I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. — Winston Churchill

Recently sent to me by a reader; I cannot establish the author, but it’s wonderful: These are possibly the 5 best sentences you’ll ever read: 1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. … Continue reading →

‘A company is stronger if it is bound by love rather than by fear.’ “If you’re wrong, you slit your own throat.” “… Positions and titles signify absolutely nothing. They’re just adornments; they don’t represent the substance of anybody.” “Think … Continue reading →

Though the people support the government, the government should not support the people. — former U.S. President Grover Cleveland

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. — Benjamin Franklin

If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves. — Carl Jung

“Despite his appearance of confidence, Obama’s is an empty soul in search of fulfillment.  The salve for his wounded heart is the acquisition of raw power. Power that is unimpeded, unopposed, and subject only to the capricious whims of a self-conscious, … Continue reading →

“For me, I shall come some day to the real sciences and I shall learn astrology,” the 16th Century mystic Bartholomew de las Casas said to the youthful explorer Hernando Cortez. Replied Cortez, “You can never pick me a destiny … Continue reading →

I don’t believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be. Ken Venturi

Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless. — Milton Friedman

“We’ve got to deal with these things. You cannot have health care devour the economy.” — Bill Clinton, on why Medicare and Social Security cannot be left as they are   “Yes we can.” — Obama’s response to reality, whenever … Continue reading →

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. — John W. Gardner