Quote on golf

Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of a bagpipe.-Lee Trevino

Quote from Brother Dave Gardner

Rock music sounds like an octopus making love to a bagpipe.-Brother Dave Gardner

Quote from James Galway

----I got to try the bagpipes.It was like trying to blow an octopus.-James Galway

Quote from Minna Antrim

Three failures denote uncommon strength.A weakling has not enough grit to fail thrice.-Minna Antrim

Quote on humor

Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.-Stephen King

Quote from Mason Cooley

The morose one refuses to smile even when he has just had his teeth cleaned.-Mason Cooley

Quote on democracy

Democracy is morose,and runs to anarchy.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from William Hazlitt

The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote.-William Hazlitt

Quote from Scott D.Anthony

I've never seen impeccable logic be sufficient to win both the heart and the mind.-Scott D.Anthony

Quote from Taite Adams

A life lived mired in resentment is one that is lived primarily in the past and this is never one that is filled with joy.-Taite Adams

Quote from Haven Kimmel

My hair looks like it had been purchased at a rummage sale after all the real hair was gone.-Haven Kimmel

Quote from Tony Hillerman

A writer is a bag lady going through life with a sack and a pointed stick collecting stuff.-Tony Hillerman

Quote on writers

A writer is like a bag lady going through life with a sack and a pointed stick collecting stuff.-Tony Hillerman

Quote from Francis Beaumont

Grace comes often clad in the dusky robe of desolation.-Francis Beaumont

Quote from Stephen Covey

Don't prioritize your Schedule,schedule those priorities.-Stephen Covey

Quote from Morgan Freeman

Finding joy is probably tantamount to finding yourself and being comfortable in your own skin.-Morgan Freeman

Quote from Irvine Welsh

When you grow up in a place,you always think it's mundane.Then you travel around and live in different places,and you realise that you've got it the wrong way 'round.-Irvine Welsh

Quote from George Patton

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.-George Patton

Cryosphere

Cryosphere-The frozen part of the world that includes icebergs,sea ice,permafrost and glaciers.

Quote on bad laws

Behind every bad law,a deep fear.-Sarah Vowell,THE WORDY SHIPMATES.

Quote on idealists

Oh my dear,idealists are the cruelest monsters of them all.-Sarah Vowell

Quote from Sarah Vowell

The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief.-Sarah Vowell,THE WORDY SHIPMATES.

Quote from Warren Buffett

In business,I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable 'moats'.-Warren Buffett

Quote on satire

Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea.-Crand Briton

Organic farming in France

6% of the arable land in France is organically farmed in 2019.

Four relatively new songs I like

1.Milkshake(2010)-Kelis.
2.Hey Sexy Lady-Shaggy
3.The Way I Are-Timbaland
4.Sha la la la la- Vengaboys

Quote from Ezra Pound

Better mendacities
Than the classics in paraphrase!-Ezra Pound

Quote from Anita Brookner

Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.-Anita Brookner

Quote from Herbert Spencer

To play billiards well is the sign of a misspent youth.-Herbert Spencer

Quote from Matthew Prior

Hope is but the dream of those who wake.-Matthew Prior

Quote on skepticism

Skepticism is essential to the quest for knowledge,for it is in the seedbed of puzzlement that genuine inquiry takes root.Without skepticism,we may remain mired in unexamined belief systems that are accepted as sacrosanct yet have no factual basis in reality.-Paul Kurtz

Quote from Facebook

I haven't even gone to bed yet.And I already can't wait to get home from work tomorrow.-Facebook,HAPPY LIVING,September 15,2019

Quote on American history

American history is a quagmire,and the more one knows,the quaggier the mire gets.-Sarah Vowell

Quote from Facebook

Can we start the weekend over again?
I wasn't ready.-Facebook,HAPPY LIVING,September 22,2019.

Danish proverb

If you will stir up the mire,you must bear the smell.-Danish proverb

Quote from Carl Sagan

Absolute certainty will always elude us.We will always be mired in error.The most each generation can hope for is to reduce the error.-Carl Sagan

Quote on economists

If economists were doctors,they would today be mired in malpractice suits.-John Ralston Saul

Quote from Facebook

My Saturday was going pretty well until I realized it was Sunday.-Facebook,HAPPY LIVING,September 22,2019

Quote from Lin Yutang

When small men cast big shadows,it means that the sun is about to set.-Lin Yutang

Quote on fake news

When fake news is repeated,it becomes difficult for the public to discern what's real.-Jimmy Gomez

Quote from George Berkeley

The eye by long use comes to see in the darkest cavern:and there is no subject so obscure but we may discern some glimpse of truth by long poring on it.-George Berkeley

Quote from Kurt Hanks

The more validation I need,the less discernment I have.-Kurt Hanks

Quote on autumn

Autumn burned brightly,a running flame through the mountains,a torch flung to the trees.-Faith Baldwin,AMERICAN FAMILY.

