Thought For The Day

"A society in which consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to keep production going is a society founded on trash and waste, and such a society is a house built upon sand."
Dorothy L. Sayers, Creed or Chaos?

Thought For The Day

Too many people spend money they haven't earned,
to buy things they don't want,
to impress people they don't like.
Will Rogers

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I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence."
Charles Austin Beard

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The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.
Carl Gustav Jung

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"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."
John Wooden

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"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action."
Johann von Goethe

Thought For The Day

The most important political office is that of private citizen.
Louis D. Brandeis

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“Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”
Mark Twain

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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), 'Art,' 1841

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Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Bible, John 8:32

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Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to deceive!

Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)

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"From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during Watergate years it was interpreted again so as to reaffirm that no one - absolutely no one - is above the law."
Leon Jaworski

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Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.
Denis Waitley

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I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), quoted in Saturday Review, Aug. 25, 1962

Thought For The Day

If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair.

Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.'
Jeff Foxworthy

Thought For Today

Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.
Sam Rayburn (1882 - 1961)