Quote from B.C. Forbes

Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.-B.C.Forbes

Quote from John Grisham

If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.-John Grisham,THE TESTAMENT.

Quote from Alex Hershaft

The oppression of animals is the gateway drug to oppressing humans.-Alex Hershaft

Quote from Thomas Hardy

Patience,that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.-Thomas Hardy

Quote from Carrie Fisher

Sometimes you can only find heaven by slowly backing away from hell.-Carrie Fisher

Quote from Hal Boyle

What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt.It is sure to get where it is going,and it doesn't want to go anywhere else.-Hal Boyle,author

Quote from L.R.Knost

It's not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world.It's our job to raise children who will make this world a little less cruel and heartless.-L.R.Knost

Quote from Alan Watts

Anybody who tells you that he has some way of leading you to spiritual enlightenment is like somebody who picks your pocket and sells you your own Watch.-Alan Watts

Quote from Oprah Winfrey

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo,but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.-Oprah Winfrey

Quote from Henri Matisse

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.-Henri Matisse

Quote from Oscar Wilde

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.-Oscar Wilde

Question on Toronto

Q.What Toronto concert hall has been often called ``an overturned glass fruit bowl''?
Answer.Roy Thomson Hall

P.G.Wodehouse

P.G.Wodehouse ,the British author,once likened a bad haircut to a crysanthemum's pompom head.

Jupiter

Jupiter is so large all the other solar system planets could fit inside it.

Quote from Joe Eszterhas

I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness.-Joe Eszterhas

Quote from Earl Wilson

Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.-Earl Wilson

Quote from Paul Theroux

Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.-Paul Theroux

Quote from H.L.Mencken

Legend:A lie that has attained the dignity of age.-H.L.Mencken

Quote from Mitch Hedburg

I order the club sandwich all the time,but I'm not even a member,man.-Mitch Hedburg

Quote from Mitch Hedburg

I saw this wino,he was eating grapes.I was like,''Dude,you have to wait.''-Mitch Hedburg

Excellent brand of peanut oil that you consumed in December 2017

                              In December 2017,you bought and consumed a 750 ml plastic bottle of PLANTERS Peanut oil (100% perfect for frying,Salads and Baking).
                    -No Additives
                     -No Preservatives
                                 Planters peanut oil was excellent and is particularly recommendable.
                                           I find that onions caramelized in peanut oil taste particularly delicious.French fries fried in peanut oil and sweet potato fries fried in peanut oil are heavenly.
                                          

Quote on political correctness

I am absolutely opposed to political correctness.You cannot confront hate speech until you've
experienced it.You need to hear  every side of the issue instead of just one.-Jane Elliott

Quote from Mitch Hedburg

I haven't slept for ten days because that would be too long.-Mitch Hedburg

Quote from Vince Flynn

It's this upside-down world that we live in where we afford political correctness to the most intolerant group of individuals on the planet.-Vince Flynn

Quote from Clive Anderson

I think political correctness is a moving line.-Clive Anderson

Another quote from Mitch Hedburg

I tried to walk into Target,but I missed.-Mitch Hedburg

Quote from Mitch Hedburg

I wanted to buy a candleholder,but the store didn't have one .So I got a cake.-Mitch Hedburg

Quote from Jack McDevitt

The measure of a civilization is in the courage,not of its soldiers,but of its bystanders.-Jack McDevitt

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The terrors of the child are quite reasonable and add to his loveliness;for his utter ignorance and weakness,and his enchanting indignation on such a small basis of capital compel every bystander to take his part.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Henry Rollins

In the worst of times the best among us never lose their moral compass,and that is how they emerge relatively unscathed.-Henry Rollins

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

A person seldom falls sick but the bystanders are animated with a faint hope that he will die.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote on history

History is said to be written by the victors.Fiction,by contrast,is largely the work of injured bystanders.-Edna O'Brien

Quote from Caprice Crane

Don't sit back and be a bystander of your own life.-Edna O'Brien

Quote from Ben Quayle

My moral compass is so broken I can barely find the parking lot.-Ben Quayle

Quote from Colin Powell

A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.-Colin Powell

Quote from Mark Steyn

To expect the government to save you is to be a bystander in your own fate.-Mark Steyn

Quote from William James

----[We] read in the bystander's eyes the success or failure of our own conduct.-William James

Quote from Daniel Goleman

Like secondhand smoke,the leakage of emotions can make a bystander an innocent casualty of someone else's toxic state.-Daniel Goleman

Chimpanzees

Chimpanzees clack their teeth together when they are angry.
  Chimpanzees throw feces at each other to transmit their disapproval.

