"Years ago, it meant something to be crazy. Now everyone's crazy." ~ Charles Manson
Darin
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Giving nuggets of life hacks, pearls of wisdom, lessons learned and a few sats here and there.
“If you can take the hot lead enema, then you can cast the first stone.” ~ Lenny Bruce
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself –nameless, unreasoning, unjustified, terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance." ~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.” ~ Victor Hugo
What the heck is going on? I’m not complaining but wow!
I need to listen to my favorite #bitcoin podcast, “Bitcoin And…” hosted by @Nunya Bidness to find out.
"Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state." ~ Noam Chomsky
"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it." ~ John Lennon
“Doctors will have more lives to answer for in this next world than even we generals.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
“Morality, like art, means drawing the line someplace.” ~ Oscar Wilde
“I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that.” ~ Walter Cronkite
“I think the great tragedy in American politics is what is legal, not what is illegal.” ~ Jack Abramoff
"We say in this nation that we are looking for people with honesty, integrity, drive and dedication, and then when we find such people, we take them out and whip them." ~ Anonymous
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ~ John Quincy Adams
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." ~ Albert Einstein
“All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.” ~ Andrew Jackson
How prescient was this quote?
“If the Bush Administration cannot ensure Americans that they will be safe from the flu, how will they protect our country against a possible bioterror or chemical attack? The American people deserve better.” ~ John Corzine
“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.” ~ Plato
“How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?” ~ Anonymous