Quotes
Accomplishments
Sometimes I accomplish the most when I work the least. Pg
Accountability
Accountability literally means, “stand up and be counted”.
Michael Gerber
Admiration
Admiration will get you crucified surer than hate. Pg
Adults
I was at a Cub Scout picnic with Joey Lombardo in Tampa. I was smoking a cigar when a 40ish male approached me. He told me to put my cigar out so the kids could eat. I promptly dashed it out. I couldn't help but think that we were outside.
I was on a shuttle in the Tampa airport. An excited man was swearing when travelers were holding him up by not waiting for the next shuttle. He was obviously at risk of missing his flight. One of the other passengers on the shuttle said "hey pal watch your mouth there's kids on here". The man apologized.
Adventure Capital and
Venture capital
Venture Capital enters at the oasis. Adventure Capital got you to the oasis.
Pat g
My reflections on this.
We feed our kids Mc Donald's and all sorts of garbage. We permit them to watch violent TV shows and see our questionable conduct at home.
Then we tell someone to curb their tongue in front of kids, or to stop smoking outside so that they can eat and then feed them hot dogs, Twinkies and Pepsi. pg
Archimedean point
Named for Greek scientist who said 'give me a firm point on which to stand and I can move the world'.
Argument
You can never win an argument. Even if you win you've created hard feelings. Pg
Affect
When a tiny stone is thrown, the whole universe quivers. pg
Affection
If you hide from warmth you get burnt. pg
Agenda
It seems that everyone in the whole world has an agenda and it's not mine. pg
Ammunition
The greatest ammunition in a war is the courage of its warriors. pg reflection on Napoleonic wars.
Anger
Anger can squelch the fire of love. pg
Aphrodisiac
Power is the greatest aphrodisiac. Henry Kissinger
Arts
To succeed in the arts a person must have the devil in them. Voltaire 1750
Atheism
Atheism can be the result of studying some philosophy. But the dissecting and rejoining of all of the parts brings us to deity and religion. Francis Bacon
A Russian astronaut told his friend a brain surgeon that in all of his trips into space that he had never seen an angel or anyone out there. The brain surgeon replied that in all of his operations he had never seen a thought either.
An Atheist's conviction can often be understood as testimony of a supreme being. Pg
An atheist activist is no more tolerant than a religious extremist, he's just turned inside out.
Atrocities
Atrocities are acts committed by the losing side in a war. pg
Best Friend
You know you've found a best friend when he walks into the room finding you picking your nose, and instead of nervously lowering your finger to wipe it on the inside of your pants pocket you dig deeper.
Bible
Romans 6 :23 The wages of sin is death and the gift of God is eternal life through Christ. The reason that we believe in the bible is that it was prophesied in the old testament and then became true. Also, it was written by many men over the course of time in different places and the message was always the same.
Bigotry
Remember that we deserve very little credit for being what we are. This is the same for bigots and closed minded people and it is for this reason that we should pity and sympathize with them. pg
Bird in the hand
A bird in the hand is better than 2 in the bush and two bushes are better than 1 any day. pg
Birthdays
I find few things absurd as the idea that we should celebrate the day that I was born.
Pg
Blow job
We live in an age that makes it easier to get a blow job than a kiss. Money buys sex but not affection. It's OK with me. I know which one I like better. pg
Bravery
Never let me hear that brave blood has been shed in vain. Sir Walter Scott
Buddha
Hatred can only lead to more hate. Only love can defeat hate. Buddha
Bumper Stickers
I got a mountain bike for my wife. It was a good trade.
Sandy Hayhurs
Bumper Stickers
If the terrorists real want to destroy America, they'll begin a campaign to keep Bush in office.
Business
A business should be run like an aquarium. Everybody should see what's going on. Warren Buffet.
Brutus
Brutus did not love Caesar less, but Rome more. Marcus Aurelius
Capitalism-Consumerism
Is like bread softened by drops of our tears. We steadily bite into it and those with conscious know that eating it will change us forever. pg
Catch 22
I've gone to look for myself, if I should get back before I return please ask me to wait. From the Book, "Catch-22."
