Thought For The Day by John Jaeger, MBA

[berdie]

FYI, that was me being snarky. 

 

[MeganC]

@ChemEngrMBA

Can we get back to your usual posts now? Snark aside, I rather enjoy your daily posts.

[Cyber Liberty]

@ChemEngrMBA

Can we get back to your usual posts now? Snark aside, I rather enjoy your daily posts.

I do too.  I've been following this Thread since it was started. Hate to see side arguments here....

[MeganC]

Sadly it seems this series of enriching posts has ended. That's truly a shame.

[Cyber Liberty]

Sadly it seems this series of enriching posts has ended. That's truly a shame.

He quit posting entirely 6/24.   

[MeganC]

Well then....

"Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here."

- Donald Trump

[MeganC]

"One of the problems when you become successful is that jealousy and envy inevitably follow. There are people—I categorize them as life’s losers—who get their sense of accomplishment and achievement from trying to stop others. As far as I’m concerned, if they had any real ability they wouldn’t be fighting me, they’d be doing something constructive themselves."

- Donald Trump

[Cyber Liberty]

Thanks @MeganC !

[MeganC]

 

[MeganC]

Thoughts for the Day by Mark Twain:

No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

I was educated once - it took me years to get over it.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

[Bigun]

Thoughts for the Day by Mark Twain:

No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

I was educated once - it took me years to get over it.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

 

[MeganC]

Thoughts For The Day by President George Washington:

A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories as tend to render them independent of others for essential, particularly military, supplies.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country?

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.

Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.



 

[MeganC]

I am posting more than one quote from various people so as to impart a better assessment of the author's character.

I know this started as one quote from one person but I have been inspired to look up many of these people and see what else they had to say. Along the way I got a better picture of who they were or are. I hope to convey this as I go along. 

[Cyber Liberty]

I am posting more than one quote from various people so as to impart a better assessment of the author's character.

I know this started as one quote from one person but I have been inspired to look up many of these people and see what else they had to say. Along the way I got a better picture of who they were or are. I hope to convey this as I go along. 

That's what this thread is for....

[Bigun]

Thoughts For The Day by President George Washington:

A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories as tend to render them independent of others for essential, particularly military, supplies.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country?

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.

Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

What is to be learned from words spoken by old white men? At least to hear some folks around here tell it!

[MeganC]

Today's Thought For The Day is from our very own @Smokin Joe

You can use a hammer to build or to demolish, but first, you gotta get a hammer. From there, the world is a keg of nails, and you get to choose which ones get hit.

[Cyber Liberty]

Good choice this morning, @MeganC!

[MeganC]

Today's Thoughts For The Day are by William F. Buckley, Jr.



“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.”

“I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the Manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of Harvard.”

“Decent people should ignore politics, if only they could be confident that politics would ignore them”

“Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.”

“To fail to experience gratitude when walking through the corridors of the Metropolitan Museum, when listening to the music of Bach or Beethoven, when exercising our freedom to speak, or ... to give, or withhold, our assent, is to fail to recognize how much we have received from the great wellsprings of human talent and concern that gave us Shakespeare, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, our parents, our friends. We need a rebirth of gratitude for those who have cared for us, living and, mostly, dead. The high moments of our way of life are their gifts to us. We must remember them in our thoughts and in our prayers; and in our deeds.”

“Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other peoples' freedom and security.”

“I would like to take you seriously but to do so would affront your intelligence.”

“Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich.”

“The academic community has in it the biggest concentration of alarmists, cranks and extremists this side of the giggle house.”

“Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out.”

“The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.”

“There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.”

“Conservatives should be adamant about the need for the reappearance of Judeo-Christianity in the public square.”

[Cyber Liberty]

Thanks for the WFB wisdom, @MeganC!

[MeganC]

My pleasure!

[MeganC]

Today's Thoughts For The Day are from Will Rogers:


“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”

“Never miss a good chance to shut up.”

“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”

“Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.”

“Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.”

“There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.”

“I never met a man that I didn't like.”

“Don't let yesterday take up too much of today”

“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.”

“Common sense ain't common.”

“Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects.”

“Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.”

“When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.”

“The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.”

[Cyber Liberty]

Thanks again, @MeganC!  You deliver great stuff to this thread, that you were drafted into!!!

[MeganC]

 

[bigheadfred]

"This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong. And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want." -Hannah Arendt

[Cyber Liberty]

"This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong. And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want." -Hannah Arendt

 

[MeganC]

"This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong. And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want." -Hannah Arendt

 

[MeganC]

Today's Thoughts For The Day are by General George S. Patton

“A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.”

“A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.”

“We’re not going to just shoot the sons-of-bitches, we’re going to rip out their living Goddamned guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks.”

“Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. “

“Do everything you ask of those you command.”

