Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

 "I have learned to seek happiness by limiting my desires, rather than trying to satisfy them." - John Stuart Mill

"If you take a job and they pay you five dollars a day, give them seven dollars a day worth of work." - Bill Russell

"A fool and his money is soon elected." - Will Rogers

"Hunting, bathing , gaming, laughing - that's living!" - Ancient Roman saying

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

America's sustained competitive advantage stems from our vast natural resources and our freedoms. Of the two our freedoms are by far the most important and irreplaceable. Just look at Hong Kong to see the truth of this... "Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and their politicians as a joke." - Will Rogers... No dirty hippies, NO WIRE HANGERS, and a splash of vodka on everything... I would love it if MLB started referring to left-handed pitchers as "left-wingers" and right-handed pitchers as "right-wingers" just to mess with people... Santa's super powers vs those of other super heroes... Prior to the second day of the Battle of Stirling the Scots knelt and prayed. King Edward II saw this and assumed the Scots were praying for mercy from the English. He was mistaken. The Scots were praying to beg forgiveness from God for what they were about to do to the English... Periodic reminder to Steelers fans - your team lost playoff games to both Blake Bortles and Tim Tebow...