Politics is a whore's game, but a decent whore wouldn't have anything to do with it. Mayor Richard J. Daley.
Catholicism
Catholicism derived the idea of heaven, purgatory and hell from Plato's writings called 'Royal Lies'.
Census
The first thing I would abolish as president would be the racial census. After all we are all Americans. pg
CEO
Clever, egotistical, opportunist.
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Caesar, Julius
On his death certificate, Antistius the coroner wrote, "Caesar was stabbed 23 times. One of the wounds was fatal.
Challenges
Challenge stimulates creativity. Will Durant.
Changing people
Help people find the good in themselves and you've changed them forever. Criticizing is very limited in it's results. pg
Change
If you change institutions without changing the people of the institutions eventually it will be violently returned to a reflection of its former self. pg
Chaos
The world is not in chaos. You are. pg
Water is heated and controlled. When it's boiling out of control... this is chaos, this is the same in life. pg
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens father was imprisoned for debts. Charles Dickens went to less than 4 years of school. He worked in a rat infested warehouse putting labels on bottles. His manuscripts were turned down by dozens.
Chivalry
One of the reasons the age of chivalry was so called, was because the leader of a people stood arm in arm with his warriors risking life and limb. He was not making phone calls or giving instructions from a large white house. pg
Churchill quote
If Hitler would invade hell, I would find a favorable thing to say about the Devil.
Christianity
Christianity would think little of pilgrimages to the holy land to fatten the pockets of religion sellers. Instead it would help the oppressed and protect the weak. pg
Ciccio
You who have your fathers' heart will be destined to feel the sharp pain of lost affection. But enjoy your gift of heart to its fullest and you'll find that the strength that love stores will be more than enough to ward off any fatal wound.
Coca-Cola
Coke gets its flavor from Trujillo coca leaves. The world's largest legal business gets its raw material from the world's largest illegal business.
Commander
The best commander is loved and respected, feared only if crossed. "Napoleon" By Vincent Cronin.
Commanding
The rivers and seas receive the homage of hundreds of mounts that tower over them. This is so because the rivers and streams are below them. Thus he who puts himself below men puts himself above them and he who finds himself in front is there because he put himself behind. Lao Tse Chi wise man 500bc
Computers
Our living death is chained to them. pg
Confusion
Confusion is that which overwhelms the mind without enlightening it. pg
Confusion can only be assimilated by one who is incredibly organized. pg
Conscience
Conscience is not the voice of God but the fear of man. Helvetius
Conviction
Conviction forms chains attached to heaven or hell, but seldom to none of the above. Pg
Your eyes show the strength of your conviction. pg
Conviction or stubbornness? pg
Courage
I know lots of men without money but I don't know one that ain't got no balls.
Pat g to MS
In disadvantage, the courageous become cowards and in advantage, the cowards become courageous.
Comfort makes cowards of us all.
Cowardice
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
Abraham Lincoln
Cowardice feigned
Cowardice feigned can only be the act of one with great courage.
Creativity
If you've invented a form for your life do not try to fit pre-formed people into it.
Creed
Life is the most beautiful thing that I know. I cannot be everyone's friend. I cannot make everyone happy. I must do what's right. I must lead. I must be frank, fair and honest. This is Life's Creed.
Criticism
Other's criticism cannot hurt you unless you allow it to. Accept criticism as suggestions to appreciate and ponder. Don't let them negatively affect you and create doubt and damage. pg
Critics
I make no more importance of the air that passes from the mouth than the air that passes from the lower extremities of their body. Da Vinci
Darkness
Darkness is the absence of light. -Tomer on train to Rosenscheim when asked about the Israeli-Palestinian problem.
