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tuold

Lifer
Oct 15, 2013
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One I find particularly appropriate for our times is:
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
C. S. Lewis

 

brian64

Lifer
Jan 31, 2011
10,015
16,051
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair

 

crazypipe

Lifer
Sep 23, 2012
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Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
- Khalil Gibran - :worship:

 

irish

Lifer
Aug 12, 2011
1,121
6
Texas
Now remember , when things look bad and it looks like your not going to make it , then you gotta get mean . I mean plumb , mad dog mean . ' Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win . That's just the way it is . -- Josey Whales

 

keith929

Lifer
Nov 23, 2010
2,337
12,204
Never leave a bar with a woman before closing time when the lights go on.

_my Dad :rofl:

 

keith929

Lifer
Nov 23, 2010
2,337
12,204
"I have some friends, some honest friends, and honest friends are few;

My pipe of briar, my open fire, A book that's not too new."
-Robert Service

 

keith929

Lifer
Nov 23, 2010
2,337
12,204
I smoke a pipe abroad, because

To all cigars I much prefer it,

And as I scorn you social laws,

My choice has nothing to deter it.
-Robert Lewis Stevenson

 

crazypipe

Lifer
Sep 23, 2012
3,484
0
What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is, and remains, immortal.
- Albert Pine -

 

crazypipe

Lifer
Sep 23, 2012
3,484
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Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

 

crazypipe

Lifer
Sep 23, 2012
3,484
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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
- Melody Beattie -

 

lqjones

Starting to Get Obsessed
Oct 8, 2013
115
0
"Socailism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy: its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill
In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.- George Orwell

 

brian64

Lifer
Jan 31, 2011
10,015
16,051
“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.” – George Orwell

 

brian64

Lifer
Jan 31, 2011
10,015
16,051
“The desire to understand is obviously not confined to philosophy, but if it is given free play it inevitably leads to philosophy and even to metaphysics.” – F.C. Copleston from the introductory chapter of his book on Thomas Aquinas.

 

scrapyardape

Starting to Get Obsessed
Oct 9, 2013
260
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