“Say what you mean and mean what you say.”

“Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.”

“You are not all going to die. Only two percent of you right here today would die in a major battle. Death must not be feared. Death, in time, comes to all men. Yes, every man is scared in his first battle. If he says he’s not, he’s a liar. Some men are cowards but they fight the same as the brave men or they get the hell slammed out of them watching men fight who are just as scared as they are. The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.”

“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”

“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.”

“Do more than is required of you.”

“Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.”

“I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.”

"The more I see of Arabs the less I think of them."

"Some damn fool once said that flanks have got to be secure. Since then sonofabitches all over the globe have been guarding their flanks. I don't agree with that. My flanks are something for the enemy to worry about, not me. Before he finds out where my flanks are, I'll be cutting the bastard's throat."

"There are four hundred neatly marked graves somewhere in Sicily. All because one man went to sleep on the job. But they are German graves, because we caught the bastard asleep before they did."

In my posts I sometimes highlight something of unique value. Today it is this bit of prescience that Patton penned on July 21, 1945:


"We have destroyed what could have been a good race and we are about to replace them with the Mongolian savage and all Europe with Communism"

[Cyber Liberty]

The Patton Museum is not far from me.  It's out in the desert on the I-10.

[Lando Lincoln]

On December 3, 1859, President James Buchanan sent a letter to Congress. It was a time of great turmoil in the nation in the lead-up to the Civil War. In his letter, Buchanan essentially stated that the North’s posturing put fear in Southern hearts and the “antecedents of the President-elect (Lincoln)” justified those fears. He further stated that States had no Constitutional authority to secede and the Union had no Constitutional authority to prevent it. Abraham Lincoln was stunned. The next day, the New York Times wrote:

”The country has to struggle through three months more of this disgraceful imbecility and disloyalty to the Constitution.”

Somehow, that feels familiar.

[MeganC]

Today's Thoughts For The Day are from Ted Nugent


 

I've always said that I believe in the Second Amendment and I believe in the Constitution, and I will always defend them both.

If you want to save the planet, shut off your air conditioner, ride a bicycle, and live like a caveman. But don't tell me what to do.

Political correctness is intellectual terrorism, and it's ruining our country.

You think you're going to get peace by appeasing people who don't like you? Think again.

I want to get people off their asses and back into the natural world. We need to reconnect with nature and realize our place in it.

I don't have a racist bone in my body. I believe in equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of their race or background.

The best defense against evil is a good offense, and that means being armed and ready to defend yourself and your loved ones.

I will always stand for the freedoms that our founding fathers fought for. I believe in limited government and personal responsibility.

Live life like a 440 Magnum. Kick ass, take names, and never apologize for who you are.

Freedom isn't free, and if some people are offended by my love for this country, tough shit.

I believe in hard work and earning your way. Handouts only breed dependency and a lack of personal pride.

I don't hate anyone. I hate evil and those who promote it. There's a big difference.

You can't fix stupid, but you sure as hell can vote it out of office.

Political correctness is for people who can't handle the truth. I speak my mind and say what needs to be said.

My music is a celebration of freedom and the American spirit. It's a middle finger to the politically correct crowd.

I don't need the approval of others to validate my beliefs. I know what's right for me and my family.

I'm not afraid to stand up for what I believe in, even if it means being called controversial. The truth often is.

I've been blessed with success, and I will always use my platform to fight for the rights of law-abiding citizens.

You can protest and complain all you want, but actions speak louder than words. Get off the couch and make a difference.

I'm a proud American. I love this country and everything it stands for.

[MeganC]

Today's Thought For The Day is actually in the form of a discussion between free market economist Milton Friedman and socialist agitator Phil Donahue.

This comes to us courtesy of @mountaineer  



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pMbkPuulKk

[Cyber Liberty]

That's a great clip from @mountaineer!

[Bigun]

Today's Thought For The Day is actually in the form of a discussion between free market economist Milton Friedman and socialist agitator Phil Donahue.

This comes to us courtesy of @mountaineer  



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pMbkPuulKk

At least Phill let Dr Friedman speak! That doesn't happen with many (Hannity) today.

[MeganC]

Today's Thoughts For The Day are from Benjamin Disraeli

“There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.”

“Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.”

“When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.”

“A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.'

That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.”

“The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.”

“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.”

“How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.”

“Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.”

“Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you.”

“The secret to success is constancy of purpose.”

“He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.”

“Little things affect little minds.”

“One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.”

“When I want to read a novel, I write one.”

[Cyber Liberty]

 

[MeganC]

Today's Thoughts For The Day are from Grace Kelly

(Hat tip to @deb  )

My father had a very simple view on life: you don’t get anything for nothing. Everything has to be earned, through work, persistence and honesty.

I never say ‘never,’ and I never say ‘always.

