“To put it bluntly, climate change and its likely impact are proving slower and less harmful than we feared, while decarbonization of the economy is proving more painful and costly than we hoped.” M. Ridley, B. Peiser

“Politics produces lots of words that can mean very different things, if you stop and think about them. But politicians depend on the fact that many people don’t bother to stop and think about them.” Thomas Sowell

“You have to be going to a pretty awful place if getting there is half the fun.” Miss Piggy

“The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” Mark Twain

“Why have a national debt ceiling if it doesn’t really put a ceiling on the national debt? What the national debt ceiling does is allow Democrats to gain votes by spending the government’s money — and then force Republicans to share responsibility for raising the national debt ceiling, under threat of being blamed for shutting down the government if they don’t.” Thomas Sowell

Upon his appointment as Prime Minister: “All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid it is. We can only do our best.” Winston Churchill He had tears in his eyes.

“Trust your hunches. They’re usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.” Dr. Joyce Brothers

“Political Correctness is a doctrine, recently fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and promoted by a sick mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of shit by the clean end!” Harry Truman

“There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.” Lord Acton

“I don’t know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.” Sandra Day O’Connor

“Trust, but verify.” Ronald Reagan

“Quality Control: I’ve never had a bad M&M.” Stanley Marcus (Neiman Marcus)

“It’s always too early to quit.” Norman Vincent Peale

“The State Department is made up of folks whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn’t let them into the family brokerage business.” Lyndon Johnson

“If environmentalists had their way, the American people would starve and freeze to death in the dark.” Jesse Helms

“If Chicago outlawed gun ownership for ‘the safety of its citizens’, and now boasts the worst murder rate in the country – you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is now run by idiots.” Unknown

“If you can’t beat them, arrange to have them beaten.” George Carlin

“An intellectual is a person who is knowledgeable in one field but speaks out only in others.” Tom Wolfe

“After every school, church, public gathering shooting there are calls to limit gun ownership, the type of guns allowed, or other restrictions. Why not just go to the root problem and make it illegal to shoot or kill anyone? Oh, wait.” Bob Pinkerton

We Buy, Sell, Consign, Appraise Low Hour and Late Model Construction Machinery

Monthly Archives: November 2015

“To put it bluntly, climate change and its likely impact are proving slower and less harmful than we feared, while decarbonization of the economy is proving more painful and costly than we hoped.” M. Ridley, B. Peiser

“Politics produces lots of words that can mean very different things, if you stop and think about them. But politicians depend on the fact that many people don’t bother to stop and think about them.” Thomas Sowell

“You have to be going to a pretty awful place if getting there is half the fun.” Miss Piggy

“The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” Mark Twain

Upon his appointment as Prime Minister: “All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid it is. We can only do our best.” Winston Churchill He had tears in his eyes.

“Trust your hunches. They’re usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.” Dr. Joyce Brothers

“Political Correctness is a doctrine, recently fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and promoted by a sick mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of shit by the clean end!” Harry Truman

“There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.” Lord Acton

“I don’t know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.” Sandra Day O’Connor

“Trust, but verify.” Ronald Reagan

“Quality Control: I’ve never had a bad M&M.” Stanley Marcus (Neiman Marcus)

“It’s always too early to quit.” Norman Vincent Peale

“The State Department is made up of folks whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn’t let them into the family brokerage business.” Lyndon Johnson

“If environmentalists had their way, the American people would starve and freeze to death in the dark.” Jesse Helms

“If Chicago outlawed gun ownership for ‘the safety of its citizens’, and now boasts the worst murder rate in the country – you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is now run by idiots.” Unknown

“If you can’t beat them, arrange to have them beaten.” George Carlin

“An intellectual is a person who is knowledgeable in one field but speaks out only in others.” Tom Wolfe

“After every school, church, public gathering shooting there are calls to limit gun ownership, the type of guns allowed, or other restrictions. Why not just go to the root problem and make it illegal to shoot or kill anyone? Oh, wait.” Bob Pinkerton