Quote of the Week
03/10/2010
“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.” --Thomas Paine There’s a lot of change going on in Washington these days, and some of it… …
03/03/2010
"A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that." --Reggie Jackson We've all heard the saying, "practice makes… …
02/24/2010
I know what I want I say what I want And no one can take it away --Iron Maiden, “Journeyman” When you think of all of the brilliant statements of resolve that have come out of England, you… …
02/17/2010
“I’m proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money.” --Arthur Godfrey The late, great humorist pretty much hit the nail on the… …
02/09/2010
“Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.” -- Baruch Spinoza The Dutch philosopher reminds… …
02/03/2010
“If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would… …
01/27/2010
“If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.” --Friedrich… …
01/20/2010
“There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them.” --George Orwell The profundities emanating from the great George Orwell are nearly limitless. Here,… …
01/13/2010
“Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.” --Ernest Hemingway The great novelist stumbled upon a truism when it comes to investing. That truism is that as you get… …
01/06/2010
“Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.” --Walker Evans The seminal 20th-century photographer reminds us all that to really learn anything, you have to… …
12/30/2009
“The system worked.” -- Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano on the Christmas Day airliner attack These days, the absurdity that comes out of Washington is almost too common to notice… …
12/23/2009
“Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.” --Larry Wilde It's nice to be reminded that size doesn't always matter. In the case… …
12/16/2009
“When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.” --Thomas Paine In one of his many brilliant and pithy quotes, the great Thomas Paine reminds us… …
12/09/2009
“Alas, how many have been persecuted for the wrong of having been right?” --Jean-Baptiste Say On Monday, the big Copenhagen climate change conference got under way. I doubt, however, that… …
12/02/2009
"In war there is no substitute for victory." --Douglas MacArthur As our nation escalates the war in Afghanistan, let's hope that Gen. MacArthur's wise words aren't lost on the political powers… …
11/25/2009
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” -- John F. Kennedy As the late president so poignantly put it,… …
11/18/2009
“Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.” --Thomas Paine I think the great Thomas Paine said it all with this famous quote, so… …
11/11/2009
While the enemy sleeps, I lay awake While he licks his wounds, I taste his scars As he waits for me to strike, I define my attack I will out think my enemy, Therefore I will win --Jim Woods, "I Think,… …
11/04/2009
"Each of us is a tiny being, permitted to ride on the outermost skin of one of the smaller planets for a few dozen trips around the local star... The longest-lived organisms on Earth endure for about… …
10/28/2009
"The Great Depression was a failure not of capitalism but of the hyperactive state." -- Paul Johnson, introduction to Murray N. Rothbard's, America's Great Depression Capitalism… …
10/21/2009
"If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles." -- Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"… …
10/14/2009
"Men go crazy in congregations. They only get better one by one." -- Sting, "All This Time" I believe that when people start thinking along with a group, they stop improving… …
10/08/2009
"Listen, the next revolution is gonna be a revolution of ideas." -- Bill Hicks, comedian and social commentator The late, great Bill Hicks made his living by making people laugh, but what he… …
09/30/2009
“Muscle, throughout history, has been next of kin to the heroic, and the heroic is eternal.” --TC Luoma, fitness writer and humorist I try to stay in good physical shape,… …
09/23/2009
"I think a lot of developments start with the desire of the developer to get what he really wants so that he can use it. It's not just the technical fascination or the business opportunity." … …
09/16/2009
"Give me that which I want, and you shall have this which you want." --Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations In this brilliant and ultra-pithy statement,… …
09/09/2009
"Weak points come from not doing the things you suck at doing. The difference between a successful athlete and a crappy one is they always do the things they have to do, not what they want to do."… …
09/02/2009
We go out in the world and take our chances Fate is just the weight of circumstances That's the way that lady luck dances Why are we here? Because we're here Why does it happen? Because it happens Roll… …
08/26/2009
"There are two methods, or means, and only two, whereby man's needs and desires can be satisfied. One is the production and exchange of wealth; this is the economic means. The other is the uncompensated… …
08/19/2009
"In a battle between force and an idea, the latter always prevails." --Ludwig von Mises In one of his many, many brilliant observations, Austrian School economist Ludwig von Mises succinctly… …
08/12/2009
"Smart 2 = Money 3" --TC Luoma, Atomic Dog According to fitness writer and humorist TC Luoma, being smart "gives an individual the distinctly valuable trait of being able to conjure money… …
08/05/2009
"...the most significant thing about [a man] is what he thinks; and significant also is how he came to think it, why he continued to think it, or, if he did not continue, what the influences were… …
