“Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.” Jerry Seinfeld Posted on January 17, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“We cannot move around large quantities of necessary fluids without spilling them occasionally. Those of us who drink have proven this by experimental method.” P.J. O’Rourke Posted on January 16, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Knowledge does not become power until it is used. There are plenty of people who know it all but have never bothered to do any of it. Ideas without action are worthless.” Harvey Mackay Posted on January 15, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Formula for success: Rise early, work hard, strike oil.” J. Paul Getty Posted on January 15, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.” Winston Churchill Posted on January 13, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“When people show you – or tell you – who they are, believe them the first time.” Maya Angelou Posted on January 8, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, but then fail all the more completely because he drinks.” George Orwell Posted on January 6, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Success is a little like wrestling with a gorilla. You don’t quit when you’re tired – you quit when the gorilla is tired.” Robert Strauss Posted on January 4, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course.” John Maxwell Posted on January 3, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“The kamikaze pilot who was able to fly fifty missions was involved – but never committed.” Lou Holtz Posted on January 3, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.” Edwin Cole Posted on January 1, 2015 by mplacente Reply
“People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.” Peter Drucker Posted on December 29, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.” Clint Eastwood Posted on December 26, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.” Oscar Wilde Posted on December 21, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength.” Charles Spurgeon Posted on December 20, 2014 by mplacente Reply
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“What the honorable member is saying is that he would rather that the poor be poorer, provided that the rich were less rich.” Margaret Thatcher Posted on December 13, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“10,535 pages of ObamaCare condensed to 4 sentences… 1. In order to insure the uninsured, we first have to uninsure the insured. 2. Next, we require the newly uninsured to be re-insured. 3. To re-insure the newly uninsured, they are required to pay extra charges to be re-insured. 4. The extra charges are required so that the original insured, who became uninsured, and then became re-insured, can pay enough extra so that the original uninsured can be insured, which will be free of charge to them. This, ladies and gentlemen, is called “redistribution of wealth” … or, by its more common name, SOCIALISM.” Posted on December 10, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“You’re entitled to your own opinion, but you’re not entitled to your own facts.” Daniel Patrick Moynihan Posted on December 9, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” George Orwell Posted on December 7, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“People (Democratic voters) are generally more persuaded by the thought of losing something than by the thought of gaining the exact same thing.” Steve Martin Posted on December 6, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“We try to focus on our past business mistakes for future insight rather than our successes.” Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway Posted on December 4, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Efficiency is doing the thing right; effectiveness is doing the right things.” Peter Drucker Posted on November 29, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“It isn’t a problem if you can give it to someone else.” Dilbert Posted on November 25, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Resentment of the prosperous — whether at home or on the world stage — runs through virtually everything Barack Obama has said and done throughout his life. You don’t need to be Sherlock Holmes to find the clues. You have to shut your eyes tightly to keep from seeing them everywhere, in every period of his life.” Thomas Sowell Posted on November 24, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“You should always go to other people’s funerals; otherwise, they won’t come to yours.” Yogi Berra Posted on November 23, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed, and hence clamorous to be led to safety, by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” H.L. Mencken Posted on November 22, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“It’s refreshing that “the most transparent administration in history” should finally display candor about its signature act of social change. Inadvertently, of course. But now we know what lay behind Obama’s smooth reassurances: the arrogance of an academic liberalism that rules in the name of a citizenry it mocks, disdains and deliberately, contemptuously deceives.” Charles Krauthammer Posted on November 21, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Do what has to be done, when it has to be done, as well as it can be done, and do it that way every time.” Tom Carpenter Posted on November 12, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” Cynthia Ozick Posted on November 11, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Most things in the world can be bought or sold, but not a reputation.” Walt Bettinger Posted on November 10, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“The trend of modern times appears to indicate that citizens of democracies are willing heedlessly to surrender their freedoms to purchase social and economic equality, apparently oblivious of the consequences. And the consequences are that their ability to hold on to and use what they earn and own, to hire and fire at will, to enter freely into contracts, and even to speak their mind is steadily being eroded by governments bent on redistributing private assets and subordinating individual rights to group rights.” Richard Pipe Posted on November 8, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“The American people are today a deeply divided people — on ideology, politics, faith, morality, race, culture. Americans today — and not for the first time — do not really like each other.” Pat Buchanan Posted on November 6, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.” Don Marquis Posted on November 4, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Don’t let anybody tell you that it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs.” Hillary Clinton “If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” Barack Obama Posted on November 3, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“You make your money when you buy, not when you sell.” Boyd Smith Sr. Posted on November 1, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Karate: the ancient Japanese art of getting people to buy lots of belts.” M. Kaplan Posted on October 31, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“You may not be interested in war, but war may be interested in you.” Leon Trotsky Posted on October 30, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” Herbert Stein Posted on October 28, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Marriage is like a 5,000 piece jigsaw puzzle…all sky.” Cathy Ladman Posted on October 24, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“If someone as blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will? Ross Perot Posted on October 23, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“The first to present his case seems right, till another comes forward and questions him.” Proverbs 18:17 Posted on October 22, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Doing the right thing is never the wrong thing to do.” Harvey Mackay Posted on October 19, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world.” Rich Karlgaard Posted on October 17, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” Bill Gates Posted on October 16, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Recent government interventions suggest that politicians and bureaucrats today still think they can design about anything. This ignorance has backfired, as it always does, bringing with it what economists call unintended consequences. Think Obamacare.” D.J. Boudreaux Posted on October 15, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“There is no such thing as a final