Category: Quote of the Week

"A joke not worth explaining is not worth telling." – #2 Son

"He who dares not offend cannot be honest:" – Thomas Paine

“To be, or not to be, that is the question. To be and the effort to continue to be, that is survivalism.” – Rourke

“When the SHTF, I’ll go down with a cross in one hand, and a Glock in the other.” – Eaker

"Oh… you would not part an old man from his walking stick?" – Ian McKellen as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

"We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons." – Alfred E. Newman

"The preacher man says it’s the end of time And the Mississippi River she’s a goin’ dry The interest is up and the Stock Markets down And you only get mugged If you go down town I live back in the woods, you see A woman and the kids, and the dogs and me I got a shotgun rifle and a 4-wheel drive And a country boy can survive Country folks can survive I can plow a field all day long I can catch catfish from dusk till dawn We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too Ain’t …

"Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight,O Lord, my strength and redeemer." – Psalm 19:14 (KJV)

"Red meat is not bad for you. Now blue-green meat, that’s bad for you!" – Tommy Smothers

“Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made By singing: – ‘Oh, how beautiful!’ and sitting in the shade.” – Rudyard Kipling, “The Glory of the Garden“

“But war, in a good cause, is not the greatest evil which a nation can suffer. War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse. When a people are used as mere human instruments for firing cannon or thrusting bayonets, in the service and for the selfish purposes of a master, such war degrades a people. A war to protect other human beings against tyrannical injustice – a war to give victory to their own ideas of right and good, …

“God help us that we never have to look back upon the Cold War and reminisce about the good old days when our nuclear adversary was at least rational.” – Rourke

“You can go out and eat ’em, that’s for sure But there’s nothin’ a home grown tomato won’t cure You can put ’em in a salad, put ’em in a stew You can make your own, very own tomato juice You can eat ’em with eggs, you can eat ’em with gravy You can eat ’em with beans, pinto or navy Put em on the side, put em on the middle Home grown tomatoes on a hot cake griddle. Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes What’d life be without home grown tomatoes There’s only two things that money can’t buy …

"Use it up, Wear it out, Make do,Or do without." – Old American Pioneer Saying

"This is the law: There is no possible victory in defense, The sword is more important than the shield, And skill is more important than either, The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental." – John Steinbeck