It was thanks to Alfred Hitchcock that I understood that murder scenes should be shot like love scenes and love scenes like murder scenes.

For to have complete satisfaction from flowers you must have time to spend with them.

The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.

Emancipation of women has made them lose their mystery.

I came to success very quickly. Perhaps too quickly to value it’s importance.

Women's natural role is to be a pillar of the family.

I never really liked Hollywood. I found it unreal - unreal and full of men and women whose lives were confused and full of pain.

[deb]

Today's Thoughts For The Day are from Grace Kelly

(Hat tip to @deb  )

My father had a very simple view on life: you don’t get anything for nothing. Everything has to be earned, through work, persistence and honesty.

I never say ‘never,’ and I never say ‘always.

It was thanks to Alfred Hitchcock that I understood that murder scenes should be shot like love scenes and love scenes like murder scenes.

For to have complete satisfaction from flowers you must have time to spend with them.

The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.

Emancipation of women has made them lose their mystery.

I came to success very quickly. Perhaps too quickly to value it’s importance.

Women's natural role is to be a pillar of the family.

I never really liked Hollywood. I found it unreal - unreal and full of men and women whose lives were confused and full of pain.

Thanks, MeganC.
I made the mistake of reading a biography of Grace. Did not paint her in a good light at all. I choose to ignore what I read. 

[MeganC]

Thanks, MeganC.
I made the mistake of reading a biography of Grace. Did not paint her in a good light at all. I choose to ignore what I read. 

It was payback from the Hollywood degenerates for speaking truth about Hollywood degenerates:

"I never really liked Hollywood. I found it unreal - unreal and full of men and women whose lives were confused and full of pain."

[ChemEngrMBA]

He quit posting entirely 6/24.   

I did so for one reason only.  I do not suffer fools gladly and her pettiness in trying to inform ME about a trivial fact of biology and chemistry, without apology and without any admonition by you were both inexcusable.

Having said that, I miss trying to contribute to the many readers here who have enjoyed a great deal of what I have written, as well as my Friend, Pookie and his wholesale infringement of copyrighted cartoons, which I copy and share, may we both go to prison and share a cell.

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Now a thought for the day - something that has been on my mind lo these many years.  If it is too late for you to implement, please pass it on to loved ones for their own good.  Had I only known as a teenager.....



In your youth, avoid sin and selfishly hurting others with all of your power, for the memories of them will haunt you terribly, but there is nothing you can do to correct them. - John Phillip Jaeger
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[Cyber Liberty]

 

[MeganC]

@ChemEngrMBA

It's good to see you back. 

[ChemEngrMBA]

"Consider why shrinking government is moral. The more the federal government provides for people, the more it deprives them not only of their dignity, but of one of the most sacred rights." - Thomas Jefferson

[MeganC]

 

[ChemEngrMBA]

C.S. Lewis was a world-class literary critic. When reading the gospels, he noted:

I have been reading poems, romances, vision literature, legends, and myths all my life. I know what they are like. I know none of them are like this. – The Reason for God - Belief in an Age of Skepticism, by Timothy Keller, p 106

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[Cyber Liberty]

C.S. Lewis was a world-class literary critic. When reading the gospels, he noted:

I have been reading poems, romances, vision literature, legends, and myths all my life. I know what they are like. I know none of them are like this. – The Reason for God - Belief in an Age of Skepticism, by Timothy Keller, p 106

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C.S. Lewis was correct about a lot of things!  I knew he was on to something when a leftist former friend said "Lewis was an idiot!"

[MeganC]

C.S. Lewis was correct about a lot of things!  I knew he was on to something when a leftist former friend said "Lewis was an idiot!"

Condemnation from the worst kind of people is the highest form of praise.

- Megan

[ChemEngrMBA]

“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. It is in vain to say that democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious, or less avaricious than aristocracy or monarchy. It is not true, in fact, and nowhere appears in history. Those passions are the same in all men, under all forms of simple government, and when unchecked, produce the same effects of fraud, violence, and cruelty. When clear prospects are opened before vanity, pride, avarice, or ambition, for their easy gratification, it is hard for the most considerate philosophers and the most conscientious moralists to resist the temptation. Individuals have conquered themselves. Nations and large bodies of men, never.” – John Adams, 2nd U.S. President

[Cyber Liberty]

 

[MeganC]

 

[ChemEngrMBA]

The Führer has always shielded my consistent stance over the years, to the extent he could do so, given his position. Now, with a laugh, he repeatedly emphasized that he has been a pagan all along, and the time has come when the Christian poisoning is approaching its end. -  Alfred Rosenberg Diary. In The Political Diary of Alfred Rosenberg and the Onset of the Holocaust (2015). Frank Bajohr and Jürgen Matthäus. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, p. 36.