“Everything sells eventually. To someone at some price. Often not at the seller or buyer’s expectations.” Unknown Posted on May 20, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.” Lily Tomlin Posted on May 19, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The purpose of business is to create a customer.” Peter Drucker Posted on May 18, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Instead of trying to make a better robot, try to make a better man.” Shimon Peres Posted on May 18, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The lure of socialism is understandable because it offers a world of the imagination far better than any place anywhere in the real world, at any time over the thousands of years of recorded history. Who wouldn’t want that?” Thomas Sowell Posted on May 7, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The common spark for all wars is jealousy and greed amplified by centuries long animosities and political ambitions. The catalyst for war is the ignorance of leaders that leads them to misjudge. Humans start wars believing they will be profitable, short, glorious and bloodless. These truths never change.” R.H. Scales, Maj General, Retired Posted on May 6, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Fossil fuels don’t take a naturally safe environment and make it dangerous; they empower us to take a naturally dangerous environment and make it cleaner and safer.” Alex Epstein Posted on May 5, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Today’s political reforms are invariably enacted to correct yesterday’s reforms – and most reforms are intended to correct problems that aren’t really problems.” P. Terzian Posted on May 2, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.” Mark Twain Posted on April 29, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.” George Foreman Posted on April 27, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.” George Foreman Posted on April 27, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.” Woody Allen Posted on April 26, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.” T. I. Rubin Posted on April 22, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“You can be young without money, but you can’t be old without it.” Tennessee Williams Posted on April 21, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“For over 240 years it’s been a mistake to bet against America, and now is not the time to start.” Warren Buffett Posted on April 20, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The real crux of our tax exasperation is a spending problem from a government that has grown too big and promised too much to too many for far too long.” Ellen Sandles Posted on April 19, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Taxation with representation ain’t so hot either.” Gerald Barzan Posted on April 18, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.” Vince Lombardi Posted on April 15, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“It is impossible to get a conversation going because everybody’s talking so much.” Yogi Berra Posted on April 14, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“if you get up early, work late, and pay your taxes, you will get ahead – if you strike oil.” J. Paul Getty Posted on April 13, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“There’s nothing wrong with the younger generation that becoming taxpayers won’t cure.” Dan Bennett Posted on April 12, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late.” Lee Iacocca Posted on April 11, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“You do your job, you keep your job. Do it well, you get a better job.” Fred Trump Posted on April 7, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.” John F. Kennedy Posted on April 6, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Most critics (print/media) are educated beyond their intelligence.” Kenneth Tynan Posted on April 1, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm. It’s dangerous because of those who watch and do nothing.” Albert Einstein Posted on March 31, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“You work the first five days of the week to keep up with the competition. It’s on Saturdays and Sundays that you get ahead of them.” Curt Carlson Posted on March 30, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Posted on March 29, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“We must reject the idea that every time a law is broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.” Ronald Reagan Posted on March 28, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” Thomas Sowell Posted on March 25, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.” Joseph Stalin Posted on March 23, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The significant problems we face in life cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” Albert Einstein Posted on March 22, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Work half-days every day. And it doesn’t matter which half…the first 12 hours or the second 12 hours.” Kemmons Wilson Posted on March 19, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Why is income equality wrong? Why should those who have money feel they are not entitled to enjoy the fruits of their labor? Why should they feel they should share with all, particularly those who are lazy or unmotivated?” Linda Greenberg Posted on March 18, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“You can’t get something out of an endeavor if you never put anything into it.” Walter Hailey Posted on March 17, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Committees are what insecure people create to put off making hard decisions.” Donald Trump Posted on March 17, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“It seems almost a law of human nature that it is easier for people to agree on a negative program – on the hatred of an enemy, on the envy of those better off – than on any positive task. The contrast between the “we” and the “they”, the common fight outside the group seems to be an essential