God created war so that Americans would learn geography. | |
— Mark Twain | |
[Just over a week ago, I was discussing the Ukraine (at that time the Russian threat of invasion) with someone who said, he didn’t want the U.S. to get involved in the problems of some “tiny, insignificant country in Europe that I can’t even point to on a map”. I replied Ukraine is bigger than California (almost twice the size) and just smaller than Texas (roughly 90%), and you probably can’t find it because it was part of the U.S.S.R. when you were studying world geography. I added the Ukraine President is the guy who stood up to #45 when he (#45) tried to extort them into a announcing a bogus investigation of Joe Biden in exchange for military funding for Ukraine’s defense. The funding had already been authorized by Congress and #45 was withholding the funds to try to “buy” the U.S. election with a made-up scandal. Maybe Twain was only part right. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | I Welcome The Questions |
6:00 AM | |
2020 | Increasing Importance |
And Now Joe | |
2019 | But Yours |
2018 | And Smile More Often |
2017 | He’s Keeping The Light On For Us |
2016 | The Results Of Trying Too Hard |
2015 | Make Me Look |
2014 | Fresh Drink |
2013 | Good Business |
2012 | Unsure Spirit |
2011 | A Lost Valuable |
Posts Tagged ‘Mark Twain’
Support For Ukraine Independence
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Dog Fight, Dogs, Mark Twain, Philosophy, Quotes, Ukraine on March 4, 2022| 4 Comments »
It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. | |
— Mark Twain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Right Up Until Armed Insurrectionists Attack Congress |
No Time | |
2020 | Sometimes Human Nature Stays The Same |
2019 | Sometimes Too Subtle |
2018 | A Lot Like Teaching |
2017 | Wake Up |
2016 | I Like Dreaming |
2015 | Importance |
2014 | Unearned Humility |
2013 | Science Is Trial And Error |
2012 | Franklin’s Creed |
2011 | First Steps |
2010 | Home Ill… |
Putin Invades Ukraine To Recreate The Old Soviet Union
Posted in History, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Bad Memory, History, Mark Twain, Philosophy, Quotes, Schoolboy Days, USSR, Vladimir Putin on March 3, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Schoolboy days are no happier than the days of afterlife, but we look back upon them regretfully because we have forgotten our punishments at school and how we grieved when our marbles were lost and our kites destroyed – because we have forgotten all the sorrows and privations of the canonied ethic and remember only its orchard robberies, its wooden-sword pageants, and its fishing holidays. | |
— Mark Twain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Even If It’s A Nice View |
There’s A Calm Before The Storm | |
2020 | First Steps – The (California) Primary Vote |
#IncompetentTrump Administration Faces A Pandemic | |
2019 | Hearts Torn In Every Way |
2018 | Recently Seen On A T-shirt: |
2017 | Rhythmical Creation |
2016 | In The Beginning |
2015 | False Gods |
2014 | But Sometimes Careers Choose People |
2013 | Pretty Sure Of Uncertainty |
2012 | Face Reality |
2011 | Intelligent Luck |
Full Of It
Posted in Humor, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged A Pondering Mind, Humor, Mark Twain, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes on February 24, 2022| 2 Comments »
Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason. | |
— Mark Twain | |
[Found at one of the blogs I follow: “A Pondering Mind“ | |
The site is located at: https://aponderingmind.org/ | |
The specific post is at: https://aponderingmind.org/2020/05/17/politicians-and-diapers-must-be-changed-often-and-for-the-same-reason-mark-twain/ | |
Please visit the original site if you have a spare moment. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | I’m Still Learning To Play |
What Are You Looking For? | |
2020 | All You Can |
2019 | No Wall And Not One Dollar |
‘Cause It Makes Me Scratch | |
2018 | Mirror, Mirror |
2017 | Keep On Keeping On |
2016 | Reflections |
2015 | Is It Time Yet? |
2014 | Ask Any Follower |
2013 | Cornered Or Surrounded? |
2012 | Escape |
2011 | Achievement |
Not Unreasonable Enough | |
Are You A Loner?
