Category: Quote of the Day

A clown is funny in the circus ring, but what would be the normal reaction to opening a door at midnight and finding the same clown standing there in the moonlight?" – Lon Chaney, Sr.

"There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not learning from experience." – Archibald McLeish

"There can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to an individual, but permitted to a mob." – Ayn Rand

“Mystery is the source of all true art and science.” – Masado Banzai (as quoted in Pinky Carruthers’ Unknown Facts)

“Using a television without an appropriate licence is a criminal offence. Every day we catch an average of 1,200 people using a TV without a licence. There is no valid excuse for using a television and not having a TV Licence, but some people still try – sometimes with the most ridiculous stories ever heard. Our detection equipment will track down your TV. The fact that our enquiry officers are now so well equipped with the latest technology means that there is virtually no way to avoid detection.” – from the official website of the British Television Licensing Authority, May …

"Whistling in the dark does not bring light." – German social philosopher Erich Fromm

"If we find our government in all its branches rushing headlong… into the arms of monarchy, if we find them violating our dearest rights, the trial by jury, the freedom of the press, the freedom of opinion, civil or religious, or opening on our peace of mind or personal safety the sluices of terrorism, if we see them raising standing armies, when the absence of all other danger points to these as the sole objects on which they are to be employed, then indeed let us withdraw and call the nation to its tents. But while our functionaries are wise, …

“The trouble with small furry animals in a corner is that, just occasionally, one of them’s a mongoose.” – Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad

“Liberty tells you that you are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; to whatever you earn, and nothing that you don’t.” – Ron Paul

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." – Thomas Jefferson

“…While every bank tries to pass the toxic parcel on to somebody else, the system has to find the money. So will compensation for the near valueless contracts and thus now uninsured debt ultimately be made – and by whom? And because nobody knows – not the regulators, banks or governments – who owns the swaps and whether they are credit-worthy, nobody can answer the question. Maybe holders of insurance policies will get the cash due to them, but will that weaken somebody else? The result – panic. This is the ultra-dangerous downward vortex in which the system is locked. …

"The wise look ahead to see what is coming, but fools deceive themselves." – Proverbs 14:8 (New Living Translation)

"For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."- Jer 29:11

"… By calling attention to a well-regulated militia for the security of the Nation, and the right of each citizen to keep and bear arms, our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy. Although it is extremely unlikely that the fear of governmental tyranny, which gave rise to the 2nd amendment, will ever be a major danger to our Nation, the amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic military-civilian relationship, in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I believe the 2nd Amendment will always …

"The economic statistics put out by the U.S. government are propaganda, pure and simple. Issued by the government and the financial community, and reported by the mass media, the information we get has been manipulated to mold a public understanding favorable to the agenda of the powers that be." – Peter Schiff, "Crash Proof"