Quotes
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“It is madness, it is delusional, to think that a representative of the people is above the people themselves.” — Javier Milei
“If Sheep could vote, they’d pick the guy who feeds them, even if it’s the same person who will slaughter them later” - One Smart Guy/Gal
“If printing money could end poverty, printing diplomas could end stupidity.” - Javier Milei
“There is no god higher than truth.” - Gandhi
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” - Eleanor Roosevelt
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
“Protect the liver, feed the gut” - Robert H Lustig MD, MSL, Author of Metabolical
“Sometimes it’s the very people who no one imagines anything of, who do the things no one can imagine.” — Christopher Morcom, The Imitation Game
“Incompetence, what we do best!” - An Astute Observation from my wife
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” - Albert Einstein
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair
“If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed.” - Mark Twain
“Never underestimate your own insignificance.” - A Fellow FedEx Pilot – sad but true
“It’s not in my best interest to say this Frank, but quitting while you’re ahead, is not the same as quitting.” - Chinese General – American Gangster
“Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end, you will be counted among the wise” - proverbs 19:20
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” - Aldous Huxley, Complete Essays, Vol. II: 1926-1929
“We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy our economy ” – Chris Hedges The War Against Us
“People dont realize how hard it is to speak the truth to a world full of people that don’t realize they’re living a lie” - Edward Snowden
All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over the news. - George Orwell
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. - George Orwell
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear - George Orwell
Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations. - George Orwell
“Posturing rather than reporting.” - CNN commentary about journalists today
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. — Thomas Jefferson
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. — Thomas Jefferson
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. — Thomas Jefferson
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. — Thomas Jefferson
When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe. — Thomas Jefferson
“No good deed ever goes unpunished” – Anonymous (sad but true)
The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money” – Margaret Thatcher.
“Experience builds character. Challenges reveal it” – Ron Morrison
“Keep an open mind, just don’t let your brains fall out.” – Jeff Santosuosso
“too obsessed with process at the expense of substance” WSJ
“Fail to prepare, prepare to fail” -Anne’s High School Teacher
“A rising tide floats all boats” – Terry Tuggle
“Liberals love to strike generous, humanitarian poses with other people’s lives.” – Ann Coulter
“I’m sorry I didn’t hear you. I was too busy ignoring you”
insufferable moral superiority – anonymous
Some people have the vocabulary to sum up things in a way you can understand them. This quote came from the Czech Republic. Someone over there has it figured out. We have a lot of work to do.
“The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president.”
“The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince.
The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.”
Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I may not remember. Involve me and I’ll understand — A Native American Saying (Dave Ramsey)
“A nation that is afraid to let its people judge truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.” — JFK
“Never believe a thing simply because you want to believe it” — Game of Thrones
“Belief is so often the death of reason.” — Qyburn, Game of Thrones
“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.” — Mark Twain
“Most rock journalism is people who can’t write, interviewing people who can’t talk, for people who can’t read.” — Frank Zappa
“Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.” — Mick Jagger
“In the fight between you and the world, back the world.” — Frank Zappa
“Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.” — Dolly Parton
“I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb… and I also know that I’m not blonde.” — Dolly Parton
“The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.” — Robert M. Pirsig
“Your writing is never as good as you hoped; but never as bad as you feared.” — Bertrand Russell
“Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.” — Jane Goodall
“Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.” — Isaac Asimov
“I’ve always thought that writing isn’t really that hard. It’s having a good idea that’s hard.” — Lyle Lovett
“If I wasn’t Bob Dylan, I’d probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself.” — Bob Dylan
“Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.” — Woody Guthrie
“Quotes are for dumb people who can’t think of something intelligent to say on their own.” — Bo Burnham
“Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.” — Homer Simpson
“As some Chinese philosopher said, ‘Just dig a hole that’s deep enough, and everybody’ll want to jump into it.’” — The Firesign Theater
“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” — Frank Zappa
“Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.” — Raymond Joseph Teller
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” — Arthur C. Clarke
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