Interesting quote on weight loss

More often than not,expecting to lose weight without first losing the diet that made the weight loss necessary is like expecting a pig to be spotless after hosing it down while it was still rolling in mud.
-Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Quote from Jeff O'Connell

Sugar gave rise to the slave trade;now sugar has enslaved us.-Jeff O'Connell,SUGAR NATION:THE HIDDEN TRUTH BEHIND AMERICA'S DEADLIEST HABIT AND THE SIMPLE WAY TO BEAT IT.

Quote from Robert Rankin

If there are no spots on a sugar cube then I've just put a dice in my tea.-Robert Rankin,THE ANTIPOPE.

Quote on writing

Writing lets you be,say and do anything.It's sugar for your ego and wings for your ideas.-A.M.Mckbight,GOSLYN COUNTY.

Quote from Suzy Kassem

Images are deceiving.Salt and sugar look exactly the same but taste very different.-Suzy Kassem,RISE UP AND SALUTE THE SUN:THE WRITINGS OF SUZY KASSEM.

Quote from Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The three most harmful addictions are heroin,carbohydrates,and a monthly salary.-Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Quote from Terry Pratchett

Too much alleged 'fantasy' is just empty sugar,life with the crusts cut off.-Terry Pratchett

Quote from Robin Sacredfire

Sugar is for the body as narcissism is for the soul.Both pleasures kill.-Robin Sacredfire

Quote from Munia Khan

The problem is not in the sugar when it tastes bitter,the problem is with the tongue.-Munia Khan

Great quote on the processed food industry

The processed food industry hijacked our palates by using three highly addictive weapons----sugar,salt and wheat.-Nancy S.Mure

Quote on gardening

All gardening is landscape painting.-Horace Walpole,1780

Quote from Edith Hamilton

The modern minds in each generation are the critics who preserve us from a petrifying world,who will not leave us to walk undisturbed in the ways of our fathers.-Edith Hamilton

Quote from George A.Smith

The seasons come up undisturbed by crime and war.-George A.Smith

249th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Sonia(1973)-Patrick Juvet
2.Au Jardin d'Alice(1973)-Patrick Juvet
3.J'ai pas eu peur-Pierre Doris
4.Comme un ballon rond(1971)-Patrick Juvet
5.France Lune(1968)-Serge Reggiani
6.Hotel Des Voyageurs(1972)-Serge Reggiani
7.Masculin -Singulier(1970)-Michel Delpech
8.Le restaurant chinois(1966)-Michel Delpech
9.Anatole(1963)-Michel Delpech
10.Magic(1974)-Patrick Juvet

Quote on weeds

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.-James Russell Lowe

Great quote on violets

Violets smell like burnt sugar cubes that have been dipped in lemon and velvet.-Diane Ackerman

Quote from Stephen Fry

If you spend your life on a moral hill-top,you see nothing but the mud below.If ,like me,you live in the mud itself,you get a damned good view of clear blue sky and clean green hills above.There's none so evil-minded as those with a moral mission,and none so pure in heart as the depraved.-Stephen Fry,THE HIPPOPOTAMUS.

Quote on poetry

Poetry is not made to be sucked up like a child's milkshake,it is much better sipped like a precious malt whisky.-Stephen Fry,THE ODE LESS TRAVELLED:UNLOCKING THE POET WITHIN.

Quote on music

There is simply no limit to the tyrannical snobbery that otherwise decent people can descend into when it comes to music.-Stephen Fry,MOAB IS MY WASHPOT.

Quote from Geoff Thompson

Words without action are like wheels without traction.It is how you live that counts.-Geoff Thompson

Quote from David Ogilvy

The best ideas come as jokes.Make your thinking as funny as possible.-David Ogilvy

Quote from Stephen Fry

What the eye doesn't see the stomach doesn't heave over.-Stephen Fry

Quote on pomposity

Pomposity and indignation grow in old age,like nostril hairs and earlobes.-Stephen Fry,THE FRY CHRONICLES:AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

Quote from Stephen Fry

I'm fat because I'm greedy,and if my mind is fat,it's because I'm curious.-Stephen Fry

Quote on Cambridge

Cambridge produces martyrs and Oxford burns them.-Stephen Fry,THE FRY CHRONICLES.

