Notable Quotes
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.
And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.
Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.”
— Steve Jobs
“A compromise which results in a half-step toward evil is all wrong.”
— Teddy Roosevelt
“Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.”
— Ernest Hemingway
“The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie.
‘One word of truth outweighs the world.’ ”
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.”
— P. J. O’Rourke
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes,
our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”
— John Adams
“Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases:
If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it.
And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
— Ronald Reagan
“Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society.
If we’re looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs,
we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. ”
— P.J. O’Rourke, November1947— February 2022