Canada's population

Canada's population tripled between 1945 and 2015.

Plantain chips that you consumed in November 2017

In November 2017,you bought and consumed a 85g plastic pack of INKA Plantain chips(Gluten Free)(Non GMO project)-Product of Peru.
-Ingredients:Plantains,Palm oil,Sea Salt.
                       May contain soya,whey and mustard.
-Nutrition Facts:Per 28 pieces(40g)--% Daily value
                            Calories-90
                            Protein -1g.
                            Vitamin A-10%
                             Vitamin C-25%
                              Calcium-0%
                               Iron-2%.


                             These Inka plantain chips are quite good.
    

Quote on religious faith

Religious faith not only lacks evidence,its independence from evidence is its pride and joy,shouted from the rooftops.-Richard Dawkins

Quote from Peter Ustinov

The stupidity of a stupid man is mercifully intimate and reticent,while the stupidity of an intellectual is cried from the rooftops.-Peter Ustinov

Quote from Julie Powell

The road to hell is paved with leeks and potatoes.-Julie Powell

Quote from Amy Harmon

You loved ferris wheels more than roller coasters because life shouldn't be lived at full speed,but in anticipation and appreciation.-Amy Harmon

Quote from Philip Roth

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.-Philip Roth

Quote from Charles Kettering

The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility.-Charles F.Kettering(1876-1958)

Quote from Milton Friedman

There's a smokestack on the back of every government program.-Milton Friedman(1912-2006)

Quote from Alfred De Musset

The return makes one love the farewell.-Alfred De Musset

Quote from Hippocrates

Healing is a matter of time,but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.-Hippocrates

Quote on beautiful faces

Sometimes a beautiful face is false advertising.-Amy Harmon

Quote from Amy Harmon

Cages come in lots of different colors and shapes.Some are gilded,while others have a slamming door.But golden handcuffs are still handcuffs.-Amy Harmon

Quote from Sinclair Lewis

It is one of the major tragedies that nothing is more discomforting than the hearty affection of the old Friends who never were friends.-Sinclair Lewis,ARROWSMITH

Quote from Ann Landers

Asking a writer what he thinks about critics is like asking what a fire hyrant feels about dogs.-Ann Landers

Quote from Jeff Rich

The grass is always greener around the fire hydrant.-Jeff Rich

Quote from Sean Kilpatrick

I must ration my tendons when people near me.-Sean Kilpatrick,THANK YOU,STEEL CHINA.

Quote from Visar Zhiti

Handcuffs weigh more than gravestones.-Visar Zhiti

Quote on fear

Fear is a pair of handcuffs on your soul.-Faye Dunaway

Quote from Dean Koontz

A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit.Finer still is the line between hermit and bitter misanthrope.-Dean Koontz,BITTER VELOCITY.

Quote from John Raptor

I alternate between feeling sympathetic toward humanity and being a misanthrope.When I'm sympathetic,it usually means I haven't been around people in a while.-John Raptor

Dogs saved from Korean meat farm to find forever homes in Quebec-Read this story from ctv.com with happy ending

Forty-six out of more than 170 dogs that were meant to be eaten will be finding forever homes in Quebec; four others will be destined for Ontario.
The animals were rescued from a now closed dog meat farm in South Korea by the Humane Society International with assistance from the Montreal SPCA. The dogs will be sent to shelters across the province, with 16 staying in Montreal.
"For the second consecutive year, the Montreal SPCA is pleased to assist HSI/Canada with this important rescue. Our team is eager to meet the 16 dogs and provide them with all the care and individual attention they require. We are relieved that they will soon be placed in loving homes, where they will get the chance to live happy and healthy lives," said Élise Desaulniers, executive director of the Montreal SPCA.
"The dogs will be settling in at the Montreal SPCA where canine behaviour experts, veterinarians and staff will care for them. Many of the dogs are timid and will be seeking patient and calm adoptive families to help them adjust to their new lives. They will become available for adoption December 18 at noon."
The dogs were confined to cramped, barren wire cages with little food and water with little to no protection from the elements.
In South Korea, an estimated 2.5 million dogs are slaughtered for the meat trade annually.
Senior campaign manager for HSI/Canada Ewa Demianowicz said female dogs were kept for years, forced to bear litter and litter of pups so they could be sent off to be slaughtered.
"We are so happy that they will receive that care here in Quebec and that many of the dogs could be in forever homes in time for the holidays" Demianowicz said.
While the dog meat trade is most widespread in China, South Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Nagaland in northern India, the Montreal SPCA is hoping the closure of this farm in South Korea will help show people there are animals being slaughtered in Canada, living in similar conditions.
"As compassionate that we're being towards these dogs and we're showing so much empathy to them, one thing that we also hope that people will also extend their empathy to the animals that are being farmed here in similar conditions as the dogs were and being slaughtered in horrific ways" SPCA Montreal spokesperson Anita Kapuscinska told CTV Montreal.
"They are all sentient beings and this happens here also in Canada, just not with dogs but other animals who feel pain, have specific individual needs that are not being tended too and we hope people will reflect upon that and show some empathy towards these animals here, all the pigs the chickens and other animals being farmed here as well."

