Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Recognize and adapt to the true nature of the world around you; don't expect it to adapt to you." - Charlie Munger

"There is no past and no future; no one has ever entered those two imaginary kingdoms. There is only the present." - Leo Tolstoy

"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes." - Colonel William Prescott

"How many times have you listen to a speech and thought 'I wish that had been longer?' If you want to make a speech better, make it shorter." - Paul Graham 

Trump at Davos

Pretty extraordinary speech given by President Trump at Davos. Be sure to read the whole thing but this is the part that stood out for so many:

This is not a time for pessimism; this is a time for optimism. Fear and doubt is not a good thought process because this is a time for tremendous hope and joy and optimism and action.

But to embrace the possibilities of tomorrow, we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse. They are the heirs of yesterday’s foolish fortune-tellers -- and I have them and you have them, and we all have them, and they want to see us do badly, but we don't let that happen. They predicted an overpopulation crisis in the 1960s, mass starvation in the '70s, and an end of oil in the 1990s. These alarmists always demand the same thing: absolute power to dominate, transform, and control every aspect of our lives.

We will never let radical socialists destroy our economy, wreck our country, or eradicate our liberty. America will always be the proud, strong, and unyielding bastion of freedom.

We Choose to Got to the Moon

JFK gave his "We choose to go to the moon" speech 56-years ago yesterday.

You can read the full text of his speech here.

Well worth your time to recall how far we have come in the past 56-years. And to ponder how far we have yet to go.

Linky Links

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

- People whose feelings are so weak that they can be hurt by a Lynyrd Skynyrd song shouldn't be running anything - never mind the country.

- For Harry Potter fans

- The real war on science.

- Bob Newhart is the best

- Ethos, Logos and Pathos: the Structure of a Great Speech

- The Pope's 10 tips for living a happier life

- Two-years old but still makes me laugh every time