets are idle;yet history is one long regret.Everything might have turned out so differently.-Charles Dudley Warner

Quote from Charles Dudley Warner

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman.-Charles Dudley Warner(1829-1900)

Quote from Lord Acton

Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.-Lord Acton

Quote on history

History to be above evasion or dispute,must stand on documents,not on opinions.-Lord Acton(1834-1902)

Quote on isolation

Isolation breeds conceit.-Charles Dudley Warner(1829-1900)

Quote on artists

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.-Charles Dudley Warner

Quote on comedy

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.-Wendy Wasserstein

Quote from Charles Dudley Warner

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.-Charles Dudley Warner

Quote on reading

Nothing is worth reading that does not require an alert mind.-Charles Dudley Warner

Quote from Charles Curtis

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.-Charles Curtis

Quote on gifts

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.-Charles Dudley Warner(1829-1900)

Quote from Elizabeth Gilbert

In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud,sometimes only beauty can be trusted.-Elizabeth Gilbert

Quote on wisdom

Wisdom is tolerance of cognitive dissonance.-Robert Thurman

Quote from John Lithgow

The most exciting acting tends to happen in roles you never thought you could play.-John Lithgow

Quote on public opinion

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature,and nearly as strong as the ten commandments.-Charles Dudley Warner(1829-1900)

Quote on Florida

Florida's number three industry,behind tourism and skin cancer,is voter fraud.-Dave Barry

Quote from Jean Baudrillard

The opposite of  knowledge is not ignorance,but deceit and fraud.-Jean Baudrillard

Quote on spiritual teachers

The one infallible sign that a spiritual teacher is a fraud is that he charges money for his instruction.-Alan Chadwick

Quote from John Lancaster Spalding

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.-John Lancaster Spalding

Quote from Ishmael Reed

All art must be for the end of liberating the masses.A landscape is only good when it shows the oppressor hanging from a tree.-Ishmael Reed,YELLOW BACK RADIO BROKE-DOWN.

Quote from Rinsai Rossetti

I rely on a backbone of books and,for the most part,it's enough to keep me quiet,half-drugged with dreams of imaginary worlds.-Rinsai Rossetti,THE GIRL WITH BORROWED WINGS.

Quote from Robert Walser

Wallets can establish connections and change opinions.Things that fall apart can be glued back by money with astonishing alacrity.-Robert Walser

Quote from Jean de la Bruyere

The doctors allow one to die,the charlatans kill.-Jean de La Bruyere

Quote from Rodney Dangerfield

I'm a bad lover.Once I caught a peeping tom booing me.-Rodney Dangerfield

Quote from Quentin Crisp

Love is not enough.It must be the foundation,the cornerstone-but not the complete structure.It is much too pliable,too yielding.-Quentin Crisp

Quote on science

Science is basically an inoculation  against charlatans.-Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Unlucky number in China and Japan

In China and Japan,the number four is associated with evil and bad luck.That is because the word for four sounds like the word for death in Mandarin.
                             Apartment buildings and hotels in Japan and China often do not have a fourth floor.
  

Quote from Elbert Hubbard

The man who craves discipline and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan.The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself;and he wants others to be themselves,also.-Elbert Hubbard

Quote from Warren Buffett

Earnings can be pliable as putty when a charlatan heads the company reporting them.-Warren Buffett

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Surely nobody would be a charlatan,who could afford to be sincere.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Hugh Kingsmill

A charlatan makes obscure what is clear;a thinker makes clear what is obscure.-Hugh Kingsmill

Quote on official truth

Official truth is not actual truth.-Lord Acton(1834-1902)

Quote on different forms of governance

Monarchy hardens into despotism.Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy.Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.-Lord Acton(1834-1902)

Quote on liberty

Liberty is the prevention of control by others.-Lord Acton(1834-1902)

Quote from Lyman Abbott

Do not teach your children never to be angry;teach them how to be angry.-Lyman Abbott

Quote on unlimited power

The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience,hardens the heart,and confounds the understanding.-Lord Acton(1834-1902)

Lucky number in China

Eight is considered to be the lucky number in China.

