Tag Archives: Quote
Notable Quotes
Posted on 25. Aug, 2010 by Jeff Lambert.
I had heard the first quote below recently on a television show and thought it to be, well, quotable. When I went to make certain I had the details around it correct I landed on the site, Think Exist (update 12/30/20: site is gone), which resulted in the additional quotes I’ve included.
“What we have done for […]
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Today is the Very First Day of the Rest of My Life
Posted on 06. Jan, 2010 by Unknown Author.
This is the beginning of a new day.
I have been given this day to use as I will.
I can waste it […]
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tWonderful Tweets
Posted on 01. Dec, 2009 by Jeff Lambert.
Some time ago I set up the Twitter account, tWonderful. I now have started actually tweeting on that account. Essentially, the tweets will come out daily and be a fairly simple phrase describing something that I think is Wonderful. Hopefully, these thoughts will spark a memory in those who read them and bring a smile to their face or otherwise brighten their day. Feel free to follow! At some point I hope to have our twonderful.com website also kicking out content.
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Quote for November 5, 2009
Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by Unknown Author.
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
– Francis Bacon
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Quote of the Day 17
Posted on 09. Apr, 2009 by Unknown Author.
There is no distinctly native American criminal class… save Congress.
— Mark Twain
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Quote of the Day 16
Posted on 08. Apr, 2009 by Unknown Author.
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
— Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
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Quote of the Day 15
Posted on 07. Apr, 2009 by Unknown Author.
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
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Quote of the Day 14
Posted on 06. Apr, 2009 by Unknown Author.
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free!
— P.J. O’Rourke
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Quote of the Day 13
Posted on 05. Apr, 2009 by Unknown Author.
No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
— Mark Twain (1866)
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Quote of the Day 12
Posted on 04. Apr, 2009 by Unknown Author.
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
— Mark Twain
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Quote of the Day 11
Posted on 03. Apr, 2009 by Unknown Author.
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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Quote of the Day 10
Posted on 02. Apr, 2009 by Unknown Author.
Talk is cheap… except when Congress does it.
— Anonymous
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Quote of the Day 9
Posted on 01. Apr, 2009 by Unknown Author.
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Quote of the Day 8
Posted on 31. Mar, 2009 by Unknown Author.
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
— Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
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Quote of the Day 7
Posted on 30. Mar, 2009 by Unknown Author.
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)
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Quote of the Day 6
Posted on 29. Mar, 2009 by Unknown Author.
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
— P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian
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Quote of the Day 5
Posted on 28. Mar, 2009 by Unknown Author.
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
— George Bernard Shaw