Something To Think About Archive

Mystery writer Agatha Christie once noted that “Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.”

As Babe Ruth advised us: “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.”

Founder of the Girl Scouts Juliette Gordon Lowe said: “To be inspired is great, but to be an inspiration is an honor.”

As Coach Lou Holtz claimed, “It’s not complicated. It’s a few simple rules: Just do what’s right, do the best you can, and show people you care.”

Given our past criticisms of the influence peddling of Biden Family Incorporated we were disappointed to find that four days before Donald Trump’s inauguration, an Abu Dhabi royal and brother of the UAE President, secretly signed a deal with Eric Trump to purchase a 49% stake in their fledgling cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial for half a billion dollars, steering $187 million to Trump family entities and at least $31 million to entities affiliated with the family of Steve Witkoff, a World Liberty co-founder who is now the U.S. envoy to the Middle East.

Author W.E.B. Du Bois advised us to “Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.”

Rober F. Kennedy, Sr, “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”

Oliver Wendall Holmes, Sr, a physician and essayist, believed that “To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful than to be forty years old.”

Artist Vincent Van Gogh asked “What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”

Mark Twain called April 1st, “… the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other 364 days of the year.”

Earlier this month was the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” that should be required reading in Washington and the White House. Smith argued that a nation’s wealth is derived from its production and flow of goods and services. Mercantilism was in control in England at the time and Government intervention on behalf of the merchant class, as it does today, led to cronyism, and trade protectionism such as tariffs hurt consumers by limiting their purchase options and increasing prices.

As the great statesman and orator Daniel Webster said, “There is always room at the top.”

According to British literary critic Churton Collins, “In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.”

Muhamed Ali once noted that “The man who views the world the same way at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.”

Cato the Elder claimed that “After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.”

Greek playwright Menander believed that “The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.”

Kudos to the EPA for repealing the Obama Administration’s erroneous endangerment finding that declared greenhouse gas emissions a threat to public health and safety allowing his and the Biden Administration to regulate CO2 and dictate energy policy for energy supply, cars and even household appliances. Greenhouse gases may affect climate but so does urbanization, wildfires and other natural phenomenon.

Author and Poet Margaret Sangster believed that “The people who dream are very often the people who see, and dreaming and seeing precede doing.”

It’s been said that “A true leader is constantly providing tools that enable independence.”

Author Bret Harte said, “The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.”