A Blog For All Seasons

Where is the Country Headed

2011-12-19T20:41:00.002-10:00

Socialism only works in two places:

Heaven where they don't need it

and Hell where they already have it.

Ronald Reagan

Jefferson in some cases could be called a prophet.

2008-11-22T14:13:00.000-10:00

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe .

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.

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

For May

2008-08-29T22:18:00.001-10:00

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Jack London (1876 - 1916)

Before you criticize consider this...

2008-08-23T12:46:00.000-10:00

To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD)

Although Sometimes Difficult

2008-08-07T08:31:00.000-10:00

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

Plutarch

Sad But True

2008-04-30T12:13:00.001-10:00

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

George Orwell (1903 - 1950)

Very Zen

2008-04-27T18:51:00.004-10:00

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.

Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

2008-04-27T18:51:00.001-10:00

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.

Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

Sounds Like a Politician

2008-04-23T08:59:00.000-10:00

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

Tom Stoppard

No Truer Words

2008-04-20T10:24:00.000-10:00

A person who trusts no one can't be trusted.

Jerome Blattner

This Was Before Public Education

2008-03-06T15:55:00.003-10:00

Education is the best provision for the journey to old age.

Aristotle

Does This Mean No TV?

2007-05-31T10:54:00.000-10:00

Determine never to be idle...It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

Thomas Jefferson

Are You Certain

2007-03-06T21:25:00.001-10:00

Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.

Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970),

Worry Not

2007-03-06T21:23:00.001-10:00

If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?

Shantideva

Winning Only Comes After Much Work

2007-03-01T21:20:00.000-10:00

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

Sun-tzu (~400 BC)

Indomitable

2007-03-01T21:17:00.000-10:00

What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.

Wendell Phillips (1811 - 1884)

Do You Feel Lucky

2007-02-25T21:14:00.000-10:00

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826),

It Make Sense To Me

2007-02-25T21:11:00.001-10:00

Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.

Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914),

Good Advice

2007-02-25T21:07:00.000-10:00

Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.

English Proverb

Courage

2007-02-22T21:47:00.000-10:00

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.

Eddie Rickenbacker (1890 - 1973)

The Foolish and the Wise

2007-02-21T23:03:00.000-10:00

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.

Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

It Falls on Deaf Ears

2007-02-20T22:49:00.000-10:00

Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.

The College Student

It's Ironic and True

2007-02-20T22:30:00.000-10:00

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.

Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938)

Are Your Prepared

2007-02-20T18:58:00.001-10:00

A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893 - 1986)

Looking Ahead

2007-02-19T23:16:00.000-10:00

The Future is in the hands of the young. Nurture and love them and the future will have no bounds.

Mr. Pipman

The Future Is Bright

2007-02-19T23:13:00.001-10:00

Praise youth and it will prosper.

Irish Proverb

Understanding the Question

2007-02-19T23:03:00.000-10:00

Seek not the answer but the meaning of the question.

Buda

Maybe We Should All Vote

2007-02-19T22:58:00.001-10:00

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

Plato

Is It In Our Nature

2007-02-19T22:56:00.000-10:00

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

Plato

What Are We Teaching Your Daughters

2007-02-19T22:53:00.000-10:00

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

Plato

Spend It Wisely

2007-02-19T22:45:00.000-10:00

We have two things to spend in life, time and money. Spend the first wisely, for in the end, the second is meaningless.

Mr. Pipman

Truer Today

2007-02-19T22:38:00.000-10:00

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

Theodore Roosevelt

How Is Your Aim

2007-02-19T22:35:00.000-10:00

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Theodore Roosevelt

But Only Because We Do Not See

2007-02-19T22:32:00.001-10:00

They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.

Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

War

2007-02-19T22:25:00.000-10:00

War is the greatest dichotomy; man is at his best when mankind is at its worst.

Mr. Pipman

Are You Who You Could Be?

2007-02-19T22:21:00.001-10:00

Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.

Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904)

Are You Happy?

2007-02-19T22:19:00.000-10:00

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Mahatma Gandhi

How Are You Spending Yours?

2007-02-19T17:51:00.000-10:00

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)

To Forgive is Devine

2007-02-19T15:55:00.000-10:00

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde

Dress for Success

2007-02-19T15:49:00.000-10:00

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

Mark Twain

Is the Truth That Frightening?

2007-02-19T08:07:00.000-10:00

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.

Sir Winston Churchill

Simple is Sometimes Best

2007-02-19T07:01:00.000-10:00

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

Albert Einstein

Silence is Golden

2007-02-18T16:06:00.001-10:00

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Abraham Lincoln

Being Successful is...

2007-02-18T15:14:00.000-10:00

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

Sir Winston Churchill

What Is Happiness

2007-02-18T10:30:00.000-10:00

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

Yes, You May Have to Surrender -- Again

2007-02-16T15:21:00.000-10:00

Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.

French Proverb

This One I Understand

2007-02-16T15:15:00.000-10:00

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

Chinese Proverb

I'm Not Sure What This Means, But its Good Advice Just the Same

2007-02-16T15:13:00.000-10:00

Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.

Chinese Proverb

Are You Liberal or Conservative

2007-02-16T15:05:00.000-10:00

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

Hannah Arendt (1906 - 1975)

Be Careful of What You Say

2007-02-16T14:42:00.001-10:00

No sword bites so fiercly as an evil tongue.

Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586)

A Work to the Wise

2007-02-16T14:33:00.001-10:00

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

I Can Hardly Wait

2007-02-16T13:31:00.000-10:00

I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.

Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976)

Length Does Matter

2007-02-16T12:26:00.000-10:00

I must apologize for the length of this blog, I didn’t have the time to make it short.

Mr. Pipman

Have a Pleasent Trip

2007-02-16T12:01:00.000-10:00

Excellence is a journey not a destination

Mr. Pipman

We Are Excellent When

2007-02-16T12:00:00.001-10:00

It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.

Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)

The Truth Hurts

2007-02-16T11:04:00.000-10:00

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)

Are You Rational

2007-02-16T10:51:00.001-10:00

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.

Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

Taking Action

2007-02-16T10:28:00.001-10:00

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903)

He Thinks Like Me

2007-02-16T10:14:00.000-10:00

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.

Mahatma Gandhi

I Wish I Had Thought of That

2007-02-16T08:32:00.001-10:00

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)

Why You Should Home School

2007-02-16T08:17:00.001-10:00

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

H. G. Wells (1865 - 1947)

I Always Liked Ben

2007-02-16T07:54:00.001-10:00

A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.

Benjamin Franklin

God Only Makes Good...

2007-02-16T07:53:00.001-10:00

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.

Confucius

At Least I Had Fun

2007-02-16T00:00:00.001-10:00

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.

Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

As I Was Saying...

2007-02-15T23:56:00.001-10:00

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Sir Winston Churchill

You Want It When?

2007-02-15T23:54:00.000-10:00

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

Mark Twain