“You have to be going to a pretty awful place if getting there is half the fun.” Miss Piggy Posted on November 25, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” Mark Twain Posted on November 24, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“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 Posted on November 23, 2015 by mplacente Reply
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. Posted on November 20, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Trust your hunches. They’re usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.” Dr. Joyce Brothers Posted on November 19, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“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 Posted on November 18, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.” Lord Acton Posted on November 18, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“I don’t know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.” Sandra Day O’Connor Posted on November 13, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Quality Control: I’ve never had a bad M&M.” Stanley Marcus (Neiman Marcus) Posted on November 11, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“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 Posted on November 9, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“If environmentalists had their way, the American people would starve and freeze to death in the dark.” Jesse Helms Posted on November 6, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“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 Posted on November 5, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“If you can’t beat them, arrange to have them beaten.” George Carlin Posted on November 4, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“An intellectual is a person who is knowledgeable in one field but speaks out only in others.” Tom Wolfe Posted on November 3, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“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 Posted on November 2, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The next best thing to being clever is to quote someone who is.” M.P. Poole Posted on October 30, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Have a mind that is open to everything and closed to nothing.” Wayne Dyer Posted on October 29, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“I’d rather be dead than sing ‘Satisfaction’ when I’m 45.” Mick Jagger, now 72! Posted on October 28, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Stockbrokers help other people with their investments until there’s nothing left.” Woody Allen Posted on October 26, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” Albert Einstein Posted on October 23, 2015 by mplacente Reply
” The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed. ” Nicolas Chamfort Posted on October 22, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“A team is where a man can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.” Mickey Mantle Posted on October 21, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Always be intolerant of ignorance, but understanding of illiteracy. Some people, unable to go to school, are more educated and more intelligent than college professors.” Maya Angelou Posted on October 20, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.” Cicero Posted on October 19, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Why do stores have signs, Guide Dogs Only; dogs can’t read and the owners are blind?” Unknown Posted on October 16, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Last night I blew 5,000 bucks on a reincarnation seminar. I figured, what the hell, you only live once.” Jonathan Katz Posted on October 16, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“One ferocious dog is enough to keep 200 sheep terrified.” MR Montaner Posted on October 14, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators don’t know whether to answer ‘present’ or ‘not guilty’.” Theodore Roosevelt Posted on October 13, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.” Henry Kissinger Posted on October 12, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“You can’t serve papers on a rat, baby sister. You gotta kill him or let him be.” Rooster Cogburn Posted on October 9, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“We are never as happy or unhappy as we think we are.” La Rochefoucauld Posted on October 8, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The test of the computer is the satisfaction it gives you. There isn’t any other test.” R.N. Pirsig Posted on October 7, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Everything comes to pass, nothing comes to stay.” Matthew Flickstein Posted on October 6, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The most dangerous three-word phrase in business is: Everyone does it.” John Gapper Posted on October 5, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.” Sophia Loren Posted on October 2, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The only reason a person hides things is because they have something to hide.” M. Massie Posted on September 30, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” Mark Twain Posted on September 29, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw Posted on September 28, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The only thing better than a little competition is a lot of competition.” David Petraeus Posted on September 27, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.” Harvey Mackay Posted on September 24, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.” William F. Buckley Posted on September 22, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“There is no such thing as impossible, it’s just a matter of figuring out how.” Haruhiko Tanahashi Posted on September 21, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Find something you love to do and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” Rich Karlgaard Posted on September 18, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“I want a government small enough to fit inside the Constitution.” Harry Browne Posted on September 17, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised.” M. Manson Posted on September 16, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.” Harrison Ford Posted on September 15, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.” John Maynard Keynes Posted on September 14, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” W. Edward Deming Posted on September 11, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Trust without trustworthiness is a formula for disaster.” Thomas Sowell Posted on September 10, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“If you have a job without any aggravations, you don’t have a job.” Malcolm Forbes Posted on September 9, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Underwhelming as the conclusion might sound to those