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Quote from Malcolm Gladwell

Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn't happen.-Malcolm Gladwell,BLINK:THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING

Quote from Alex Morritt

Owning a drone does not a pilot make.-Alex Morritt,IMPROMPTU SCRIBE

Quote from Mehmet Murat Ildan

If you speak,that is rain;if you speak too much,that is flood!-Mehmet Murat Ildan

Quote from George Orwell

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way.People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes,and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.-George Orwell(1903-1950)

Quote from Edward H.Harriman

Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.-Edward H.Harriman

Tragic story from Montreal-read this article of laptop theft

PhD student offering $5,000 reward after car thief steals all his research

CTV Montreal: Student's notes stolen

CTV Montreal: Student's notes stolen

 

A PhD student from New York said he won't likely graduate on time after all of his notes were stolen during a car break-in.

Extended: PhD research stolen

 

Neil Kohan from Syracuse, NY, had two years' worth of PhD notes stolen from his car on a visit to Montreal

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Published Wednesday, November 29, 2017 10:43PM EST
Last Updated Thursday, November 30, 2017 1:11PM EST 

                                                

A PhD candidate from New York may not be able to graduate on time after all his research was stolen on a recent trip to Montreal.
Neil Kohan was visiting relatives this past weekend and planning to work on his dissertation in spare moments when someone broke into his car.
The thief stole a backpack containing his laptop, a notebook, and a thumb drive with all his backup material.

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Neil Kohan is offering a reward after a car thief stole his PhD research

"I'm kind of living in the third person right now. This is like an all-time low. I'm not... not too good," said Kohan.
He was finishing his thesis before submitting it for a defence in the spring.
With all his work gone, he will likely have to head back to the lab and redo experiments, delaying graduation by months.
"I'm just devastated right now, I haven't come to terms with it," said Kohan.
His car was parked near the intersection of Drummond St. and Sherbrooke St. on Saturday Nov. 25 when the theft took place in broad daylight.
Montreal police said the thief was caught on surveillance camera around noon.
"They looked at the images and they saw that a suspect was approaching the car, a white man in his 30s with a beard, and he approached the car and left rapidly with the belongings that were inside the car," said SPVM officer Manuel Couture.
Police have yet to make any arrests.
"I drove back up on Sunday and plastered the neighbourhood with reward signs, hoping that I could get someone to come offer it up, no questions asked," said Kohan.
He is offering a $5,000 reward for the return of his research and the other stolen goods.
"Three laptops, my USB drives, my mother-in-law's passports, chargers," said Kohan.
In the meantime he has received supportive messages from concerned Montrealers -- but no word about his research.
Kohan can be reached via email at cloismeg@gmail.com

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Quote from Sigurd F.Olson

At times on quiet waters one does not speak aloud but only in whispers,for then all noise is sacrilege.-Sigurd F.Olson

Quote from Gladys Taber

There is a kind of immortality in every garden.-Gladys Taber

Quote from Gertrude Stein

A masterpiece----may be unwelcome but it is never dull.-Gertrude Stein

Quote on writers

Writers are like onions,layers upon layers upon layers.-Luke Taylor,THE QUIET KILL.

Quote from Munia Khan

Lightning hides the color of night.-Munia Khan

Quote from Constance Friday

Bad emotions can be hidden with a smile on the face.-Constance Friday

Quote from John Steinbeck

Nearly every one has had a box of secret pain,shared with no one.-John Steinbeck,EAST OF EDEN.

