Category: Quote of the Day

"Should these speculations (on the future of humanity) be found doubtful or fallacious, there still remains a more humble source of comfort and hope. The discoveries of ancient and modern navigators, and the domestic history or tradition of the most enlightened nations, represent the human savage naked both in mind and body, and destitute of laws, of arts, of ideas, and almost of language. From this abject condition, perhaps the primitive and universal state of man, he has gradually arisen to command the animals, to fertilise the earth, to traverse the ocean, and to measure the heavens. His progress in the improvement …

“The more you know, the less you carry.” – Mors Kochanski, the grandfather of Canadian Bushcraft, and author of Bushcraft and Northern Bushcraft.

“The term ‘assault weapon’ has always been misleading and disingenuous. I have yet to see in all my years a ‘retreat rifle’, a ‘Mexican standoff rifle’, or an ‘advance slowly rifle’. All rifles are capable of inflicting fatal and near fatal wounds. They would be worthless if they weren’t so capable. If some look scarier than others, that would only help in their perceived effectiveness by the enemy and should help shorten the fight. Why would you want it any different? The most dangerous rifle is the one in the hands of a capable rifleman, regardless of type. The most …

“And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” – John 6:39-40 (KJV)

“Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he [is] God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the …

"Specie [gold and silver coin] is the most perfect medium because it will preserve its own level; because, having intrinsic and universal value, it can never die in our hands, and it is the surest resource of reliance in time of war." – Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to John Wayles Eppes, 1813

“You don’t know me, son. So let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you’ll be awake, you’ll be facing me, and you’ll be armed.” – Nathan Fillion as Captain Malcolm “Mal” Reynolds, Firefly

"In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." – General Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?” – One of L.K.O.‘s favorite unattributed Paraprosdokian sentences.

"The Apocalypse will not be televised.  But all the semi-finals will probably make YouTube." – SurvivalBlog Reader J. McC.

“Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and [in] all knowledge; Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall also confirm you unto the end, [that ye may be] blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. …

“Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but [he that is] perverse [in his] ways shall fall at once. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough. A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.” – Proverbs 28:18-20 (KJV)

“While we despise and discount the most basic and fundamental commandments of God and the foundational law of America, we embrace thousands of manmade regulations and codes that do violence to both – as well as doing violence to our individual liberties.” – Joseph Farah, Too Many Unlawful Laws

“You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.” – One of L.K.O.‘s favorite unattributed Paraprosdokian sentences

“The one thing that can’t be argued with is that the most tactical thing you can do in a gunfight is shoot the other guy first.” – Matt Burkett (IDPA National Champion and five-time MGM Iron Man Three-Gun Champion.)