Daydreams
Some men daydream and envision all of the obstacles that cannot be surmounted. The dream cannot become. Other men daydream and remove tall obstacles and make the dream a reality. pg
Dear Friend,
Once I stood with my son in my arms gazing out at the angry Adriatic. The doctors had just informed me that we had no compatible donors for him. The waves were crashing in, arriving closer and closer as if tantalizing me to walk in with my boy and swim as far as I could to join them in their persistent roll.
As I walked, numb in my mind and body I looked at my son, he was watching me. He wasn't frightened by the waves that by now were crashing at my waist.
He was confident in me. There was nothing to fear,nor death or life. Since that evening I've never been the same. It's as if I knew that there would be better days. Yesterday with you was one of them.
Dear Lord
I'm here in St. Peter's. I feel your presence as I have so many other times in my life. I'm looking for guidance to come into me. I'll never return to 52nd and Laflin or 26th and Halsted. I'll never see Armor park as a boy searching for love and a home. I have found my home inside. It's so funny to understand that home has no geographical boundaries, no fences no gates. Please help me to fulfill my duties. Please help me to realize destiny whatever it is. I'm here to celebrate my union with You, the Force, my Lord in me. And the answers to my questions become the questions themselves. Should I? When should I? How should I?
Dear Lord
What a beautiful life you've given me. But at the moment I'm a bit blocked. I've never been able to tolerate arrogance. But the fact that I'm intolerant of arrogance, does this make me arrogant? The fact that I can't tolerate ignorance, does this in fact make me ignorant? I'm happy to take my responsibilities, I made my bed and I'm sleeping in it a bit uncomfortably. You got another mattress for me Lord? pg
Dead
Because of the dead created by the war of Rome 100 BC Sulla stopped the slaughter of the defeated city saying. 'I forgive the living for the dead'.
Death
Death is the full realisation of one's self. Carl Gustav Jung
Death should not hold terror within it's grips. For a just man it should borrow the grace and the dignity keeping with the life that he led. The same exact one that's now slipping away. pg
When you are called from the table, leave it as graciously as one who is leaving a feast. pg
A life lived to it's most should pass unto death as a day lived to its most passes to night. pg
The olive does not curse the tree as it falls. pg
Life's brother. pg
The ultimate solution. pg
The thought of our death makes us more aware of life. pg
Decisions
Major decisions in life are made buy your spirit.
Defense
He who defends all defends nothing. Frederick the Great
If you set up barriers within your walls, you protect yourself from 5 pc of the people that want to hurt you and 95 pc of the people who want to help you.
Deity
We are part of a fantastic thing which I don't pretend to understand. This does not deny religion or the existence of God, but in fact is affirmation of a magical whole, of which we all, no matter how great, famous or indifferent, play part in its majesty. Pg
If horses could draw, they would draw their Gods like horses.
Democracy
There is no democracy with uneducated people. There is only manipulation.
Democracy gives the decision making process to he who gets the most votes. However this person is not necessarily the best decision maker. If a man has cancer he goes to the best qualified doctor not the most charismatic. Pg
I often ponder that democracy is the sheep's clothing covering the wolf, capitalism.
Democracy on the whole is inferior to aristocracy. For it is based on a false assumption of equality. All men are not created equal. Aristotle
The organization called democracy is finished when less than less than the majority of people vote in local. Elections, the most close to them and when statesmenship is replaced by politics which is the strategy of party and the lust for the spoils of office.
Democracy and Companies
A political democracy derives it's authority from the consent of the governed. A company derives its authority from the consent of the marketplace.
Democracy or Monarchy
In Monarchy the people are eaten by a lion. In democracy they are eaten by hundreds of rats. Voltaire
Democracy
Democracy is here today and tomorrow will leave. If a country enjoys good time the government will last regardless of its name or form. For it's not the form of government that the people care about but that they're well. If they eat and feel good about themselves a Mussolini is as good as a Bush. Countries should not be judged by the form of government but by the people who form the country. pg
Desperate men
Desperate men fight harder. If you leave no escape route for the enemy you must be prepared to fight him to the death. It's often wise to accept a compromised victory. Desperate men often defeat the odds. Pg
Desperate people often turn to radical solutions.