Quote from Gladys Taber

Perhaps,after all,our best thoughts come when we are alone.It is good to listen,not to voices but to the wind blowing,to the brook running cool over polished stones,to bees drowsy with the weight of pollen.If we attend to the music of the earth,we reach serenity.And then,in some unexplained way,we share it with others.-Gladys Taber(1899-1980)

Quote from Martin Buber

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.-Martin Buber

Quote from Andy Warhol

I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough,it loses all of its meaning.-Andy Warhol

Quote on growing older

The real evidence of growing older is that things level off in importance---Days are no longer jagged peaks to climb;time is a meadow,and we move over it with level steps.-Gladys Taber

Quote from Hanif Kureishi

People go their whole lives wanting to be admired for their hidden qualities.-Hanif Kureishi,THE NOTHING.

Quote from Mehmet Murat Ildan

To see the hidden,you hide yourself too!-Mehmet Murat Ildan

Quote from Evelyn Klebert

You'd be surprised what poison is often hidden in the most beautiful camouflage.-Evelyn Klebert,GHOST SOLDIER.

Quote from Audrey Regan

Each tear being shed holds a thousand pounds of truth.-Audrey Regan

Quote from Daphne Delacroix

Nothing and no one is perfect.It just takes a good eye to find those hidden imperfections.-Daphne Delacroix

Quote from Gladys Taber

Being a good neighbor is an art which makes life richer.-Gladys Taber

Quote from Mordecai Richler

The truth is always in season.-Mordecai Richler

Inspiring quote from Gladys Taber

What would happen if all the populations on the planet simply refused to fight human beings they did not even know?-Gladys Taber(1899-1980)

Quote on the creative instinct

The creative instinct,the love force  must be nourished with every beat of our hearts until they overbalance the destructive instincts.-Gladys Taber(1899-1980)

Quote on happiness

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future;it is something you design for the present.-Jim Rohn

Quote from Anthony T.Hincks

It's no use hiding in the bushes when you know there are snakes about.-Anthony T.Hincks

Quote from Amit Kalantri

Leave some mystery to the world and they will remember you forever.-Amit Kalantri

Quote on Christmas

Christmas is a bridge.We need bridges as the river of time flows past.-Gladys Taber

Quote from Gladys Taber

As long as you have a window,life is exciting.-Gladys Taber

Quote from Anthony T.Hincks

I may be naked,but my thoughts are still hidden.-Anthony T.Hincks

Quote from Dean Koontz

Every beautiful façade seemed to conceal rot and ruin that I could almost see.-Dean Koontz,ODD APOCALYPSE

Quote from Gladys Taber

Nothing makes a house cozier than cats.-Gladys Taber

Quote from Lucas Sterk

People are like Icebergs,you only really see the tip of them.-Lucas Sterk

Interesting quote on patriotism

Patriotism is the narcissism of countries.-Mokokoma Mokhonoana,THE USE AND MISUSE OF CHILDREN

Quote from E.B.White

A man must have something to cling to.Without that he is as a pea vine sprawling in search of a trellis----I was all asprawl ,clinging to Beauty,which is a very restless trellis.-E.B.White

Quote on the Library of Congress

[The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia.These are the tentacles of a nation.-Daniel J.Boorstin

Quote from Robert Downey Jr.

A lot of my peer group think I'm an eccentric bisexual,like I may even have an ammonia-filled tentacle somewhere on my body.That's Okay.-Robert Downey, Jr.

Quote from Dana Gould

Despite a primitive brain,the octopus possesses an intricate system that helps it decide which tentacle to masturbate with.-Dana Gould

Quote from Charles Fort

Every science is a mutilated octopus.If its tentacles were not clipped to stumps,it would feel its way into disturbing contacts.-Charles Fort

Quote from Alan Moore

Why do we argue?Life's so fragile,a successful virus clinging to a speck of mud,suspended in endless nothing.-Alan Moore

Quote from Dorothy Parker

I know that an author must be brave enough to chop away clinging tentacles of good taste for the sake of good work.But this is no great work,you see.-Dorothy Parker

Quote from Gil Fronsdal

Freedom from clinging allows us bring love into all aspects of our life.-Gil Fronsdal

Great quote on the octopus

It's better to be an octopus than a fish.If an octopus loses a tentacle to a predator,the octopus will survive with seven tentacles left for itself.-Gene Simmons

Quote from Leon Brown

Bitterness is a result of clinging to negative experiences.It serves you no good,and closes the door to your future.-Leon Brown