with the urge to reorder society, many disparities arise simply because people are different, and because they make different choices.” Thomas Sowell Posted on September 8, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“We are stuck with technology when all we really want is stuff that works.” Douglas Adams Posted on September 7, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.” Woodrow Wilson Posted on September 4, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Your success in life isn’t based on your ability to simply change. It is based on your ability to change faster than your competition, customers and business.” Mark Sanborn Posted on September 3, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“No small part of the internal degeneration of American society has been a result of supposedly responsible officials caving in to whatever group is currently in vogue, and allowing them to trample on everyone else’s rights.” Thomas Sowell Posted on September 2, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“A year from now you’ll wish you started today.” Kay Lamb Posted on September 1, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Faced with the choice of changing one’s mind and proving there’s no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.” John Kenneth Galbraith Posted on August 31, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window.” Steve Wozniak Posted on August 27, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“In the stock market, past is not prologue.” Burton Malkiel Posted on August 26, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Communism doesn’t work because people like to own stuff.” Frank Zappa Posted on August 25, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Even if Trump doesn’t win, he’s teaching other politicians to stop being politicians. He comes on strong. He could say it gently, but I think no one would listen.” Jan Mannarino Posted on August 24, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“A lie told often enough becomes the truth.” Vladimir Lenin Posted on August 21, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“If every word a person says has to be politically correct, balanced and fair, I will jump off a tall thing onto a hard place.” Louis C.K. Posted on August 20, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.” Barbara Corcoran Posted on August 19, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“it is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well have not lived at all.” J.K. Rowling Posted on August 18, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“If you’re catching flak, you must be over the target.” Scott Walker Posted on August 17, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Wisdom is the sum of knowledge and experience.” D. Buettner Posted on August 15, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Most people don’t listen to understand; they listen to reply.” S.R. Covey Posted on August 14, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again.” Kurt Vonnegut Posted on August 12, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Insurance Rates, Taxes and Tuition: Whatever goes up, stays up.” Park’s Law Posted on August 11, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Failure is no more fatal than success is permanent.” Harvey Mackay Posted on August 10, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The effort expended by a bureaucracy in defending any error is in direct proportion to the size of the error.” Nie’s Law Posted on August 7, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Most people don’t grow up. Most people age.” Maya Angelou Posted on July 30, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil, but by people being fundamentally people.” Terry Pratchett Posted on July 29, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“A government that tries to do everything ends up doing many things badly.” John Stuart Mill Posted on July 28, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Iran Deal promises. If you were a banker and had made multiple loans to a customer over the years, and he never repaid any; would you loan him even more money again? Well, Kerry and BHO would!” Posted on July 27, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“In spite of various pretensions and fantasies, this agreement will not lead to cooperation between Iran and America on regional issues.” Editorial Iran’s Main Newspaper Posted on July 25, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Posted on July 24, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“When a religious fanatic tells you that he wants to kill you, it is wise to believe him, not give him more time to do so, and a lot of money.” Lawrence E. Beck Posted on July 22, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally – you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is now run by idiots.” Unknown Posted on July 20, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, un-learn and re-learn.” Alvin Toffler Posted on July 20, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.” Vladimir Nabokov Posted on July 16, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“What we know is a drop; what we don’t know is an ocean.” Isaac Newton Posted on July 13, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“You can’t legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.” Ian Duncan Posted on July 12, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Our job is to figure out what customers are going to want before they do.” Steve Jobs Posted on July 8, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“A people who want wealth without work will have neither.” Bret Stephens Posted on July 8, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“You have to recognize that your own thoughts are not your own. They filtered and percolated in from other people and your own circumstances.” Robert Shiller Posted on July 6, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The moments that make life worth living are when things are at their worst and you find a way to laugh.” Amy Schumer Posted on July 2, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” Vince Lombardi Posted on July 1, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.” Colin Powell Posted on June 30, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Own your life. It doesn’t just happen to you.” Anna Quindlen Posted on June 29, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus.” Milton Friedman Posted on June 26, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“If, in the nation’s largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not one 24-ounce soda, because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat – you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is now run by idiots.” Unknown Posted on June 25, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” T.S. Eliot Posted on June 23, 2015 by mplacente Reply