Quote on books

Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.-Stephen Fry

Interesting quote on education

Education is the sum of what students teach each other between lectures and seminars.-Stephen Fry

Quote from Stephen Fry

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.-Stephen Fry(born 1957)

Quote on free will

Free will and choice implies that you are able to even re-write your record of memories.-Lionel Suggs

Quote from Stephen Fry

Sex without smiling is as sickly and as base as vodka and tonic without ice.-Stephen Fry

Quote from Donna A.Favors

It's amazing how the world begins to change through the eyes of a cup of coffee!-Donna A.Favors

Quote from Lionel Suggs

I have a habit of painting reality with my dreams.-Lionel Suggs

Quote from Henry Ward Beecher

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.-Henry Ward Beecher

Quote from Dylan Moran

Vodka is a very deceptive drink.You can't taste it,you can't smell it.-Dylan Moran

Quote from Donald Trump

What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.-Donald Trump

Another quote on Amsterdam

Amsterdam is like the rings of a tree:It gets older as you get closer to the center.-John Green

Quote on Amsterdam

Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin,but in truth it is a city of freedom.And in freedom,most people find sin.-John Green,THE FAULT IN OUR STARS.

Quote from Lionel Suggs

A mind of one logic is the mind of a prison.-Lionel Suggs

Quote on happiness

Sometimes,in order to find happiness,one must allow some old bridges to collapse,in order to build better ones.-Lionel Suggs

Quote from Lionel Suggs

The reflection of chaos is creativity.-Lionel Suggs

Persian proverb

A smart enemy is better than a dumb friend.-Persian proverb

Quote from George Bernard Shaw

To be in hell is to drift;to be in heaven is to steer.-George Bernard Shaw(1856-1950)

Another quote from Herbert M.Shelton

Life should be built on the conservation of energy.-Herbert M.Shelton

Quote from Herbert M.Shelton

We cannot be damaged into health.-Herbert M.Shelton(1895-1985)

Quote from Michael Landon

Somebody should tell us,right at the start of our lives,that we are dying.Then we might live life to the limit,every minute of every day.Do it!I say.Whatever you want to do,do it now!-Michael Landon,actor

Quote from Edwin Arlington Robinson

Life is the game that must be played.-Edwin Arlington Robinson

Quote on purpose

Purpose is the great divider that separates those who are simply living,from those who are truly alive.-Alex Rogers,DRIFTING.

Quote from Lionel Suggs

Sometimes you simply need to drift aimlessly,in order to reach the destination of aim.-Lionel Suggs

Quote from William Barclay

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing,but to turn it into glory.-William Barclay

Quote from George Orwell

The further a society drifts from the truth,the more it will hate those that speak it.-George Orwell(1903-1950)

Quote from Reverend John Holmes

The universe is not hostile,nor yet is it friendly.It is simply indifferent.-Reverend John H.Holmes

Quote from Herbert M.Shelton

It is always a much easier task to educate uneducated people than to re-educate the mis-educated.-Herbert M.Shelton(1895-1985)

Quote from Clarence Darrow

The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.-Clarence Darrow

Quote from Richard Watson Gilder

My name may have buoyancy enough to float upon the sea of time.-Richard Watson Gilder

Quote from Dacha Avelin

When you start to notice the mystical,the mystical will start to notice you.-Dacha Avelin

Quote from Herbert M.Shelton

Moderation is the only rule of a healthful life.That means moderation in all things wholesome.-Herbert M.Shelton

248th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Pardon-C.Jerome
2.L'Histoire sans Fin-Limahl
3.Un Rayon du soleil(1971)-Les Parisiennes
4.Theme de Borsalino(1970)-Les Parisiennes
5.Les Amours de journaux(1968)-Salvatore Adamo
6.Les Filles du bord de mer(1964)-Salvatore Adamo
7.Il flotte(1970)-Les Parisiennes
8.C'est le tango qui a perdu ta mere(1969)-Les Parisiennes
9.L'Amerique ce n'est pas le Perou(1967)-Les Parisiennes
10.President(1973)-Stone et Charden

Quote on monetary policy

Monetary policy suffers from the unfortunate absence of any occult effect.It has long been clear that economic management ---would be greatly facilitated if resort could occasionally be had to witchcraft.-John Kenneth Galbraith

Quote from Heinz R.Pagels

I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science.-Heinz R.Pagels

Fact on fasting

It is much easier to fast without water than with water.As soon as you drink water,you get hungry.

