by E.O. | Sep 4, 2024 | Quotes and Quips
I don’t understand the allure of space. Why do we spend millions of dollars on big smoking rockets that carry us to a place where, if the tin can pops and ejects us, we will be dead within minutes. I can walk out my back door and sit comfortably in a lawn chair for...
by E.O. | Sep 3, 2024 | Quotes and Quips
“Never since the heroic days of Greece has the world had such a sweet, just, boyish master.” (referring to the British Empire) – George Santayana
by E.O. | Sep 2, 2024 | Quotes and Quips
“In the long run the aggregate of decisions of individual businessmen, exercising individual judgment in a free economy, even if often mistaken, is less likely to do harm than the centralized decisions of a government; and certainly the harm is likely to be...
by E.O. | Sep 1, 2024 | Quotes and Quips
All relationships are disappointments. Let us consider this, not so we will despair, but to open a window to let smoke out of the room. The habit of repressing the disappointments of our relationships is a strategy to numb the injuries of them. Remember the line: The...
by E.O. | Aug 31, 2024 | Quotes and Quips
“The boomers’ preoccupation with oppression, identity, and grievance would create many bullies, because it turns out that thinking of yourself as a victim can make you heedless of the ways your actions victimize others.” – Helen Andrews
by E.O. | Aug 30, 2024 | Quotes and Quips
“Majority rule is a precious, sacred thing worth dying for. But—like other precious, sacred things, such as the home and family—it’s not only worth dying for; it can make you wish you were dead. Imagine if all of life were determined by majority rule. Every meal would...
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