Saturday, June 9, 2007

Everything...

* You can get more of what you want with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word.- Al Capone

* I'm never wrong. I once thought I was wrong, turns out, I was mistaken.- Unknown

* "And in the end, the love you takeIs equal to the love you make..."- From The End by The Beatles

* "Wars are seldom caused by spontaneous hatreds between people, for peoples in general are too ignorant of one another to have grievances and too indifferent to what goes on beyond their borders to plan conquests. They must be urged to the slaughter by politicians who know how to alarm them." : H.L. Mencken

* "The ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle, home life, and perhaps the trade unions or local politics, he feels himself master of his fate. But otherwise he simply lies down and lets things happen to him." - George Orwell [Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950) British author Source: Inside the Whale, 1940

* Management cannot dictate creativity.Management cannot force loyalty.Management must create an atmosphere that fosters loyalty and encourages creativity.- Tony Calabrese

* Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.- Judy Garland

* The trouble with real life is that there is no danger music.- from The Cable Guy

* Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to die for it. And to kill for it.: Edward Abbey

* "When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed: Ayn Rand - (1905-1982) Author - Source: Atlas Shrugged, Francisco's "Money Speech"

* "Were the talents and virtues which heaven has bestowed on men given merely to make them more obedient drudges, to be sacrificed to the follies and ambition of a few? Or, were not the noble gifts so equally dispensed with a divine purpose and law, that they should as nearly as possible be equally exerted, and the blessings of Providence be equally enjoyed by all? -- Samuel Adams - (1722-1803), was known as the "Father of the American Revolution."

* Hope is the most exciting thing in life. If you honestly believe that love is out there, it will come. And even if it doesn't come straight away there is still that chance all through your life that it will.- Josh Hartnett

* How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?: Dwight D. Eisenhower

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