247th list of 10 French songs you like

1.En l'an 2001(1985)-Pierre Bachelet.(You love the children's chorus in this song)
2.Baby Bye Bye(1977)-Pierre Bachelet
3.Tora Tora Tora(1984)-Julie Pietri
4.Bonhomme(1984)-Annie Girardot
5.Viens(1976)-Pierre Bachelet
6.Quel Monde Merveilleux(1968)-Roger Whittaker.(This song is a French version of the Louis Armstrong 1968 song 'WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD')
7.La Musique De Camionneur(1971)-Stone et Charden
8.Tout les avions sont des oiseaux(1978)-Stone et Charden
9.La Suite de ma vie(1973)-Stone et Charden
10.Terminus(1973)-C.Jerome

Quote on spring

The first day of spring is one thing,and the first spring day is another.The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.-Henry Van Dyke

Cancer

Cancer loves being in an acidic environment.Cancer cannot survive in an alkaline environment.

Quote from David Lloyd George

There is no greater mistake than to try to leap an abyss in two jumps.-David Lloyd George

Quote from Judith Campbell

When your heart speaks,take good notes.-Judith Campbell

Quote on worry

Worry trades the joy of now for the unlikely catastrophes of later.-Tim Fargo

Quote from Nathaniel Hawthorne

What other dungeon so dark as one's own heart!What jailer so inexorable as one's self!-Nathaniel Hawthorne(1804-1864)

Quote from Cyril Connolly

We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of self.-Cyril Connolly(1903-1974)

Quote from Hedy Lamarr

That's how it always is in the entertainment industry,your feet are always treading jello.-Hedy Lamarr

Quote on poetry

Poetry uses the hub of a torque converter for a jello mold.-Diane Glancy

Quote from Daniel Webster

Mind is the great lever of all things.-Daniel Webster

Quote from Anne Strike

When you have a disability,knowing you are not defined by it is the sweetest feeling.-Anne Strike

246th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Viens voir le loup (1967)-Joe Dassin
2.Doctor Jekyll et Monsieur Hyde(1966)-Serge Gainsbourg
3.Raccrochez c'est une horreur(1976)-Serge Gainsbourg et Jane Birkin
4.Pour un homme(1972)-Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg
5.Monsieur William(1968)-Serge Gainsbourg
6.L'hippodame(1973)-Serge Gainsbourg
7.L'ami Caouette(1975)-Serge Gainsbourg
8.Kiss Me Hardy(1984)-Serge Gainsbourg
9.La Femme aux faux cils(1968)-Annie Girardot
10.Mao Tse twist(1962)-Henri Genes

Quote from Eric Hoffer

Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat.-Eric Hoffer

Quote from Audre Lord

Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat.-Audre Lorde

Quote from Andrew Johnson

If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other,all would be well with the country.-Andrew Johnson

Quote from Rodney Dangerfield

I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap.-Rodney Dangerfield

Quote from Elizabeth Gilbert

You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day.This is a power you can cultivate.-Elizabeth Gilbert

Quote from Frank Lloyd Wright

We should learn from the snail :it has devised a home that is both exquisite and functional.-Frank Lloyd Wright

Quote from Alan Cohen

Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin.Beginning makes the conditions perfect.-Alan Cohen

Quote from Maya Angelou

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands;you need to be able to throw something back.-Maya Angelou

Quote from Earl Nightingale

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it.The time will pass away.-Earl Nightmare

Quote from Edgar Allan Poe

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.-Edgar Allan Poe

Quote from Henry Rollins

Creating problems is easy.We do it all the time.Finding solutions,ones that last and produce good results,requires guts and care.-Henry Rollins

Quote on Ralph Waldo Emerson

As long as our civilization is essentially one of property,of fences,of exclusiveness,it will be mocked by delusions.-Ralph Waldo Emerson(1803-1882)

