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    Timeless Wisdom

    Timely Quotes:
    Some wisdom from the past: They still ring true today!

    If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. -Mark Twain.

    Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself. - Mark Twain

    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

    A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -
    George Bernard Shaw

    A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.
    G. Gordon Liddy

    Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. - James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

    Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. -

    Douglas Casey,

    Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
    - P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

    Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. -
    Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

    Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. -

    Ronald Reagan (1986)

    I don't make jokes; I just watch the government and report the facts. -
    Will Rogers

    If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -
    P.J. O'Rourke

    In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. -
    Voltaire (1764)

    Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! - Pericles (430 B.C.)

    No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. -
    Mark Twain (1866)

    Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it. -
    Unknown

    The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. -
    Ronald Reagan

    The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. -
    Winston Churchill

    The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. - Mark Twain

    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -
    Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

    There is no distinctly Native American criminal class...save Congress. -
    Mark Twain

    What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. -
    Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)

    A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. -
    Thomas Jefferson

    #2
    What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. -
    Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)

    The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. -
    Winston Churchill

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      #3
      I love stinging one-liners like that. I have a 1000+ pg book that I like to read that is all stupid trivia and one-liners like those.
      Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

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        #4
        3 rules to live life by:

        1) Never get less than 12 hours sleep

        2) Never play cards with a guy who has the first name as a city.

        3) Never date a girl with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.
        You'll get your chance, smart guy.

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          #5
          ^^^^^^
          I'm confused, my Dad taught me

          1. Never buy the cow if the milk is free
          2. Go ugly early--it's the cheapest path to the same ending
          3. No girl is ugly when she's offering "favors"

          Dad was a wise man.
          Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

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