Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

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Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

First Paragraph in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompson would have turned 88 years old today.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Starship still not understood. Detailed look at SpaceX's Starship - and by detailed I mean detailed. (HT Borepatch)

- From the archives: Hunter S. Thompson on finding you purpose and living a meaningful life. A little wordy but good advice.

- MAHA!

- The X-37B spaceplane lands after helping to pave the way for "maneuver warfare." The X-37B could be the workhorse of the Space Force.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey, he is obligated to do so." - Thomas Jefferson 

"Economic growth is not a cure-all, but lack of growth is a kill-all." - Paul Collier

"The dimensions of what we have fucked up in this country are beyond any coherent explanation." - Hunter S. Thompson

"It's hard to get really depressed until your dreams come true. Once your dreams come true and you realize you feel the same way you did before then you get a feeling of helplessness." - Rick Rubin

Quotes for Today

Some quotes that I hope may resonate with you.

"Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them." - Aristotle

"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson

"Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster." - Hunter S. Thompson

"Success is not guaranteed, but excitement is!" - Elon Musk

Quotes for today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Assuming you rise to the top, please remember: what made you great may not be appropriate for the next generation." - Richard Hamming

"The real power in America is held by fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy or fairness or even trees, except maybe in their own yards, and they don't mind admitting it. They worship money and power and death. Their ideal solution to all the nation's problems would be another 100 Year War." - Hunter S Thompson

"The two hardest things to get on film are UFO's and White House cocaine users." - Scott Adams

"One of the great symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important." - Bertrand Russell

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

The above is the opening paragraph of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Became a fan of the book and author, who would have celebrated a birthday yesterday, in high school. As I got older I became less of a fan of the man but still enjoy the work. Say what you will but Hunter S. Thompson is gone too soon.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Treat yourself like someone you're responsible for helping." - Jordan Peterson

"But if someone has a gun and is trying to kill you... it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." - Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama

"Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how.'" - Viktor Frankl

"Freedom is something that dies unless it is used." - Hunter S. Thompson

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense equal to my wishes." - Edward Gibbon

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." - Confucius

"A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason." - J.P. Morgan

"Live steady. Don't fuck around. Give anything weird a wide berth - including people. It's not worth it. I learned the hard way, through brutal overindulgence." - Hunter S. Thompson

Farnam Street Knowledge

Hunter S. Thompson's Letter on Finding Your Purpose and Living a Meaningful Life.

Like many, I've had my ups and downs regarding Hunter S. Thompson. Finding Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas while I was in high school caught me at my most vulnerable to a sex, and drugs, and rock and roll mindset. Same through college. As I got older I caught on that he was kinda a dick. Prior to his taking his own life I was convinced of that fact.

That doesn't mean we can't find nuggets of gold in places of his writing. I think this letter from his younger self is one such example.

The key takeaway from my perspective was to - STRIVE TO BE OURSELVES! Strive to be an authentic person. 

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices." - William James

"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy." - Winston Churchill 

"Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore." - Albert Einstein

"Knowledge is either from direct experience or from verifiable, falsifiable science. There is knowledge that is transmitted but not verifiable / falsifiable, and this knowledge is indistinguishable from that which is false." - Naval Ravikant 

"I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense equal to my wishes." - Edward Gibbon

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." - Confucius

"Live steady. Don't fuck around. Give anything weird a wide berth - including people. It's not worth it. I learned the hard way, through brutal overindulgence." - Hunter S. Thompson

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

I really hope that Matt Taibbi is working on a 2020 Presidential campaign book to rival Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing of the Campaign Trail 1972... In the Seven Years War, for every man who died in battle for England, an incredible 87 died of disease. If only General Fauci had ordered them to wear masks!... "Without the first amendment, there is no freedom. Without the second, there is no first." - Naval Ravikant... The way 2020 is tending I'm really afraid that contagious anal fissures will be a thing come September... Who knew? Adam Smith planned to have two follow-up books after The Wealth of Nations. The first was to be on literature and philosophy while the second was to be on law and government... Cam Newton as the Patriots starting QB is starting to grow on me (though I am concerned by him being a vegan)... 

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and Observations.

T-shirt idea: Bernie Sanders face on a milk carton with the tag line "Socialism was a bad choice!"... Interesting profile of David Baker, the giant of a man who is now the face of the Pro Football Hall of Fame... "Live steady. Don't fuck around. Give anything weird a wide berth - including people. It's not worth it. I learned this the hard way, through brutal overindulgence." - Hunter S. Thompson... Trump may take lap at Daytona 500 in Presidential Limo. I really hope he does this today... If I were to open a bar I think I'd call it Sh*tfaced - truth in advertising!... Awesome!

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Tim Ferriss on the coronavirus

- Remembering Hunter S. Thompson

- Heh Heh - Scholars now believe Jesus called Pharisees "Dog Faced Pony Soldiers"

- Happy Valentine's from the Astros

- Report: US led all countries in CO2 emissions reductions in 2019. Thank you fracking!