Quotes

“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” - Thomas Jefferson

“To name is not to explain…and to recite is not to understand.” - Richard Feynman, physicist

“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.”  - Richard Feynman

“Education is a series of less egregious lies.”  – Chem Teacher

“Its not what you know that hurts you, its what you know that isn’t so.”  - Mark Twain

“Nothing can be taught that is worth learning.”  – Stuart Wilde

“Take a look at how dumb the average person is, then consider that half the population is not even that smart.”  - Old Saying

Charlie Monger likes to talk about this idea of always inverting. First, let us start with a question: What can you do to make a lot of money in the stock market? Charlie would say to invert the question and ask yourself instead, “If I wanted to lose as much money as possible, what would I do?” Then you simply answer that question…and don’t do it. He also likes to say, “Tell me where I’m going to die and I won’t go there.”

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.”  - W. C. Fields

“It’s not what you do in life that counts; its what you finish.”  – Katherine Hepburn

“For the first time in history it is now possible to take care of everybody at a higher standard of living than any have ever known. Only ten years ago the ‘more with less’ technology reached the point where this could be done. All humanity now has the option to become enduringly successful.”  – R. Buckminster Fuller

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” - R. Buckminster Fuller

“Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.” - R. Buckminster Fuller

“Our power is in our ability to decide.” – R. Buckminster Fuller

“When someone shares with you something of value, you have an obligation to share it with others.”  – Chinese saying

“I don’t necessarily agree with everything I say.”  - Marshall McLuhan

“I never know how much of what I say is true.”  - Bette Midler

“I am not denying anything I did not say.”   - Brian Mulrooney

“I really didn’t say everything I said.”  – Yogi Berra

“Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most.” – Anonymous

“A belief is not some thought your mind creates.  A belief is a thought that controls your mind.”  - from Criminal Minds TV Show

Before passing any more laws or regulations, see if it meets the following American standards:

“You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. “You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

“You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.

“You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.  You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence.

“You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.