Something To Think About Archive

Industrialist Andrew Carnegie said: “As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.”

Publisher Malcolm Forbes believed that “The best vision is insight.”

Congratulations to Sheriff Bill Pooley on his retirement this week after a 34-year career in law enforcement, the last eleven of which he served as Tuolumne County Sheriff. During his tenure, Sheriff Pooley worked tirelessly with his force of dedicated officers to protect and serve the people of the county; to improve coverage of the more rural parts of the county through better staffing of the department; and by bringing salaries up to a competitive level with surrounding counties. Sheriff Pooley joins a long list of notable peace officers in the Mother Lode, past and present, and we wish him the best in a well- deserved retirement.

Writer Gail Sheehy believed that “The secret for the search for meaning is to find your passion and pursue it.”

According to a Zuni saying: “Nobody on his own strength has ever succeeded.”

It’s been said that “It’s easier to suffer in silence if you are sure someone is watching.”

Margaret Thatcher once noted that “Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.”

Albert Einstein said: “Truth is what stands the test of experience.”

Only NOW, after apprehensions at the border have increased on his watch from less than 500,000 per year to nearly 2.5 million in fiscal year 2023 alone, President Biden admits that “the border isn’t secure” and has the audacity to claim that he’s been saying that for ten years. It’s absurd considering that his administration, including his so-called “Border Czar” Kamala Harris has paid zero attention to the problem. That is until now when Democrat run cities have been overwhelmed with illegal migrants and their societal and financial problems have skyrocketed.

John Adams said: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

Writer E.B. White said: “One of the most time consuming things is to have an enemy.”

Teddy Roosevelt believed that “Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.”

According to playwright George Bernard Shaw, “The danger in communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished.”

Cartoonist Charles Schultz once noted that “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”

It looks like Adam Schiff could be positioned to be California’s next Senator which should worry anyone who is paying attention to his promise to kill the filibuster thereby eliminating legislative compromises, which we would remind him only works as long as his is the party in power. Plus, he wants to “pack” the U.S. Supreme Court by adding four more seats. Schiff also promises to try and federalize elections taking that control away from California voters all while legalizing “ballot harvesting” that can and does lead to voter fraud.

LA Dodgers longtime manager Walter Alston’s advice was to “Do your best and forget the rest.”

Human rights activist Elena Bonner believed that “Just as there are no little people or unimportant lives, there is no insignificant work.”

Journalist and essayist William Pickens claimed that “The best time to do something is when it can be done.”

Retailer Sam Walton claimed that “High expectations are the key to everything.”

General George S. Patton said: “If everyone is thinking alike, than somebody is not thinking.”