235th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Spooky-Michel Pagliaro et Francois D'Assise
2.Jojo Le Clown-Michel Pagliaro et Francois D'Assise.(This song is a French version of the Manfred 
     Mann song 'THE MIGHTY QUINN')
3.Né pour l'aventure-Michel Pagliaro
4.Chantez Enfants Du Monde(1979)-Demis Rouusos
5.Marguerite(1969)-Michel Pagliaro
6.Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye-Nanette Workman et Michel Pagliaro
7.Ils Dépensent Tout-Michel Pagliaro
8.Lucille-Guy Ferrel
9.Sunny-Michel Pagliaro.(This song is a French version of the Bobby Hebb hit song 'SUNNY')
10.Si Je Te Donne Mon Amour-Les Baronets.(This song is a French version of the Beatles song 'IF I FELL')

Quote from Lord Acton

The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.-Lord Acton

Quote from Errol Flynn

I intend to live the first half of my life.I don't care about the rest.-Errol Flynn(1909-1959)

Quote from Lord Acton

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.-Lord Acton

Quote from Werner Herzog

Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.-Werner Herzog

Another quote from Errol Flynn

I can't imagine anything more stressful than monogamy.-Errol Flynn(1909-1959)

Quote from Errol Flynn

I like my whisky old and my women young.-Errol Flynn(1909-1959)

Quote from Lord Acton

Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.-Lord Acton(1834-1902)

234th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Poisson Rouge-Offenbach
2.Indigène(1990)-Marc Gabriel
3.C'est Faux-Les Baronets
4.La Grosse Mado-Tony Roman
5.Hello Je T'Aime-Les Baronets.(This is the French Québec version of the 1970 DOORS song ` HELLO,I LOVE YOU)
6.Arrêtez Le Mariage-Les Baronets
7.C'est Le Freddie-Les Baronets
8.Mon Beau Rêve-Les Baronets
9.Amour et Liberté-Les Baronets
10.Bon Matin Ma Rose-Les Baronets

Quote on October

October is not only a beautiful month but marks the precious yet fleeting overlap of hockey,baseball,basketball,and football.-Jason Love

Quote from Lord Acton

And remember,when you have a concentration of power in a few hands,all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control.History has proven that.-Lord Acton(1834-1902)

A great Elvis Presley song that is underplayed on radio stations

Anything That's Part of You(1961)

Quote from Lord Acton

To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.-Lord Acton(1834-1902)

Quote from Errol Flynn

It isn't what they say about you,it's what they whisper.-Errol Flynn

Quote from Robert Quillen

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge;argument an exchange of ignorance.-Robert Quillen

Two Canadian hit songs from the seventies that are not widely known internationally

1.I'm Running After you(1975)-Major Hoople's Boarding House
2.Ten Pound Note(1970)-Steel River

Quote on history

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.-Lord Acton

Quote from Charles Dudley Warner

Lettuce is like conversation;it must be fresh and crisp,so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it.-Charles Dudley Warner

Quote on tyrannies

All tyrannies rule through fraud and force,but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.-George Orwell(1903-1950)

Quote from Lord Acton

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.-Lord Acton

Quote from George Orwell

A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial:that is,when its ruling class  has lost its function  but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud.-George Orwell(1903-1950)

Quote on nonbelievers

Nonbelievers are not anti-religious,they are anti-fraud and anti-deception.-Steve Fowler

233rd list of 10 French songs you like

1.Quand Reviendras-tu-Les Bel Canto
2.Je Vais à Rio-Claude Francois
3.Go Go-Jenny Rock
4.Et Tu Marches-Richard Séguin
5.Comme Tout Le Monde-Luc Cousineau
6.Toi et Moi L'Amour-France Castel et Jean Beaulne
7.Johanne-Les Baronets
8.Quand Le Jour Viendra(1965)-Les Bel-Air
9.Bon Vivant(1968)-Les Bel Air
10.St.Scholastique Blues-Tex Lecor
10.N'Essayez pas les filles avec vos chansons-Les Bel Air

Quote from Eric Hoffer

What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people's faces as unfinished as their minds.-Eric Hoffer

Quote from Gilbert K.Chesterton

The modern world is a crowd of very rapid racing cars all brought to a standstill and stuck in a block of traffic.-Gilbert K.Chesterton

Quote from Claudio Magris

Every journey is played out  between standstill and flight.-Claudio Magris

Quote from Jonathan Hull

It is said that life is too short,and that's quite true,unless you are lonely.Loneliness can bring time to its knees;an absolute and utter standstill.-Jonathan Hull

Quote on scepticism

---Scepticism can never be thoroughly applied,else life would come to a standstill.-George Eliot

Quote from John Goddard

Some people wait so long for their ship to come in,their pier collapses.-John Goddard

Quote from James Cash Penney

Success cannot come from standstill men.Methods change  and men must change with them.-James Cash Penney

Quote on archivists

Most archivists don't like surprises.That's why we work in the past.-Brad Meltzer

Quote from Alfred Fripp

If we cannot be clever,we can always be kind.-Alfred Fripp