Quote on attitudes

Attitudes are the forerunners of conditions.-Charles Edwards

Great song by Grady Tate

Dear Max-song by Grady Tate

Quote from Susan Cain

We have a two-tier class system when it comes to personality style.To devalue introversion is a waste of talent,energy and happiness.-Susan Cain

Quote from Henry Fuseli

Indiscriminate pursuit of perfection infallibly leads to mediocrity.-Henry Fuseli

Quote from Robert Ludlum

Indiscriminate use among unintelligent leads to chaos.-Robert Ludlum

Quote from Stuart Wilde

Learning to charge properly is a vital key to abundance.Affirm that you will never devalue yourself by charging less than what you feel you are worth.-Stuart Wilde

Quote from Peter Redgrove

The mystery religions were instituted in order to protect the marvels of the commonplace from those who would devalue them.-Peter Redgrove

Quote from Lori Wilde

No one noticed her.She felt like a holey old gym sock stuffed in a drawer full of sexy lingerie.-Lori Wilde,SEXY,SINGLE AND SEARCHING,page 33.

Quote from George Bernard Shaw

If the governments devalue the currency in order to betray all creditors,you politely call the procedure 'inflation'.-George Bernard Shaw

Quote on freedom

Freedom is such a precious commodity.Yet sometimes the freest of people devalue it the most.-Ward Connerly

Quote from Margaret Thatcher

The lesson is clear.Inflation devalues us all.-Margaret Thatcher

Quote from Kit Reed

Constant,indiscriminate approval devalues because it is so predictable.-Kit Reed

Quote from Bob Beaudine

You'll never succeed with people who devalue you.-Bob Beaudine

Quote from Wes Fesler

For every achievement,there is a critic to devalue its worth.-Wes Fesler

Quote from Eleanor Roosevelt

I think,at a child's birth,if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift,that gift should be curiosity.-Eleanor Roosevelt

Great song by Tom Waits that I like

Whistling Past The Graveyard-Great song by Tom Waits

Quote from Ken Robinson

You can't just give someone a creativity injection.You have to create an environment for curiosity and a way to encourage people and get the best out of them.-Ken Robinson

Quote from Dylan Moran

I need a healthy injection of cynicism right now.-Dylan Moran

Quote on the universe

The universe seems neither benign nor hostile,merely indiiferent.-Carl Sagan

Quote from Krista Scott-Dixon

Keep your friends close,your enemies closer,and the junk food as far away as possible.-Krista Scott-Dixon

Quote on junk food

Junk food drags you down.-Miranda Lambert

Quote from Elizabeth Whelan

There is no such thing as junk food,but there are junk diets.-Elizabeth Whelan

Upfarming

Upfarming-A building integrated agriculture project committed to converting vacant rooftops and walls into thriving rooms.
                  Upfarming  also refers to planting coffee plants higher up on hillside farms.

Cyberflashing

Cyberflashing-The phenomenon of sending someone unsolicited nude photos on social media.

Quote on music

----music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.-Paul Simon

Quote on pity

Pity is a benign form of abuse.-Michael J.Fox

Quote from Gabrielle Roth

If you just set people in motion they'll heal themselves.-Gabrielle Roth

Quote from Todd Stocker

The atrocities of war are only overshadowed by the heroism of their dead.-Todd Stocker

Great song by Steppenwolf

The Pusher(1969)-song by Steppenwolf.
                             This song opened the famous 1969 film EASY RIDER.

Interesting song by PartyNextDoor

Low Battery-song by Partynextdoor

Quote from Quentin L.Cook

Temporary setbacks are overshadowed by persistence.-Quentin L.Cook

Quote from Peter Maurer

We demonize our enemies at aur own peril.-Peter Maurer

Quote from Greg Boyle

We ought not to demonize a single gang member,and we ought not to romanticize a single gang.-Greg Boyle

Quote on the Left

The Left loves to demonize the financially successful.-Mike Gallagher

Quote from Rick Warren

It's easy to demonize from a distance.-Rick Warren

Quote from Richard Paul Evans

We're all moons.Sometimes our dark sides overshadow our light.-Richard Paul Evans

Quote from Plutarch

Few vices are enough to overshadow many virtues.-Plutarch

Quote from Steve Jobs

Your thoughts construct patterns  like scaffolding in your mind..You are really etching chemical patterns.In most cases,people get stuck in those patterns,just like grooves in a record,and they never get out of them.-Steve Jobs

Quote from Seth Parker

You may not have saved a lot of money in your life,but if you have saved a lot of heartaches for other folks,you are a pretty rich man.-Seth Parker

Eclipse

Ecliptical-Adjective of eclipse.

