Notable Quotes
“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it.
The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.”
— Thomas Sowell
“When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece of advice?’
it is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway. ”
— Erma Bombeck
“If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.”
— Albert Einstein
“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.
I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have.
I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“Attitude lies somewhere between emotion and logic.
It’s that curious mix of optimism and determination that enables you to maintain a positive outlook
and to continue plodding in the face of the most adverse circumstances.”
— Pat Summitt 1952 – 2016
“No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems.
They are trying to solve their own problems — of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two.
Whatever is number three is far behind.”
— Thomas Sowell
“Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.”
— Albert Einstein
“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
— Winston Churchill
“When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.”
— Tom Landry
“Now the trumpet summons us again
– not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need
– not as a call to battle, though embattled we are
– but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle year in and year out, ‘rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation’
– a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.”
— John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Finding things to tax is becoming quite a problem. You see when taxes first started (who started ‘em anyhow?),
Noah must have taken into the ark two taxes, one male and one female, and did they multiply bountifully!
Next to guinea pigs, taxes must have been the most prolific of animals.”
— Will Rogers,
From Weekly Articles, the Roosevelt Years
“On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me.”
— Rodney Dangerfield
November 22, 1921 – October 05, 2004
“Noise proves nothing.
Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.”
— Mark Twain
“When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end;
and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it.”
— G.K. Chesterton
“If time be of all things most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality, since lost time is never found again.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies;
probably because they are generally the same people.”
— G.K. Chesterton
“Somebody asked me about the current choice we’re being given in the presidential election.
I said, ‘Well, it’s like two of the scariest movies I can imagine.’”
— Dean Koontz, (b. 1955)
Koontz is a best-selling American author.
His novels are broadly described as suspense thrillers,
but also frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire.
Happiness is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.
— Ben Franklin
“A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
— Ben Franklin
“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”
— Winston Churchill