offer.” Harvey Mackay Posted on October 14, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Legislative losses, there’s always the other party to blame. Policy and implementation problems, voters are going to blame the president – because they think part of his job is running the government. And Americans expect competence.” Doyle McManus Posted on October 10, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“We can’t gain any momentum moving toward tomorrow if we are dragging the past behind us.” Jack Hayford Posted on October 9, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” Elbert Hubbard Posted on October 7, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“The 50-50-90 rule: anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong.” Andy Rooney Posted on October 6, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Liberals use the fact of flat or falling incomes to call for more of the same policies that have resulted in flat or falling incomes. By making equality a higher priority than economic growth, Obama has reduced growth and increased inequality.” The Wall Street Journal Posted on October 4, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Failure is not falling down but staying down.” Harvey Mackay Posted on October 3, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Seneca Posted on October 1, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Lawyers and War? Have the lawyers at Defense, Justice and the White House talk to the lawyers at ISIS. Perhaps they can arrive at some resolution in this matter.” Su-Min Oon Posted on September 30, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.” Billy Graham Posted on September 26, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“It’s always darkest before it’s pitch black.” Peter Lynch Posted on September 25, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Among the many other questions raised by the nebulous concept of “greed” (income distribution) is why it is a term applied almost exclusively to those who want to earn more money or to keep what they have already earned – never to those wanting to take other people’s money in taxes or to those wishing to live on the largess dispensed from such taxation.” Thomas Sowell Posted on September 23, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Whichever strategy is chosen, we should be reticent in telling our adversaries in advance any timetable that governs us or which of our capabilities we will not employ.” James Mattis, USMC Ret Posted on September 23, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“The inability to forecast hasn’t prevented the desire to keep forecasting.” Morgan Housel Posted on September 22, 2014 by mplacente Reply
Last week President Obama gave a big speech from the White House, where he outlined his plan to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the terror group ISIS. When asked how, he said “I’ll build their website.” Jimmy Fallon Posted on September 19, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Capitalism has moved more people out of poverty than any other economic system ever devised. When we elect people who understand this simple fact, we will have growth for all.” Colin Eagles Posted on September 18, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.” Lily Tomlin Posted on September 17, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Knowing what you don’t know is much more useful in life and business than being brilliant.” Charles T. Munger Posted on September 15, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Training is what you do while your opponent is sleeping in.” Brian Owe Posted on September 10, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Failure is simply a price we pay to achieve success.” John Maxwell Posted on September 9, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“How do wars start? Diplomats lie to reporters and then believe what they read in the newspapers.” Karl Kraus Posted on September 7, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“NATO: A defense alliance of countries that don’t have any militaries.” Unknown Posted on September 6, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.” Theodore Roosevelt Posted on September 4, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.” Lou Holtz Posted on September 2, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Bad officials are elected by good citizens who don’t vote.” George Jean Nathan Posted on August 31, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Bad officials are elected by good citizens who don’t vote.” George Jean Nathan Posted on August 30, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Capital goes where it is welcome and stays where it is well treated.” Walter Wriston Posted on August 29, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“The most important political office is that of private citizen.” Louis Brandeis Posted on August 28, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“A leader can delegate anything but responsibility.” John Maxwell Posted on August 27, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Progressive Democrat policies buy votes but destroy prosperity and hurt the very people they are supposed to help.” Phil Gramm Posted on August 26, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Morality and war don’t belong in the same sentence.” Ted Van Kirk, Enola Gay Navigator Posted on August 25, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“The greatest luxury in life is time. Savor every second.” Bentley Barnato Posted on August 23, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Those who choose wisely and responsibly have a far greater likelihood of success, while those who choose foolishly and irresponsibly have a far greater likelihood of failure.” Lou Holtz Posted on August 22, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.” George Burns Posted on August 19, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“A law of political physics is that a regulator will always find something new to justify its existence, whether or not it’s needed.” F. Wile Posted on August 16, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“You’re only given one little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.” Robin Williams Posted on August 13, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“There is nothing more permanent than a temporary government program.” Ronald Reagan Posted on August 13, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Lies written in ink can never disguise facts written in blood.” Lu Xun Posted on August 9, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Seven years of college, down the drain.” John “Bluto” Blutarsky…Animal House Posted on August 8, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.” Miguel de Cervantes Posted on August 7, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.” Henry David Thoreau Posted on August 6, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” Douglas Adams Posted on August 5, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Thankfully, perseverance is a great substitute for talent.” Steve Martin Posted on August 3, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Democratic civilization is the first in history to blame itself because another power is working to destroy it.” Jean-Francois Revel Posted on July 28, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“A person who procrastinates in their choosing will inevitably have the choice made for them by circumstance.” Hunter S. Thompson Posted on July 24, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to prevent them from leaving us.” John F. Kennedy Posted on July 23, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that’s not innocent.” Ronald Reagan Posted on July 22, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“President Obama is a constitutional scholar lost in a world of thugs.” Fouad Ajami Posted on July 21, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls-Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.” Warren Buffett Posted on July 18, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“I will not let anyone tell me we must spend more money. This crisis did not come about because we issued too little money but because we created economic growth with too much money and it was not sustainable growth.” Angela Merkel Posted on July 17, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” Alice Walker Posted on July 16, 2014 by mplacente Reply
“When you die at 72, no matter what you die from, it’s natural causes. Even if you get hit by a truck…cause if you was younger, you’d have got out of the way.” Chris Rock Posted on July 15, 2014 by mplacente Reply