Advice should always be consumed between two thick slices of doubt. | |
— Walt Schmidt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | And Some Never Do |
2017 | When We Know We Are Loved |
2016 | Good Acts |
2015 | Will You Be Leaving Soon? |
2014 | Just Long Enough |
2013 | R.I.P. – Tom Laughlin |
Seeking Success? | |
2012 | All Aboard |
2011 | Sail On, Sailor |
Archive for the ‘Quotes’ Category
Especially Mine
Posted in Quotes, tagged Advice, Doubt, Quotes, Walt Schmidt on December 16, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Something Very Different
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged Financial Times, Government Is The Problem, https://www.ft.com/, Paul Volcker, Politics, Quotes, Ronald Reagan, Undermining Democracy, US Federal Reserve System on December 15, 2019| Leave a Comment »
By the late summer of 2018, it was already clear that the US and the world order it had helped establish during my lifetime were facing deep-seated political, economic, and cultural challenges. | |
Nonetheless, I drew reassurance from my mother’s reminder that the US had endured a brutal civil war, two world wars, a great depression, and still emerged as the leader of the “free world”, a model for democracy, open markets, free trade, and economic growth. That was, for me, a source of both pride and hope. | |
Today, threats facing that model have grown more ominous, and our ability to withstand them feels less certain. Increasingly, by design or not, there appears to be a movement to undermine Americans’ faith in our government and its policies and institutions. We’ve moved well beyond former president Ronald Reagan’s credo that “government is the problem”, with its aim of reversing decades of federal expansion. | |
Today we see something very different and far more sinister. Nihilistic forces are dismantling policies to protect our air, water, and climate. And they seek to discredit the pillars of our democracy: voting rights and fair elections, the rule of law, the free press, the separation of powers, the belief in science, and the concept of truth itself. | |
Without them, the American example that my mother so cherished will revert to the kind of tyranny that once seemed to be on its way to extinction — though, sadly, it remains ensconced in some less fortunate parts of the world. | |
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Seventy-five years ago, Americans rose to the challenge of vanquishing tyranny overseas. We joined with our allies, keenly recognizing the need to defend and sustain our hard-won democratic freedoms. Today’s generation faces a different, but equally existential, test. How we respond will determine the future of our own democracy and, ultimately, of the planet itself. | |
There is a need to “keep at it”. It cannot be set aside. | |
— Paul Volcker | |
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System from 1979 to 1987 | |
This quote was taken from an “opinion” piece published in the Financial Times (ft.com). It is taken from an afterward in Mr. Volcker’s upcoming publication of the paperback edition of his autobiography. | |
The full version can be found in the FT hard-copy edition (at your local library) and online at: https://www.ft.com/content/2389d7ec-1b3c-11ea-97df-cc63de1d73f4 | |
Note: The “bold and italic” emphasis in the quote above is mine and did not appear in the additional piece. These two lines appear in multiple articles online describing Mr. Volcker’s comments and are what prompted me to seek out and read the full original opinion. There is more in the piece worth reading and I encourage all readers of this post to visit the FT site and read the original. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | For Most Of Us |
2017 | Stories We Need On Life’s Edge |
2016 | Heart Trouble |
2015 | From The Inside Out |
2014 | Alone And Free |
2013 | Superstition Is Your Way |
2012 | Escape Hatches |
2011 | Sing Like No One Is Listening |
Pushing The Envelope
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Gail Sheehy, Growth, Philosophy, Quotes, Security on December 14, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. | |
— Gail Sheehy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | The Price Of Justice Is (Sometimes) Security |
2017 | Time Too |
2016 | The Cornerstone Pays |
2015 | Would That This Be True |
2014 | More Likely |
2013 | Enjoyed The Desolation |
Watching Faux News | |
2012 | Speaking Of Products |
2011 | Ready To Be Immortal? |
At Least Mostly On Purpose
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Life, Philosophy, Purpose, Quotes, Robert Byrne on December 13, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The purpose of life is a life of purpose. | |
— Robert Byrne | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Only One You In All Time |
2017 | Have You Hugged A Tree Lately? |
2016 | Unconquerable Imagination |
2015 | Just Plain Wrong |
2014 | Finding Beliefs |
2013 | Pretty Confident |
2012 | Effective Ranges |
2011 | Three Wisdoms |
2010 | I’m Just Askin’… |
Space & Time | |
Ooops (Again)
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged George Bernard Shaw, Honor, Life, Mistakes, Philosophy, Quotes on December 12, 2019| Leave a Comment »
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. | |
― George Bernard Shaw | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Two Start Up Front |
2017 | I Love America Because… |
An Act Of God | |
And So It Came To Pass (Act Of God part 2) | |
2016 | As Far From |
2015 | Rocky 7 |
Just Like Politics | |
2014 | Game And Legend |
“Scientific” Pride In Humanity | |
2013 | Real Honor |
Catching Up | |
2012 | Thoughts And Communications |
2011 | But How Does Peter Feel? |
2010 | Name That Regret |
Stand Up, Hook Up, Shuffle To The Door…
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Airplanes, George Bernard Shaw, Humor, Optimists, Parachutes, Pessimists, Quotes, Society on December 11, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute. | |
― George Bernard Shaw | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Ridiculous Idea |
2017 | Waddle On! |
A Severe Challenge — When The President Is A Liar | |
2016 | The Best Of Circumstances |
2015 | Reverberating Silence |
2014 | Wrong Again? |
2013 | Improper Faith |
2012 | One More Rung |
2011 | Sunday Morning Earlies (Hugging trees and smiling…) |
Hurry | |
Updates On Life | |
2010 | It’s Gettin’ Deep In Here |
Still Working On Both
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Creating Yourself, Finding Yourself, George Bernard Shaw, Life, Philosophy, Quotes on December 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. | |
― George Bernard Shaw | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Two Jordans To Heaven |
Speaking Of #45 | |
2017 | All Greek To Me |
2016 | Judgment |
2015 | I Love Bacon, Too |
2014 | The Wee Bit |
2013 | Reading Rules |
2012 | Cadet Prayer |
2011 | Easy To Tell |
2010 | A NEW Lion In The Senate (Channeling Mr. Smith) |
Inception Redux | |
A Quick Hit Of Stats | |