Quote of the Day

So brave.

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“The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson

1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress. — John Adams

2. If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. — Mark Twain

3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself. — Mark Twain

4. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. — Winston Churchill

5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. — George Bernard Shaw

6. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. — G. Gordon Liddy

7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. — James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

8. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. — Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University

9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. — P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian

10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. — Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

11. Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. — Ronald Reagan (1986)

12. I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. — Will Rogers

13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free! — P.J. O’Rourke

14. In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. — Voltaire (1764)

15. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you! — Pericles ( 430 B.C.)

16. No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. — Mark Twain (1866)

17. Talk is cheap…except when Congress does it. — Anonymous

18. The government is like a baby’s alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. — Ronald Reagan

19. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. — Winston Churchill

20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. — Mark Twain

21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. — Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

22. There is no distinctly Native American criminal class…save Congress. — Mark Twain

23. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. — Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)

24. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. — Thomas Jefferson

I could post quotes by the people I enjoy reading from but I wont... I will only post 2

“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.” - Marcus Aurelius (Meditations)

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” ~ Lao Tzu

We're all looking for the same thing, if only we'd work on the same look we might find it. - Manfred Wells

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” ~ Marcus Aurelius

“The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.” ~ Lao Tzu

"Speak the truth; do the truth; for it is great, it is mighty, it is everlasting. It will obtain for you merit, and will lead you to veneration." ~ The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant, 1800 b.c

"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." ~ Chinese Proverb

"Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order."
David Gerrold

“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” ~ Marcus Aurelius

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” ~ Marcus Aurelius

"When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you.” ~ Marcus Aurelius

(I think he was a great philosopher )

“To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.” ~ Lao Tzu

“If you understand others you are smart. If you understand yourself you are illuminated. If you overcome others you are powerful. If you overcome yourself you have strength. If you know how to be satisfied you are rich. If you can act with vigor, you have a will. If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting. If you die without loss, you are eternal.” ~ Lao Tzu

“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.” ~ Lao Tzu

(Another amazing philosopher)

"Great anger is more destructive than the sword." ~ Indian Proverb

"While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die." ~ Leonardo da Vinci

"The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity." ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..” ~ John Milton (Paradise Lost)

"Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch." - Orson Welles

Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is watching television.
David Letterman (1947 - )

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.
Robertson Davies

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
Henry Kissinger (1923 - )

Realism...has no more to do with reality than anything else.
Hob Broun

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5-time MoFo Award winner.

“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?” ~ Marcus Aurelius

“Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to.” ~ Lao Tzu

“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

"There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery." ~ Dante Alighieri

"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years."

- Mark Twain

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Albert Camus

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

True friends stab you in the front.
Oscar Wilde

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

House just started airing in my country, and I loved the first episode. Especially this part. Wise words.


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"If you can't love me at my bulk, you don't deserve me at my cut"
Marilyn Monroe

E.C. Segar, Thimble Theatre (July 31, 1930).

.... Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

William Shakespeare, As You Like It (ca. 1599).

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We burn the present for the sake of a brighter future and then act surprised when all it holds is ash. - Jack Morrison

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith. - Oscar Wilde

“The finest virtue of a great thinker is the magnanimity with which, as a man of knowledge, he intrepidly, often with embarrassment, often with sublime mockery – offers himself and his life as a supreme sacrifice.”
Friedrich Nietzsche