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Accomplishment, Humor, Mark Twain, Philosophy, Quotes, Types Of People on December 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »
There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded. | |
— Mark Twain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | I Wish Republicans Valued Democracy As Much As They Say They Value Freedom |
It Sure Does | |
2019 | Something Very Different |
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 |
And Speak To Me
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Faith, Learning, Mark Twain, Meaning, Philosophy, Quotes, Scriptural Phrases, Travel on November 3, 2021| Leave a Comment »
One must travel, to learn. Every day, now, old Scriptural phrases that never possessed any significance for me before, take to themselves a meaning. | |
— Mark Twain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | If You Haven’t Done It Yet: VOTE!! |
I Agree | |
2019 | I’m Still Looking |
2018 | I Choose Love |
Courage Can Be Contagious | |
2017 | Scary And Wonderful |
2016 | #AmnestyDon Hears The Polls |
2015 | Dare The Improbable |
2014 | All Together Now! |
2013 | This Road |
2012 | Profit |
2011 | God Is Personal |
2010 | Playoff Fever Gets the Best of Me… |
The Mirror Would Know
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged A Natural Fool, Keeping Cool, Mark Twain, Philosophy, Quotes on September 24, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Who would find out that I am a natural fool if I kept always cool and never let nature come to the surface? Nobody. | |
— Mark Twain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Why #45 Is Always Crying |
Watching #45 Hold A Rally | |
2019 | I Think Reading Books Is A Good Place To Start |
2018 | And Pay In Full |
2017 | If Only |
2016 | Equal Justice |
2015 | Not Enough |
2014 | Are You Even Listening? |
2013 | Namaste |
2012 | Looking Up |
2011 | Et Tu Brute? |
Said The Anti-Vaxxer
Posted in Health, Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Anti-Vaxxer, Cholera, Health, Humor, Ignorance, Knowledge, Mark Twain, Medical Science, Philosophy, Quotes, Rabies, Samuel Clemens, Small Pox, The Plague, Typhoid, Vaccinations on September 13, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I would rather have my ignorance than another man’s knowledge because I have so much more of it. | |
— Mark Twain | |
[I watched an “anti-vaxxer” getting interviewed and his excuse for not getting a shot was: “We all gotta die of somethin’.“ | |
This is a poor attempt (by me) at sarcastic humor. And, no, there is no indication AT ALL that Samuel Clemens was anti-vaccination. In any case, at the time of his (Clemens / Twain) death only five vaccines had been discovered: Smallpox (1798), Rabies (1885), Typhoid (1896), Cholera (1896), and Plague (1897). — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Is #45 In Good Spirits? |
Alone With My Tears | |
2019 | Learning To… |
Day 15: Die By The Scale | |
2018 | Just Wondering |
2017 | Until I Think Of Something Better |
2016 | Who Are You? |
2015 | Renaissance Reptiles |
2014 | Book Return |
2013 | Keep Writing Your Truths |
Perilous Times For The U.S. Military | |
2012 | The Victor |
2011 | Forging Away At My Deadlines |
2010 | Try This With Your Shoes… |
I Think They Mean It
Posted in Leadership, Politics, Quotes, tagged Imbeciles, Leadership, Mark Twain, Politics, Quotes, Smart People on September 6, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. | |
— Mark Twain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | ITF (365) – Update |
Word Up! | |
My Fear: A Second More Tyrannous Term | |
2019 | Reality And Imperfection |
Day 8: One Stone | |
2018 | Pity The Nation (Part 1) |
Day 41: Hiccup Or End Of Days? | |
2017 | Sharp-Edged Beauty |
2016 | Start, Keep, Finish |
2015 | Lifetime Friends |
2014 | Acknowledgement |
2013 | Longevity, Tenacity and Diversity |
2012 | What Reagan Really Cared About |
2011 | Seeming Sane (Or Not) |
Full Value Division
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Grief, Joy, Mark Twain, Philosophy, Quotes, Sharing, Value on August 21, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. | |
