Category: Quote of the Day

"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. – Ronald Wilson Reagan

Timon: This looks like a good spot to rustle up some grub. Young Simba: What’s that? Timon: A grub. What’s it look like? [Timon eats the grub] Young Simba: Ewwwww, gross. Timon: Tastes like chicken.  – The Lion King

"It is He who got out the Unbelievers among the People of the Book [Jews and Christians] from their homes at the first gathering (of the forces). Little did ye think that they would get out: and they thought that their fortresses would defend them from Allah! But the (wrath of) Allah came to them from quarters from which they little expected (it) and cast terror into their hearts so that they destroyed their dwellings by their own hands and the hands of the Believers. Take warning then O ye with eyes (to see)!"  – Surah Al-Hashr Ruku 1 (A.Yusuf …

"The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity.” – Alan Gregg

"…a further pandemic can be expected. When that will be is not known, but the consequences, when it does, will be serious." "A future pandemic is likely to spread rapidly to all parts of the globe and cause sudden and sharp increases in illness over a matter of weeks. A pandemic could therefore rapidly overwhelm health and other services. The overall impact is likely to be even more far reaching, affecting daily life, business and consequently national and global economies." "The impact of a flu pandemic on health and social services is likely to be intense, sustained and nation-wide; they …

“America’s social entitlements, created as a safety net to keep its citizens out of the pit of despair when they were down on their luck, has now for too many become a hammock to lounge in, as a lifestyle. The opposite of entitlement thinking is survivalist thinking.” – Rourke

"I sought the Lord and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears." – Psalm 34:4

"Invest in silver and you can never go wrong." – Nelson Bunker Hunt

"This course is dedicated to the idiotic proposition that you can be taught the fundamentals of Organic chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Qualitative analysis, Quantitative analysis, Physical chemistry, and Biochemistry all in one semester. The odds against any of you passing this course would be staggering to contemplate if there were any time for contemplation. However, there is not. Get out your notebooks." – Max Shulman in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

"A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune." – Horace.

"I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution." – Thomas Jefferson

"If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions." – James Madison

"To my eyes, FANNIE MAE is a train wreck moving in slow motion…” – Bill Fleckenstein – Contrarian Chronicles, 2005

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite." -James Madison, Federalist Papers, No. 45

“Freedom of speech and of the press guarantees one’s right to speak or publish at one’s own expense, but not to be heard nor read.” – Rourke