Question on the Seychelles

Question.What is the nation beer of Seychelles?
Answer. Seybrew

Interesting blog from Australia

www.deborahgrinter.com

Quote from Richard Bach

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood,but of respect and joy in each other's life.-Richard Bach

Quote from Elbert Hubbard

Fences are made for those who cannot fly.-Elbert Hubbard(1856-1915)

Quote from Ian Williams

I don't like giving names to generations.It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning.-Ian Williams

Quote from Oprah Winfrey

Nobody's journey is seamless or smooth.We all stumble.We all have setbacks.It's just life's way of saying 'Time to change course.'-Oprah Winfrey

Quote from Diane Sawyer

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.-Diane Sawyer

Quote from Ogden Nash

As you stagger down to break your fast
Greasy bacon and lacquered eggs
And coffee composed of frigid dregs.-Ogden Nash

245th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Le Jardin de l'Eden-Eddy Mitchell.(This song is a French version of the Credence Clearwater Revival song 'GREEN RIVER')
2.Vieille Fille-Eddy Mitchell.(This song is a French version of the 1969 song 'SPINNING WHEEL' by the group Blood,Sweat and Tears)
3.Couleur Café-Serge Gainsbourg
4.J'Aurai Sa Fille-Eddy Mitchell.(This song is a French version of the 1969 song 'DOWN ON THE CORNER' by Credence Clearwater Revival)
5.Perdu-Les Classels
6.Jolie Femme-Les Classels.(This song is a French version of the 1965 Roy Orbison hit song 'PRETTY WOMAN')
7.Insomnies(Je n'ai pas envie de dormir la nuit)(1979)-Sonia
8.Je veux que tu me revienne-Claude Forier
9.L'Homme qui se rappelle(Melancholy Man)(1971)-Dick Rivers
10.Un Chèque en bois,c'est drôle(1984)-Eddy Mitchell.(This song is a French version of the Bill Haley song 'SHAKE,RATTLE AND ROLL')

Quote from Lou Holtz

Winners embrace hard work.They love the discipline of it,the trade-offs they're making to win.Losers,on the other hand,see it as punishment.And that's the difference.-Lou Holtz

Quote from Anne Roiphe

Grief is in two parts.The first is loss.The second is the remaking of life.-Anne Roiphe

244th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Si J'étais millionnaire(1970)-Les Classels.(This song is a French version of the 1969 song 'BAD MOON RISING' by Credence Clearwater Revival)
2.Exodus-Les Classels
3.D'Autres Avant Toi-Jacqueline Boyer
4.Chanson de Dix Sous(1975)-Richard Anthony
5.Senora La Duena(1971)-Richard Anthony.(This song is a French version of the Cat Stevens song 'LADY D'ARBANVILLE')
6.Sale Mambo!(1989)-Dick Rivers
7.Pretty Woman(1979)-Dick Rivers.(This song is a French version of the 1965 Roy Orbison hit song 'PRETTY WOMAN')
8.Nice Baie des Anges(1984)-Dick Rivers
9.Maman n'aime pas ma musique(1974)-Dick Rivers
10.Dans Le Ghetto(1998)-Dick Rivers.(This song is a French version of the 1968 hit Elvis Presley song 'IN THE GHETTO')

Quote from C.P.Snow

It takes a very strong head to keep secrets for years and not go slightly mad.It isn't wise to be advised by anyone slightly mad.-C.P.Snow

Quote from William Colby

The history and language of clandestinity can intoxicate even its own practitioners.-William Colby

Quote from Rebecca West

Once a secret society establishes itself within an open society,there is no end to the hideous mistrust it must cause.-Rebecca West

Quote from Elbert Hubbard

When you grow suspicious of a person and begin a system of espionage upon him,your punishment will be that you will find your suspicions true.-Elbert Hubbard

Quote from Gary Hamel

For every person who can imagine a possibility there are tens of thousands who are stuck in the greased grooves of history.-Gary Hamel

