Category: Quote of the Day

"Grown men do not need leaders." – Edward Abbey

"The necessity of procuring good intelligence is apparent and need not be further urged." – General George Washington, then commanding the Continental Army, 26 July 1777

“It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.” – Lewis Grizzard

“Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. They shall hold the bow and the lance: they [are] cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, [every one] put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.” – Jeremiah 50: 41-42 (KJV)

“Three groups spend other people’s money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.” – Dick Armey

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of …

“Without a rifle you are nothing, worthless; you are waiting for death, any minute, any second.” – Aron Bielski, as quoted in the book Defiance: The Bielski Partisans by Nechama Tec

“Windage and elevation, Mrs. Langdon. Windage and elevation…” – John Wayne as Col. John Henry Thomas, The Undefeated. Screenplay by James Lee Barrett. (The Other Ryan, over at TSLRF reminded me of this movie, which I had almost forgotten.)

“Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is the least to be cheap and is never free of cost.” – Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

“Never stand when you can kneel, never kneel when you can sit, and never sit when you can get down prone. Take your time, and make each shot count, son.” – Donald Robert Rawles, (JWR’s father), instruction on shooting positions, circa 1975

"You’ve got a fast car, Is it fast enough so we can fly away? We gotta make a decision, Leave tonight, Or live and die this way." – Tracy Chapman, from her song "Fast Car", 1991

“You can say ‘stop’ or ‘alto’ or use any other word you think will work, but I’ve found that a large bore muzzle pointed at someone’s head is pretty much the universal language.” – Clint Smith, founder of Thunder Ranch

"Good luck is when preparation meets opportunity. Bad luck is when lack of preparation meets adversity." – Coach Darrel Royal

" …vaults of the central banks and return to the pockets and purses of private individuals, for gold is the only really sound money with intrinsic value. The desire to return to gold is understandable, and we hope to see it realized some day, although the argument in favor of the gold standard is not always stated in a valid way. The distinctive function of gold money does not consist in its intrinsic value or in the constancy of that value, which fluctuates even in the absence of government intervention. The excellence of metallic money in free circulation consists in …

“That mythical island, whose inhabitants earned a precarious living by taking in each other’s washing.” – Lewis Carroll