— Mark Twain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | The Responsibility Side Is On The Right |
Where Clear Winds Blow | |
2019 | Define Your Life… |
2018 | It Is No Secret |
Day 25: When 4 or 5 equals 2 | |
2017 | Cowardly Defamation |
2016 | With No Allowance For Chance? |
2015 | Details |
2014 | Here’s One… |
2013 | Non-Fungible Commodities |
2012 | Hope And Tears |
2011 | Just Long Enough |
Meaningful Thoughts | |
Get It Done
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Frogs, Jobs, Mark Twain, Philosophy, Procrastination, Quotes on August 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »
If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first. | |
— Mark Twain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Saddle Up! |
Practicing To Be Clever | |
Anybody Want A Bagel? | |
2019 | Welcome Home |
The Whole Community | |
2018 | The Cells Are Right |
Day 19: Broth | |
2017 | Be Responsible |
2016 | Thinking About November 8th, 2016 |
2015 | Lonely Teardrops |
2014 | Pleasurable Law |
2013 | Room For Justice |
In The Minds Of Others | |
2012 | Extinction, n. |
2011 | Snap! |
And It Will Be Here Last
Posted in Economics, Environment, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged A Living, Earth, Economics, Environment, Mark Twain, Philosophy, Quotes on August 7, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. | |
— Mark Twain | |
[Whether we leave it habitable or not is a different question… — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Necessary And Desirable |
Who Made The Rules? | |
2019 | The Far Side |
2018 | Hold On |
Day 11: Just Plain Tired | |
2017 | Why Don’t You Tell Us What You Really Think? |
2016 | Discontent |
2015 | Do You Know Me? |
Appetite For Life Update | |
2014 | Tough Journalism |
2013 | Things I’ve Learned |
2012 | Abstainer, n. |
2011 | Rain, Rain, Rain |
Test Your Strength | |
2009 | End the mistakes… |
Get Vaccinated AND Wear A Mask
Posted in Health, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Fools, Health, Mark Twain, Philosophy, Quotes, Vaccinations on July 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »
It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. | |
— Mark Twain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Didn’t I Just Post Yesterday? |
2019 | A Long Slog |
2018 | There Is No God But God |
To The Uncommitted Reader | |
2017 | Not Yet That Well-Organized |
2016 | Probably Whatever Was Sought Yesterday |
2015 | What We Choose To Divide Us |
2014 | Peace With Honor |
2013 | Dangerous Systems |
2012 | Useful Science |
2011 | Say It, But Please Don’t Make Me Listen |
Don’t Forget Luck
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Achievement, Dreams, Education, Goals, Insight, Knowledge, Luck, Mark Twain, Philosophy, Quotes, Training on July 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Inherently, each one of us has the substance within to achieve whatever our goals and dreams define. What is missing from each of us is the training, education, knowledge and insight to utilize what we already have. | |
— Mark Twain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Plumbers, Philosophers Or Presidents |
2019 | Watching |
2018 | Even #45 Shall Pass To Sand |
2017 | Shedding Light |
In The Neighborhood | |
2016 | The Responsibility Of Freedom |
2015 | Face It |
Birdfight | |
2014 | Honoring Firefighters |
2013 | And Never Will |
2012 | The Human Adventure Continues |
2011 | Almost Never |
The Principal Difference
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Bite, Differences, Dogs, Mark Twain, Philosophy, Quotes on June 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man. | |
— Mark Twain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | So Sad, Faux Crowd |
The Spirit Is Willing | |
2019 | And The Same For Blogs And Posts |
2018 | The End Of Asgard (For Now) |
I Learn The Hard Way Every Time | |
2017 | For Some |
2016 | Fragile And Explosive, Provocation And Privacy |
2015 | Bound Up |
2014 | Economic Engines |
2013 | Weren’t You Supposed To Be Reading? |
Absent Friends | |
Where I Stand | |
2012 | Hangin’ With His P’s |
Help Save | |
2011 | Six Facets Of Good Leadership |