Quotable Quotes

[olivia24]

In Modern America (sic) we see a society, and particularly its educated elite, lacking the will to impose constraints on the behavior of adolescents. The wisdom of the ages teaches otherwise. Children, adolescents, and adults all need constraints of various kinds — guardrails, in the words of a famous Wall Street Journal editorial. Everyone likes to have a good time, but most people come to recognize that happiness and satisfaction come not so much from the enjoyment of pleasure as from the performance of duty. A life without constraints is not a dream but a nightmare.

Michael Barone

That is so true!!

 

[orzec]

"Be hopeful, but never expect anything from anyone, expectation hurts you in the end!"

 

[J.J. McDaniels]

“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.”
― John Lennon

 

[FrancSevin]

I am pissed. I just found out September 16th is Grumpy Old Man's day.

Not one SOB in my circle of friends told me.

I went through the whole day grumpy as hell and received not one iota of recognition.

Ungrateful Son's a Bitch's

 

[FrancSevin]

Whensoever hostile aggression...require a resort to war, we must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies.

Thomas Jefferson

Words of grave importance we seem to have forgotten today

 

[FrancSevin]

“We have a moral responsibility to protect God’s creation for generations to come”
- Nancy Pelosi


Just which generations is she talking about?
Surely not the unborn.
She WAS however talking about those affected by "climate change"

"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts."

Physicist Richard Freeman

 

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[FrancSevin]

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I live by this rule!


thanks!

 

[J.J. McDaniels]

I live by this rule!


thanks!

You're welcome! And I live by the one you posted. It's so true.

 

[J.J. McDaniels]

This is something I WISH I could do.

 

[J.J. McDaniels]

 

[FrancSevin]

You're welcome! And I live by the one you posted. It's so true.

Thanks! But which one?

 

[J.J. McDaniels]

Thanks! But which one?

Helen Mirren’s quote. It’s true in every sense of the word.

 

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[J.J. McDaniels]

“Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.”
― Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile

 

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[Mark1911]

“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

 

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[FrancSevin]

HAVE YOU EVER FOUND IN HISTORY, ONE SINGLE EXAMPLE OF A NATION THOROUGHLY CORRUPTED, THAT WAS AFTERWARDS RESTORED TO VIRTUE?
AND WITHOUT VIRTUE THERE CAN BE NO POLITICAL LIBERTY.

John Adams
to Thomas Jefferson
December 21, 1819

 

[Ironman]

One day Albert Einstein wrote on the board:
9 x 1 = 9
9 x 2 = 18
9 x 3 = 27
9 x 4 = 36
9 x 5 = 45
9 x 6 = 54
9 x 7 = 63
9 x 8 = 72
9 x 9 = 81
9 x 10 = 91
The chaos started suddenly in the hall because Einstein made a mistake. Correct answer 9 × 10 =. And all his students ridiculed him.
A. Einstein waited for everyone to be silent and said:
"Despite the fact that I analyzed nine problems correctly, no one congratulated me. But when I made one mistake, everyone started laughing. This means that even if a person is successful, society will notice his slightest mistake. And they'll like that.
So don't let criticism destroy your dreams. The only person who never makes a mistake is someone who does nothing. "

 

[mla2ofus]

I guess I've reached the point where I don't make mistakes, LOL!!