Building walls to separate populations. Sharon
Implementing laws that infringe on people's rights. The Patriot Act - George Bush
Demons
We're through the hell of a problem when the demons become angels. pg
Depression
Depression is like a pursuing dragon to be defeated and sent back to the shadows. He's defeated when you turn him into love.
When you think that he's tired of eating your life he appears out of the shadows in the form of what you thought was the obvious solution to your dilemma.
Someday all of us will fight the dragon. It is not a choice, it is inevitable, it is your duty.
When fighting him you have to tire less than he. One of his main weapons is fatigue. He will try to wear you down so that you surrender to him.
If you want to beat him these are some techniques that I've found helpful.
Stay in good physical shape.
Stay in touch with your friends.
Never anger, the punches that you throw in anger will almost inevitably hit you.
Write your feelings for no one to read, they serve as notes to be used during the next battle.
Laugh in his face. This confuses him while he was trying to convince you.
He wanted you to believe that a girl or money or a job was the most important thing in your life. But he was just throwing confusion at you.
Stay close to the Force of good, the Lord. He will sustain you in your times of dire need. The Dragon IS DEFEATED WHEN YOU TURN HIM INTO LOVE. Pg
Desperation
The darkest hour comes just before dawn.
Destiny
Destiny is our eternity. All else is vanity. Antonio Coviello
Getting the glimpse of destiny is like seeing a shooting star. After the spark of the star is gone you're not sure if you ever saw it. It was a beautiful thing and a unique feeling. You know that it was there. You're not sure that you'll ever see it again.
Dick
Most women I meet have a bigger dick then mine. I B.
Die for
I would die for the people of the US. I would die for the people of Italy. I would probably die for the people of China. It's just nice to have someone to die for. It's a beautiful thing, that feeling of conviction and emotion. pg
Difficulty
When in a time of difficulty, think water. It flows through your hands yet nothing can stop it. Christy Walton
When chaos strikes... Remember, shit makes things grow. Christy Walton
Dimitry the false King
Pole who took the Kremlin in the early 17th century. When the Russians retook it they burned his body and shot the ashes out of a cannon in the direction of Poland .
Divided house
We all know that a divided house falls. But if it's going to fall it's just as important that it doesn't fall on you. pg
Divine Mystery
We see pieces of divine mystery in everything from a rose to a puppy. But it's our soul that is closest to God. There we can at moments understand that we are also part of this divine mystery. pg
Divorce
Divorces are so expensive because they're worth it. Steve BPT - Sent wirelessly via BlackBerry from T-Mobile.
The worst marriage is better than the best divorce. MF
Doctors
We must listen more to nature and less to doctors. For nature does not sell consultation or remedies. Leonardo Da Vinci
Dog Lissette
Lissette was a favorite dog of Peter the Great. Catherine sent a note on the dog's neck and signed in the dog's name asking mercy for a man that Peter refused to pardon. Smartly she pulled it off with this trick and Peter pardoned the man.
Don Quixote's horse
Don Quoits' horse was named Rocinante. John Steinbeck also named the trailer truck that he toured America with to write 'Travels with Charley' Rocinante.
Donations
Non for profit organizations misappropriate and misuse funds. Professional and high powered people are in the best position to know that. Non professionals and the masses are in a less advantageous position to know this. Wealthy people give when they receive. Poor people give and they receive, right up the ass. pg
Duty
You cannot do more nor should you wish to do less. Robert E. Lee
Davenport of Stamford was a Puritan serving in the Connecticut legislature. An ugly darkness took the sky and many were convinced that the world was ending. In panic they wanted to adjourn. Instead Davenport stayed in his place reading the legislature. When asked about his strange behavior he said; "If the world is coming to an end then I desire to be found at my work place doing my duty'. Davenport of Stamford
Dying
If something's worth dying for then it's worth living for. John Doe
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