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Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

 Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The best days of my life are given over to uninterrupted debauchery, but these are, alas, undependable and increasingly difficult to arrange." - Tim Kreider

"When no one will pay directly for your subject matter, that's often a sign that something's gone wrong." - Alain de Botton

"The difference between the people you admire and everybody else [is that the former are] the people who read." - Brian Callen

"The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer." - Teddy Roosevelt

Stuff I found amusing or interesting and thought I'd share.

- Napoleon's Ridley Scott on critics and cinema "bum ache"

-  Teddy Roosevelt and the Man in the Arena speech.

- Did Shakespeare invent love? Interesting history.

- Reminder that yesterday was the anniversary of the first Calvin & Hobbes in 1985

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- I didn't believe them at first either.

- The Daily Coach on Teddy Roosevelt and the power of vulnerability.

- Glenn Reynolds on how the wheels are coming off the Biden Administration and the Democrats in general.

- Free Press on Asian-Americans running and voting as Republicans. It's not going unnoticed. 

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so." - Robert Heinlein

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin

"Death had to take [Teddy] Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight." - Thomas R. Marshall

"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety." - Isaac Asimov

Some quotes I hope may resonate wit you.

"'Show up and do stuff. and then do more of what works' is underrated advice." - Sam Altman

"Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right." - Teddy Roosevelt

 "The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything." - Albert Einstein 

"Knowledge is itself the basis for civilization." - Niels Bohr

Now in many respects Wall Street runs the government and we have no politicians like Teddy Roosevelt to stand up to them.

In the Arena: Citizenship in a Republic

Remind yourself every day that life is not a spectator sport.

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices." - William James

"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy." - Winston Churchill 

"Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore." - Albert Einstein

"We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out." - Teddy Roosevelt

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you. 

"It is capitalism that pulled billions out of poverty. Not vapid virtue signaling." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it." - Swedish proverb

"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love." - Lao Tzu

"I want to see boys able to box, wrestle, play football and hold their own stoutly... and I also want them brought up to feel that it is incumbent upon every true man to be gentle and tender with the weak." - Teddy Roosevelt

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The closer you are to the truth, the more silent you become inside." - Naval Ravikant

"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." - Teddy Roosevelt

"Convince yourself that everything is the gift from the gods, that things are good and always will be." - Marcus Aurelius

"The overreducated are worse off than the undereducated, having traded common sense for the illusion of knowledge." - Naval Ravikant

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it." - Teddy Roosevelt

"Are you moving with direction or just moving?" - Shane Parrish

"Three temptations torture people: sexual desire, pride, and lust for wealth." - Leo Tolstoy

 "My partner Charlie says there are only three ways a smart person can go broke: liquor, ladies, and leverage. Now the truth is, the first two he just added because they started with L... It's leverage." - Warren Buffet

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"I got nothin' against mankind. It's people I can't stand." - Archie Bunker

"The first rule in handling conflict is don't hang around people who are constantly engaging in conflict." - Naval Ravikant

"Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, or makes you happy." - Robert Tew 

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." - Teddy Roosevelt