“In every parting there is an image of death.” - George Eliot For Song Saturday today, a beautiful Greek song from one of the most popular f...

“He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors.” - Chinese Proverb November the 14th has been designated as Wor...

“There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror…” - Orson Welles I am in Brisbane again for work. The flight was rather bumpy a...

“Ah me! Love can not be cured by herbs.” – Ovid I found an old letter amongst some papers I was clearing out in my office today and I was sl...

“Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.” - John F. Kennedy The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh...

“Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.” - Arthur Miller What is the price of a life? If you are walking down a dark...

“Fate laughs at probabilities.” - E.G. Bulwer-Lytton A painting by the 19th century French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme . It is an example of the...

“I am,
indeed,
a king,
because I know how
to rule myself.” - Pietro Aretino It is timely perhaps to post this song up for Song Saturday, tod...

“I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry I must say that for the person who needs to...

“Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death.” - Alexander Chase Anot...

“It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.” - Francis Bacon The US rejoices as Barack Obama is elected ...

“What luck for leaders, that people do not think.” - Adolph Hitler Today the nation stops for the horse race of the year: The Melbourne Cup....

“Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.” - Hunter S. Thompson When I was young, I used to enjoy watc...

“Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?” – Pablo Picasso A young painter whose canvases are full of ...

“Time goes, you say? Ah no!
Alas, Time stays, we go.” - Henry Austin Dobson For Song Saturday today a beautiful Greek song sung by the seaso...

“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.” - George Carlin Halloween , celebrated today on the 31st of October, ...

“I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world.” - Comte de Mirabeau One of the universal characteristics of the hum...

"We rely on technology and we end up thinking as human beings that we're totally safe, and we're not, ... The bottom line is we...

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” – Confucius The Seville bergamot orange , Citrus aurantia bergamia , is the birth...

“Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.” - Abraham Lincoln At the weekend we saw a film on DVD that I had not heard abo...