Scoundrel

Scoundrelly-Adjective of scoundrel.

Great song from 2014

Archie,Marry Me (2014)-song by Always.
                                      The lyrics of this song are simply wonderful.

Quote from Lewis Mumford

However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities,they have taught mankind at least one lesson:nothing is impossible.-Lewis Mumford

Quote from Sir Isaac Newton

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.-Sir Isaac Newton

Quote from George Santayana

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate ;they are green and vigorous in old age.-George Santayana

Quote from Robert T.Bakker

Inveterate creationists,then or now,never allow their faith to fall victim to facts.-Robert T.Bakker

Quote on hatred

Hatred is inveterate anger.-Marcus Tullius Cicero

Quote on meditation

Meditation is not spacing-out or running away.In fact,it is being totally honest with ourselves.-Kathleen McDonald

Quote from Martin Dempsey

Sometimes  we wait for thunderclaps,drumrolls ,and clarion calls to alert us to what's important when,actually,it's  most often the subtle and persistent signals around us that make the most difference.-Martin Dempsey(born 1952).

Pancreatic cancer in Canada

According to September 2019 statistics,every day 15 people in Canada are told they have pancreatic cancer.In many cases pancreatic cancer is discovered by accident;the disease sneaks up on people.
                                      75% of cases of pancreatic cancer are diagnosed when the disease is at an advanced stage.

Skateboarding

Skateboarding is a product of urban counterculture.Skateboarding is a rebel sport.

Canned Yellow split peas that you consumed in September 2019

In September 2019,you bought and finished consuming a 540 ml tin can of NUPAK -YELLOW SPLIT PEAS.
-Very high in fibre
-Cholestrol-free.
            -Ingrédients:Yellow Split peas,water,salt.


Nutrition Facts:Per 250 ml   -%Daily Value
                         :Calories-190
                         :Protein-14g
                         :Vitamin A-0%
                         :Vitamin C-2%
                         :Calcium-2%
                          :Iron-15%
                                           These canned yellow split peas were excellent.

Quote from James Madison

Crisis is the rallying tyrant.-James Madison

Quote from James Russell Lowell

Life seems a jest of Fate's contriving.-James Russell Lowell

Spanish proverb

Don't scuffle with the potter,for he makes money by the damage.-Spanish proverb

Quote from George Claude Lorimer

Putting off an easy thing makes it hard.Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.-George Claude Lorimer

Quote on credibility

Credibility is lost when there are big discrepancies between what leaders say and what they do-----
Increasing credibility requires openness.Hidden agendas will destroy trust.-Judith M.Bardwick

Quote from Austin O' Malley

It is easier to prevent thistles and habits than to uproot them.-Austin O' Malley

Quote from George Matthew Adams

A cheerful frame of mind,reinforced by relaxation---is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.-George Matthew Adams

Quote from William S.Burroughs

What a horrible loutish planet this is,the dominant species consists of sadistic morons,faces bearing the hideous lineaments of spiritual famine swollen with stupid hate.hopeless rubbish.-William S.Burroughs

Quote from Ronald Dunn

In the battle of faith,money is usually the last stronghold to fall.-Ronald Dunn

Quote on emotions

Emotions are the offshoots of sensory information.-Dr.Rajesh Verma

Quote from Eileen Chang

Between memory and reality there are awkward discrepancies.-Eileen Chang

Great underrated song from 1994

Life In Vain(1994)-Daniel Johnston.
                           The lyrics of this song are beautiful and poignant.Daniel Johnson died of a heart attack in September 2019 at the  very tender age of 58.He deserves more credit for his genius.

Quote from Dale Carnegie

Dealing with people is probably the biggest problem you face,especially if you are in business.Yes,and that is also true if you are a housewife,architect or engineer.-Dale Carnegie

Gesture

Gestural-Adjective of gesture.

Quote from W.S.Gilbert

Man is Nature's sole mistake!-W.S.Gilbert

Black Supreme Court judge

Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first black Supreme Court in the U.S. in 1967.He was a genius.

