But money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. It will give you the means for the satisfaction of your desires, but it will not provide you with desires. Money is the scourge of the men who attempt to reverse the law of causality- the men who seek to replace the mind by seizing the products of the mind. Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged,(1905-1982)
Monthly Archives: October 2023
The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face …
The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. H. L. Mencken
(1880-1956)
Under a tyranny, most friends are a liability. One quarter of them …
Under a tyranny, most friends are a liability. One quarter of them turn reasonable and become your enemies. One quarter are afraid to stop and speak. And onequarter are killed and you die with them. The blessed final quarter keep you alive. Sinclair Lewis
An economist is the only professional who sees something working in practice …
An economist is the only professional who sees something working in practice and then seriously wonders if it works in theory. Ronald Reagan
The liars punishment is, not in the least that he cannot be …
The liars punishment is, not in the least that he cannot be believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. George Bernard Shaw
Playwright, 1856-1950
Decriminalization would take the profit out of drugs and greatly reduce, if …
Decriminalization would take the profit out of drugs and greatly reduce, if not eliminate, the drug-related violence that is currently plaguing our streets. Kurt L. Schmoke
Kurt L. Schmoke, Baltimore Mayor
By the essence and nature of existence, contradictions cannot exist. If you …
By the essence and nature of existence, contradictions cannot exist. If you find one, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong. Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged, (1905-1982)
About 50% of the adults in this country are simply too damned …
About 50% of the adults in this country are simply too damned ignorant and stupid to be living in a free society. These are people who cannot survive without someone else stepping forward to take care of them. . . .One thing that occurs to me is that I am unwilling to surrender my freedoms and economic liberty simply because these idiots can’t cope. That means that they are a danger to me. Neal Boortz
(5/24/04)
There is no restraining men’s tongues or pens when charged with …
There is no restraining men’s tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity. George Washington
1732-1799.
A man in love is incomplete until he has married — then he’…
A man in love is incomplete until he has married — then he’s finished. Zsa Zsa Gabor