ingredient.” Friedrich Hayek Posted on March 15, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“When criminals use guns, the Democrats want to take guns away from law-abiding citizens. When terrorists use hundred dollar bills, the liberals want to deny the rest of us the Benjamins.” Seth Lipsky Posted on March 11, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“At the most fundamental level, it is an honor to serve – at whatever type or size of organization you are privileged to lead, whether it is a for-profit or non-profit. It is an honor to serve.” Alan Mulally Posted on March 10, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“If you work ten or twelve hours a day, seven days a week, sometimes you just get lucky.” Armand Hammer Posted on March 9, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” St. Augustine Posted on March 9, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The average American is tired of being led down the garden path while the country and economy continue to deteriorate. We don’t know what the future holds if we elect Donald Trump, or another “outsider”, but most of us feel what it holds if we don’t. More of the same.” Tracey Lawrence Posted on March 7, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way out.” G.J. Nathan Posted on March 4, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“A man who has made no enemies is probably not a very good man.” Antonin Scalia Posted on March 3, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax – yet.” Charles Kettering Posted on March 2, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“An expert is someone who makes three correct guesses consecutively.” L.J. Peter Posted on February 29, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“If you think it’s hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.” Jack Lemmon Posted on February 26, 2016 by mplacente 1
“A ship does not sail with yesterday’s wind.” Louis L’Amour Posted on February 25, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“For Trump is not only a candidate. He is a messenger from Middle America. And the message he is delivering to the establishment is: We want an end to your policies and we want an end to you.” Pat Buchanan Posted on February 24, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Discounts are great, but price is what you pay; value is what you get.” Warren Buffett Posted on February 23, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The unconscionable, immoral CEO wage gap…if either Hillary or Bernie get elected and issues an executive order capping all CEO compensation at the 20:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio that prevailed in 1960, and redistributed the ‘excess’ CEO pay to the rank-and-file, the average worker would see his or her weekly pay increase by $1.32-before taxes.” Mark J. Perry Posted on February 22, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“If bureaucrats do nothing, they don’t do much harm. But the trouble is that they are active, indeed, hyperactive. They judge their success, as their superiors judge them, by the number of regulations they introduce or impose.” Jean Monnet Posted on February 19, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“There are two kind of people in the world…Some willing to work, and the rest willing to let them.” Robert Frost Posted on February 18, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“No cause, ever, in the history of all mankind, has produced more cold-blooded tyrants, more slaughtered innocents, and more orphans than socialism with power. It surpassed exponentially, all other systems of production in turning out the dead.” Alan Charles Kors Posted on February 17, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it.” Paul “Bear” Bryant Posted on February 16, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“We don’t sit here and make the law, to decide who ought to win. We decide who wins under the law that the people have adopted.” Antonin Scalia Posted on February 15, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The one reliably true thing we are witnessing in this 2016 election is a bi-partisan repudiation of Barack Obama’s presidency.” D. Henninger Posted on February 12, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.” Edward R. Murrow Posted on February 11, 2016 by mplacente Reply
Let’s revisit today. “Are you better off now than you were eight years ago?” Ronald Reagan Posted on February 10, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Some plausible ideas vanish in the presence of thought. Some widespread beliefs vanish in the presence of decency.” B. Stephens Posted on February 9, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” Stephen Covey Posted on February 8, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The Obama administration spent nearly a decade and an obscene amount of taxpayer money examining the environmental impact of the Keystone XL pipeline, only to finally make a blatantly political decision which ignored the green light(s) from the scientific studies. No wonder the public is rebelling against the bloated D.C. beast.” Elizabeth Stoyko Posted on February 5, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The Democratic Party message of 2008, ever more strident now, is: The government will see that all your needs are met. Someone else will pay for this, and you need not be personally responsible.” B.H. Reichel Posted on February 4, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.” Stephen Fry Posted on February 3, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe when the legislature is in session.” Mark Twain Posted on February 2, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Most people who claim an inability to pay back student loans in reality do have the money to pay, but their misplaced financial priorities prevent them from addressing their own responsibilities.” K.A. Capps Posted on February 1, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“I sometimes feel I have nothing to say, and I want to communicate this.” Damien Hirst Posted on January 29, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Let’s put it his way: two outs in the ninth inning with the tying run on second. Would you rather bring to the plate a promising rookie or a veteran whose ineptitude has already been proven.” A. Copeland Posted on January 28, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The truth is that liberals can either adapt to the same economic reality that businesses confront or they can keep their regulations in the name of fairness and social justice. If they continue to do the latter, they may find the system is so fair that no one can afford to participate.” The Wall Street Journal Posted on January 27, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“There are only two days of the year that NOTHING can be done. YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW. Live TODAY!” J. Clarke Posted on January 26, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“It’s not that life is too short, it’s that death is too long, so best get on with things.” Tyler Alexander Posted on January 25, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Youth and beauty are not accomplishments, they’re temporary by-products of time and/or DNA.” Carrie Fisher Posted on January 18, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“If you think eggplant is good, you should try any other food; it’s much better.” Amir Blumenfeld Posted on January 15, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“The problem we have is that 47% of the Americans who pay zero income tax are voting on what to charge everyone else.” Steven Crowder Posted on January 14, 2016 by mplacente Reply
It is unrealistic to expect that government will ever be able to manage social programs efficiently, so the only hope is to have as few of them as possible.” Ralph Tibiletti Posted on January 13, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Trump…We are usually in agreement with most of what he says, but wish someone else was saying it. The only people who really like him are the voters.” Unknown Posted on January 12, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“President Obama should remember that a government run by executive order “is neither a republic nor a democracy”. It is despotism!” Jonathan Tobin Posted on January 11, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Experience is a great teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.” Minna Antrim Posted on January 8, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“You can take all the guns in America and put them in a pile on the Mall in Washington D.C. — and those guns will stay there and will eventually rust and decay. Not one gun will crawl out of that pile and shoot or harm anyone. It takes a human being, and a human heart bent on evil, to pick up a gun, load it, and pull the trigger. The problem we have in this country is sin.” Franklin Graham Posted on January 7, 2016 by mplacente Reply
” If I am what I have, and if I lose what I have, who then am I? ” Erich Fromm Posted on January 6, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” Gandhi Posted on January 1, 2016 by mplacente Reply
“Talent is God given . . . be humble. Fame is man-given . . . be grateful. Conceit is self-given . . . be careful.” John Wooden Posted on December 30, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world can be cured by legislation.” Thomas B. Reed Posted on December 26, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Everyone you meet in life knows more about something than you do. Your job is to get them to pass that knowledge on to you.” W. Beasley Posted on December 24, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“You don’t have a right to the cards you believe you should have been dealt. You have an obligation to play the hell out of the ones you’re holding.” Cheryl Strayed Posted on December 22, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“If things were as obvious as they initially appear…then men would be riding horseback sidesaddle…and not women.” Will Rogers Posted on December 20, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Good things happen slowly, bad things happen fast.” Abigail Thomas Posted on December 17, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“If you possess something but you can’t give it away, then you don’t possess it; it possesses you.” Frank Sinatra Posted on December 11, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are becoming outnumbered by those who vote for a living.” A. Sirna Posted on December 10, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Remove one freedom per generation and soon you will have no freedom and no one would have noticed.” Karl Marx Posted on December 9, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Calls for gun control aren’t about keeping guns from bad guys. It’s what you talk about so you don’t have to talk about Islamist terror. Liberalism cannot deal with the reality of evil. So liberals inveigh against the instruments the evil use, rather than the evil that motivates them.” William McGurn Posted on December 9, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Terrorism: The plain truth is President Obama cannot keep us safe. And his policies leave us defenseless.” Chris Cox Posted on December 7, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery “. Winston Churchill Posted on December 4, 2015 by mplacente Reply
” The harder I work, the luckier I get. ” Samuel Goldwyn Posted on December 3, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.” H. L. Mencken Posted on December 2, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Here’s a climate prediction for the year 2115: Liberals will still be organizing campaigns against yet another mooted social or environmental crisis. Temperatures will be about the same.” B. Stephens Posted on December 1, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“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 Posted on November 30, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“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 Posted on November 28, 2015 by mplacente Reply
