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Avoid destructive thinking. Improper negative thoughts sink people. A ship can sail around the world many, many times, but just read more
Avoid destructive thinking. Improper negative thoughts sink people. A ship can sail around the world many, many times, but just let enough water get into the ship and it will sink. Just so with the human mind. Let enough negative thoughts or improper thoughts get into the human mind and the person sinks just like a ship.
You are at enmity with yourself.
You are at enmity with yourself.
I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of read more
I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of course. If two countries fight that do not supply the Americans with some precious commodity, then the education of the public does not take place. But when the dictator falls, when the oil is threatened, then you turn on the television and they tell you where the country is, what the language is, how to pronounce the names of the leaders, what the religion is all about, and maybe you can cut out recipes in the newspaper of Persian dishes.
I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half-empty. And cracked. And read more
I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half-empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.
Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.
Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.
In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Livy Never make a defense or apology read more
In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Livy Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.
I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference!.
I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference!.
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to read more
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
Brady's First Law of Problem Solving: When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing read more
Brady's First Law of Problem Solving: When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question: How would the Lone Ranger have handled this?