[SpeedRacer]

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys Ted Kennedy.

[Bean Counter]

“Nothing in life is so exhilarating, as to be shot at without result.”

Winston Churchill

[IrishCatholic]

Nice collection. Thanks.

[GOP Poet]

Excellent! Thank you for posting.

[Bean Counter]

"To know what one ought to do is not enough."

Prince Rhombur Vernius


"The most common beginning of disaster was a sense of security."

Velleius Paterculus, History of Rome, c. 30 AD


"Some Lies are easier to believe than the Truth."

Orange Catholic Bible


"Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence."

Caedmon Erb, "Politics and Reality"


"Horsemen! I wish I could muster a legion of Dwarves, full armed and filthy."

Gimli, Son of Gloin, "Return of the King"


"Facts mean nothing when they are preempted by appearances. Do not underestimate the power of impression over reality."

Crown Prince Raphael Corrino, "The Rudiments of Power"


"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm."

George Orwell


"One uses power by grasping it lightly, to grasp with too much force is to be taken over by power, thus becoming its victim."

Bene Gesserit Axiom


"Evil thinks not to beguile us by unveiling the terrible truth of tis festering intent, but comes, instead, disguised in the diaphanous robes of virtue, whispering sweet-sounding lies intended to seduce us into the dark bed of our eternal graves."

-translated from Koloblicin's Journal


A "pacifist male" is a contradiction in terms. Most self-described "pacifists" are not pacific; they simply assume false colors. When the wind changes, they hoist the Jolly Roger.

There is only one way to console a widow. But remember the risk.

A motion to adjourn is always in order.

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equasions, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."

"What are the facts? Again and again and again -- what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore divine revelation, forget what "the stars foretell", avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, nevermind the unguessable "verdict of history"-- what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your single clue. Get the facts!"

"Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation. Stupidity is not a sin, the victim can't help being stupid. But stupidity is the only universal capital crime: the sentence is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity."

"$100 placed at 7 percent interest compounded quarterly fo 200 years will increase to more than $100,000,000 -- by which time it will be worth nothing."

Robert Heinlein, various sources


"One man's cheese is another man's spoiled milk."

Louis Wu, "Ringworld"

[red-dawg]

"People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who do."

-- Every member of the Democrat party.

[loungitude]

Things were a lot more like they used to be than they are now.
—Loungitude
Please hold your applause!

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Figures don’t lie, liars figure My grampa and probably somebody else

[HighlyOpinionated]

Ben Franklin: Democracy is Two Wolves and a Lamb Voting on What to Have for Lunch. Liberty is a Well-Armed Lamb Contesting the Vote.

http://www.libertystickers.com/product/democracy-is-two-wolves-and-a-lamb-franklin/

[CRBDeuce]

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians...has grown exponentially to: What this country needs are more unemployed politicians, lawyers, insurance salesmen, drug pushers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and government school/hospital administrators.

[Karliner]

Ha, I need the jokes today but some are just incredibly witful truisms we SHOULD heed...and danged it we’re not trying. Flying the Gasen this very moment.

[Senator_Blutarski]

Bump for future reference