Today's words of wisdom - Page 72

mapuc · 04-26-23, 03:38 PM

When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
– Honoré de Balzac

Markus

Jimbuna · 04-27-23, 10:15 AM

While I have no empirical evidence to back this up, I bet that the number of homosexual people per thousand has not fluctuated all that much over the centuries. I do not believe the dented wisdom my father used to extol, that homosexuality was a sure sign of a civilization in decline.

Henry Rollins

Sam.Willow · 04-27-23, 10:50 AM

“Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true. But many other things are believed simply because they have been asserted repeatedly—and repetition has been accepted as a substitute for evidence.”

Please witness the Democrat Party here in the United States for reference.

Platapus · 04-27-23, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sam.Willow

“Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true. But many other things are believed simply because they have been asserted repeatedly—and repetition has been accepted as a substitute for evidence.”

Please witness the Democrat Party here in the United States for reference.

Or the GOP

Or any political party.

Platapus · 04-27-23, 01:05 PM

I would not mind becoming President of the United States if I did not first have to become a politician.

Jimbuna · 04-27-23, 01:21 PM

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

James A. Garfield

mapuc · 04-27-23, 03:52 PM

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.
- Oscar Wilde

Markus

Sam.Willow · 04-28-23, 07:28 AM

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.” Thomas Sowell

Jimbuna · 04-28-23, 10:59 AM

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

mapuc · 04-28-23, 03:54 PM

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
– Wayne Gretzky

Markus

Jimbuna · 04-29-23, 11:13 AM

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.

Adlai Stevenson I

mapuc · 04-29-23, 03:57 PM

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
– Albert Einstein

Markus

Jimbuna · 04-30-23, 05:16 AM

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.

M. Scott Peck

mapuc · 04-30-23, 04:14 PM

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
– Martin Luther King Jr.

Markus

Sam.Willow · 05-01-23, 06:10 AM

“Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.”– Thomas Sowell

04-26-23, 03:38 PM	#1066
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,540 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt. – Honoré de Balzac Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

04-27-23, 10:15 AM	#1067
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	While I have no empirical evidence to back this up, I bet that the number of homosexual people per thousand has not fluctuated all that much over the centuries. I do not believe the dented wisdom my father used to extol, that homosexuality was a sure sign of a civilization in decline. Henry Rollins __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-27-23, 10:50 AM	#1068
Sam.Willow A Steam Engine Engineer Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Stockton, California Posts: 56 Downloads: 84 Uploads: 0	From Thomas Sowell “Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true. But many other things are believed simply because they have been asserted repeatedly—and repetition has been accepted as a substitute for evidence.” Please witness the Democrat Party here in the United States for reference.

04-27-23, 01:05 PM	#1070
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,373 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I would not mind becoming President of the United States if I did not first have to become a politician. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-27-23, 01:21 PM	#1071
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people. James A. Garfield __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-27-23, 03:52 PM	#1072
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,540 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us. - Oscar Wilde Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

04-28-23, 07:28 AM	#1073
Sam.Willow A Steam Engine Engineer Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Stockton, California Posts: 56 Downloads: 84 Uploads: 0	Dang, I knew that already, I live in Kalifornia “When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.” Thomas Sowell

04-28-23, 10:59 AM	#1074
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-28-23, 03:54 PM	#1075
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,540 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. – Wayne Gretzky Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

04-29-23, 11:13 AM	#1076
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another. Adlai Stevenson I __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-29-23, 03:57 PM	#1077
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,540 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. – Albert Einstein Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

04-30-23, 05:16 AM	#1078
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Discipline is wisdom and vice versa. M. Scott Peck __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-30-23, 04:14 PM	#1079
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,540 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal. – Martin Luther King Jr. Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

05-01-23, 06:10 AM	#1080
Sam.Willow A Steam Engine Engineer Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Stockton, California Posts: 56 Downloads: 84 Uploads: 0	I like Sowell “Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.”– Thomas Sowell