McGill University in McGill

James McGill,the founder of McGill University in Montréal was a slave owner.He profited from selling slaves.

Quote from Lysa Terkeurst

Sip the shame so you don't have to guzzle the regret.-Lysa Terkeurst

Quote from Jimmy Buffett

Drive-in,guzzle gin,commit a little mortal sin.-Jimmy Buffett

Median household income in Canada and household debt

The median household income in Canada in 2019 is $70,000 per household,not per person.
                                         Canadians are carrying a lot of debt.Household debt is at record levels.
                                           The average household debt-to- income ratio in Canada in 2019 is $1.73 for every $1 of income.
                                      

Virago

Viraginous-Adjective of virago.

Quote from Norman Douglas

One can always trust to time.Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out.-Norman Douglas

Quote from Richard Bach

Reason and intellect are opening wedges in an understanding of reality.-Richard Bach

Quote from Morgan Freeman

I found the key to happiness.Stay away from idiots.-Morgan Freeman

Quote from Margaret Deland

When two duties jostle each other,one of 'em isn't a duty.-Margaret Deland

Quote from William Blake

Joys impregnate.Sorrows bring forth.-William Blake

Quote from M.k.Soni

Retire from work,but not from life.-M.K.Soni

Quote on beauty

Beauty is equal parts flesh and imagination:we imbue it with our dreams,saturate it with our longings.-Nancy Etcoff

Quote on the environment

The environment is in us,not outside of us.The trees are our lungs,the rivers our bloodstream.We are all interconnected,and what you do to the environment,ultimately you do to yourself.-Ian Somerhalder

Quote from Steven Kotler

Neurons that fire together wire together.-Steven Kotler

Quote from John Irving

If pride is a sin----moral pride is the greatest sin.-John Irving

Quote from Jeanette Winterson

Every believer is an anarchist at heart.True believers would rather see governments topple and history rewritten than scuff the cover of their faith.-Jeanette Winterson

Quote from Taylor Swift

There is nothing wrong with avoiding people who hurt you.-Taylor Swift

Quote from Russell L.Achoff

Nothing is harder to topple than a fact that supports a deeply held prejudice denied by its holder.-Russell L.Achoff

Quote on money and power

Money and power by themselves are a two-legged stool.You can balance on them for a while,but eventually- you're going to topple over.-Arianna Huffington

Quote from Timothy Leary

Our assignment was to topple this prudish judgmental civilization.And it worked.-Timothy Leary

Spanish proverb

Don't scuffle with the potter,for he makes money by the damage.-Swedish proverb

Quote from Tom Stoppard

I write fiction because it's a way of making statements I can disown.-Tom Stoppard

Quote on hope

Hope is a contraband passed from hand to hand and story to story.-John Berger

Quote on morality

Morality is contraband in war.-Mahatma Gandhi

Quote from Ulysses S.Grant

Cheap cigars come in handy;they stifle the odor of cheap politicians.-Ulysses S.Grant

Quote from Sergey Brin

Too many rules will stifle innovation.-Sergey Brin

Quote on emotions

Emotions invariably push you to take suboptimal decisions;one has to rise above emotions in order to achieve something meaningful in life.-Sandeep Sahajpal

Quote on volunteers

Volunteers do not necessarily have the time;they just have the heart.-Elizabeth Andrews

Quote on football players

Most football players are temperamental.That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental.-Doug Plank

Quote on discipline

Discipline should amplify creativity rather than stifle it.-James C.Collins

Quote on puns

Puns are often unacceptable to the feelings;they come like a spoonful of ice cream in the midst of a comfortable smoking-hot steak,or as a peppery morsel when your palate was in expectation of a mild pudding.-Sara Coleridge

Quote from Samuel Johnson

Everybody loves to have things which please the palate put in their way,without trouble or preparation.-Samuel Johnson

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let us learn to live coarsely,dress plainly,and lie hard.The least habit of dominion over the palate has certain good effects not easily estimated.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Jami Attenberg

I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers,or brain cleansers.-Jami Attenberg

Quote on tea

Tea is quiet and it takes a quiet palate to appreciate something that calls so little attention to itself.-James Norwood Pratt

Quote from Mahatma Gandhi

A man who wants to control his animal passions easily does so if he controls his palate.-Mahatma Gandhi

Quote from Henry David Thoreau

Some simple dishes recommend themselves to our imaginations as well as palates.-Henry David Thoreau

Quote from Gale Gordon

My voice,I have to say,is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.-Gale Gordon

Quote from Mahatma Gandhi

The control of the palate is a valuable aid for the control of the mind.-Mahatma Gandhi

