Alexis de Tocqueville: “Evils which are patiently endured when they seem inevitable become intolerable when once the idea of escape from them is suggested.”

“Madame, you could go outside and get run over by a bus and just think what you would have missed!” — Graham Kerr, TVs “Galloping Gourmet” in response to criticism that he cooked with butter and enjoyed wine.

“When government taxes, borrows and spends, it shifts unemployment from one sector to another. Of course, the sector that benefits tends to be a political favorite of the shifter.” — Walter Williams

“Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.” — Thomas Jefferson

“It only stands to reason that where there’s sacrifice, there’s someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there’s service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of service and sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and … Continue reading →

“What’s that you say? Hopeless?–Why, very well!–But a man does not fight merely to win! No–no–better to know one fights in vain! …” — from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. –Thomas Szasz

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. — Albert Einstein

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. — David Brinkley

Stress is like spice. In the right proportion, it enhances the flavor of a dish. Too little produces a bland, dull meal. Too much may choke you. –Donald Tubesing, from “Kicking Your Stress Habits”

“Governmental economic planning is back seat driving by a man who doesn’t know how to drive and who … doesn’t know where he wants to go.” — economist and expert on the Great Depression, Benjamin Anderson

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny. — … Continue reading →