Quote from Arthur Koestler

One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions.-Arthur Koestler

243rd list of 10 French songs you like

1.Faire un Pont(1976)-Dick Rivers.(This song is a French version of the John Denver song 'TAKE ME HOME ,COUNTRY ROADS')
2.Larmes de Metal(1983)-Soupir
3.Le rock Coco(1962)-Jean Yanne
4.Il Fait gris dans mon Coeur-Jacqueline Boyer
5.Melodie de Paris-Jacqueline Boyer
6.Tu n'est plus rien pour moi-Jacqueline Boyer
7.Superstition(1974)-Eddy Mitchell.(This song is a French version of the Stevie Wonder hit 1973 song 'SUPERSTITION')
8.Darling Baby(1969)-Johnny Hallyday
9.Voulez-vous danser(1962)-Dick Rivers
10.La Triste Histoire(1966)-Eddy Mitchell
10.Rien qu'un seul mot(1965)-Eddy Mitchell.(This song is a French version of the hit 1965 song 'SATISFACTION' by The Rolling Stones)

Quote from William Ellery Channing

It is far more important for me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.-William Ellery Channing(1780-1842),American moralist,author and Unitarian clergyman

Quote from Mike Norton

It is not what you can do for your country,but what you can do for all of mankind.-Mike Norton

Quote from Nikki Giovanni

To deny your age is to deny you've survived.-Nikki Giovanni

Quote from Mickey Spillane

Those big-shot writers could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar.-Mickey Spillane

Quote from Rosemary Brown

Until all of us have made it,none of us have made it.-Rosemary Brown

Quote from Thomas Moore

Like Dead-sea fruits that tempt the eye,
But turn to ashes on the lips!-Thomas Moore

Quote from Dale Dauten

Criticizing lawyers for lawsuits is like criticizing linebackers for knocking people down.-Dale Dauten

242nd list of 10 French songs you like

1.Ca va bien(1993)-Kathleen
2.C'est une folle idée(1968)-Michel Didier
3.Des week-ends de sept jours(1976)-Carlos
4.On dit de lui-Francoise Hardy
5.Rouler sur la Rivière-Johnny Hallyday.(This song is a French version of the CCR song 'PROUD MARY')
6.Je Roule Ma Bosse-Patrick Zabé.(This song is a French version of the Credence Clearwater Revival song 'PROUD MARY')
7.Je ne pense qu'à l'amour-Bob Asklof
8.California Blue-Richard Huet
9.Pour une larme,pour un sourire(1985)-Richard Huet.(This song is a French version of the song 'SOME DAYS ARE DIAMONDS')
10.Si Elle Te Disait(1974)-Dick Rivers.(This is a French version of the Charlie Rich song 'THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL')

Quote from Ludwig Bemelmans

Caviar is to dining what a sable coat is to a girl in evening dress.-Ludwig Bemelmans

Quote from Earl Warren

1.It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.-Earl Warren

Quote on caviar

Pressed caviar has the consistency of chilled tar.-William Geist

241st list of 10 French songs you like

1.Les Valses de Vienne-Dany Joe
2.Hula Hoop(1981)-Plastic Bertrand
3.Ne Compte plus sur moi(1967)-Michele Richard
4.Ouvre-moi la porte-Michele Richard
5.Quand Je Te Vois-Bob Asklof
6.T'Embrasser,t'embrasser-Orlando
7.Petit Demon-Orlando
8.Derniers Baisers-Orlando.(This song is a French version of the 1962  song 'SEALED WITH A KISS' by Brian Hyland)
9.Bon Baisers de Russie-Bob Asklof.(This song is a French version of the song 'FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE' BY Matt Monro)
10.Je ne sais plus-Jacqueline Boyer.(This song is a French version of the Leslie Gore 1964 song 'YOU DON'T OWN ME')

Quote on caviar

Caviar is strange and disgusting.That popping texture,it's like Space Dust for gourmets.-Marian Keyes

Quote from Bernie Ecclestone

If you say 'Good Morning' in America and it's five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.-Bernie Ecclestone

Quote from Thomas A.Edison

A lawsuit is the suicide of time.-Thomas A.Edison

Quote on lawsuits

Nobody ever wins a lawsuit but the lawyers.-Robert Heinlein