Quote from Robert M.Parker

I always said your best palate is your own,not mine.I'm a guidepost.-Robert M.Parker

Quote from Clifton Fadiman

A man who is careful  with his palate is not likely to be careless with his paragraphs.-Clifton Fadiman

Quote on narcissists

The narcissist devours people,consumes their output,and casts the empty,writhing shells aside.-Sam Vaknin

Quote from Henry Fielding

Men who pay for what they eat will insist on gratifying their palates.-Helen Fielding

Quote on deception

Deception sneaks in through the window of pride.-Evinda Lepins

Quote from Evinda Lepins

What you verbalize,you internalize.-Evinda Lepins

Quote from Enid Bagnold

One's palate is reborn every morning.-Enid Bagnold

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sugar is not so sweet to the palate as sound to the healthy ear.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Gloria Steinem

Women can be vivacious .We are allowed more varieties of facial expression and gestures.Men must be rocklike.-Gloria Steinem

Quote from Joe Kaeser

One must not mix up prudence with gestures of servility.-Joe Kaeser

Quote from Paulo Coelho

Let us be absolutely clear about one thing:We must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.-Paulo Coelho

Quote from Noam Chomsky

The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power,and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.-Noam Chomsky

Quote from Richard Selzer

Autopsies give us the facts but not the truth.-Richard Selzer

Quote from Bill Watterson

I'll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.-Bill Watterson

Quote from George Carlin

When I see a large group of people,I wonder how many of them will eventually require autopsies.-George Carlin

Quote from Evinda Lepins

Sometimes it takes a meltdown to cool down.-Evinda Lepins

Quote on short stories

A short story is a shard,a sliver,a vignette.It's a biopsy on the human condition but it doesn't have this capacity to think autonomously for itself.-Will Shelf

Quote on evolution and cancer

Evolution is ultimately why cancer is so deadly.Take two biopsies from different sides of a tumor,and they can be genetically very different,making it that much harder to fight.Variation is the toolbox of evolution,and this variation gives cancer strength.-Kyle Hill

Quote from Frank Lloyd Wright

To look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look at something like the section of a fibrous tumor.-Frank Lloyd Wright

Quote on school

School is where you go between when your parents can't take you and industry can't take you.-John Updike

Quote on brain tumors

Dying from an aggressive fatal brain tumor is like dying from Alzheimer's disease-accelerated one hundred times.-Steven Magee

Tumor

Tumerous-Adjective of tumour.

Quote on love

Love needs room to grow.Like a rose.Or a tumor.-Christopher Moore,FOOL.

Quote from Ehsan Sehgal

The collapse of the senses causes a tumor of jealousy.-Ehsan Sehgal

Quote from Guy Browning

People who get to the top of any organisation are generally dysfunctional human beings who are overachieving,overcompensating or overbearing.-Guy Browning

Quote from Vince Staples

People have an overbearing need to project their inward doubt and hatred and emotions onto the outside world.-Vince Staples

Quote from Thurgood Marshall

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings,we pay ourselves the highest tribute.-Thurgood Marshall(1908-1993)

Quote from Joey Corneau

Live for today,you retarded little shit.The end is near.-Joey Corneau,OVERQUALIFIED.

Quote on memories

Memories are like everything else.They're a trap.-Joey Corneau,OVERQUALIFIED.

Another quote from Thurgood Marshall

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.We got here because somebody bent down and helped us pick up our boots.-Thurgood Marshall(1908-1993),American judge.

Quote from Thurgood Marshall

What is the quality of your intent?-Thurgood Marshall

Quote from Maggie Stiefvater

Delia was an overbearing cake with condescending frosting,and frankly,I was on a diet.-Maggie Stiefvater

Quote from Frank Lloyd Wright

I know the price of success:Dedication,hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.-Frank Lloyd Wright,architect.

Quote on patience

Patience is the support of weakness;impatience the ruin of strength.-Charles Caleb Colton

Quote from Roy Masters

Be patient with your impatience.-Roy Masters

Quote from Thomas Watson,Sr.

To be successful,you have to have your heart in your business,and your business in your heart.-Thomas Watson,Sr.

Quote from Richie Norton

S.T.O.P= Start To Open Possibilities.-Richie Norton

FOMO

FOMO-Fear of Missing Out.

Quote from Janette Oke

Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things.-Janette Oke

Quote on impatience

Impatience is the mark of independence,not of bondage.-Marianne Moore

Quote from May Sarton

What is destructive is impatience,haste,expecting too much too fast.-May Sarton