07/29/2009
Watching the majesty blow past Speculating which will be the last Savoring my piece of pie And there is no reprise They're filling the sky Southbound Pachyderm --Primus, "Southbound Pachyderm"… …
07/22/2009
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. --H. L. Mencken Sometimes you get really fired up about the conditions around you, as… …
07/15/2009
I've squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles Such are promises, all lies and jest Still the man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest --Simon and Garfunkel, "The Boxer"… …
07/08/2009
"A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective."… …
07/01/2009
Aerials, in the sky When you lose small mind You free your life Aerials, so up high When you free your eyes Eternal prize --System of a Down, "Aerials" The rock band System of a Down hit on… …
06/24/2009
Ubi dubium, ibi libertas (Where doubt is, there is liberty) There's nothing like a classic Latin quote to start the mental gears turning. In this profound quip, we realize that where there is the ability… …
06/17/2009
"I am afraid that the experiments you quote, Mr. Pasteur, will turn against you. The world into which you wish to take us is really too fantastic." --La Presse, 1860 The great scientist Louis… …
06/10/2009
"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works ." -- Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple I've been a long-time devotee of the innovative products put out by the brilliant Steve… …
06/03/2009
“Hardship makes the world obscure.” --Don DeLillo If we take the inverse of the great novelist’s words, we realize that fortune makes the world crystal clear. You see, when you have… …
05/27/2009
So be it Threaten no more To secure peace Is to prepare for war -- Metallica, "Don't Tread On Me" Understandably, over the last nine months most of America's attention has been rightly focused… …
05/20/2009
"For if we ever begin to suppress our search to understand nature, to quench our own intellectual excitement in a misguided effort to present a united front where it does not and should not exist,… …
05/06/2009
Lost in an abstract thought Dazed and distracted Winded yet still I'm caught With a fragment of doubt Slowed by reflection, but These moments will pass Still, halfway up the hill My fingers may bleed… …
04/29/2009
"Men who do things without being told draw the most wages." -- Rodney Dangerfield There's nothing funny about the humorous wisdom of the great Rodney Dangerfield. Here, he jokingly states a… …
04/22/2009
"Freedom is the first-born daughter of science." -- Thomas Jefferson Jefferson is, of course, best known as a learned writer, politician and Founding Father. But what we have to remember is… …
04/15/2009
"Often the masses are plundered and do not know it." -- Frederic Bastiat The great economist and classical liberal theorist reminds us all that sometimes the citizenry is fleeced without even… …
04/08/2009
"Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth." -- Jules Verne The great science-fiction writer… …
04/01/2009
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." -- Winston Churchill In his oh-so-British, statesmen-like… …
03/25/2009
"Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try." -- Yoda, "The Empire Strikes Back" There's a lot of sage advice in the Star Wars film saga, but perhaps the best comes from the unforgettable… …
03/18/2009
"Without passion, you don't have energy; without energy, you have nothing. Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion." -- Donald Trump One of my foremost goals in life… …
03/11/2009
Some people you can never please You might as well just let them be They mock everything not their own From their imaginary throne But I won't bow down Even if the whole world thinks I'm crazy…… …
03/04/2009
"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness." -- Oprah Winfrey I must admit that I never thought I would be quoting a daytime TV talk show… …
02/25/2009
I used to like to go to work but they shut it down I got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found Yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed Were gonna have to reap from some… …
02/18/2009
Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito (Do not give in to evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it.) -- Virgil, The Aeneid The above Latin verse from Virgil's Aeneid was adopted as a motto by… …
02/11/2009
Save it for later Don't run away and let me down Sooner or later You hit the deck, you get found out Save it for later Don't run away and let me down --The English Beat, "Save It For Later"… …
02/04/2009
Have you ever seen a one-armed man punching at nothing but the breeze? If you've ever seen a one-armed man then you've seen me Then you've seen me, I come and stand at every door Then you've seen me,… …
01/28/2009
My counterpart, my foolish heart A man must learn to rule his tender part A warming trend, a gentle friend A man must build a fortress to defend A secret face, a touch of grace A man must learn to give… …
01/21/2009
"If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run -- and often in the short one -- the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative."… …
01/14/2009
Oh Lord it's hard to be humble When you're perfect in every way I can't wait to look in the mirror 'cos I get better looking each day To know me is to love me I must be a hell of a man O Lord it's hard… …
01/07/2009
"Named must your fear be before banish it you can." --Yoda, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Are you spooked about putting money to work in 2009 after the disaster that was 2008? I don't blame… …