Something To Think About Archive

Writer Elbert Hubbard claimed that “One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.”

According to an Irish Proverb: A man should be like tea, his real strength appearing when he gets in hot water.”

Seneca said: “We are always complaining that our days are too few, and acting as though there would be no end to them.”

Peyton Manning defines “pressure” as “…something that you feel when you don’t know what to do.”

Shame on the majority of the U.S. National Women’s team who remained silent during the singing of the National Anthem at the World Cup. If you are that ashamed of your country, why do you wear the uniform and represent them on the field?

We’re pleased to see that Tuolumne County made the right move in the hiring of Drew Njirich to manage the county’s two airports and his beginning efforts to move them forward or, hopefully, at least back to where they once were: a valuable county asset. Njirich’s experience in the military and in aviation should be welcomed by users of the airports who have been neglected and ignored for some time. Columbia Airport in particular can be more than an important air attack base and once again be a useful asset to general business and tourism.

Essayist Robert Benchley once noted that “It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by that time I was too famous.”

As Woody Allen once observed, “The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won’t get much sleep.”

English Poet Samuel Coleridge said: “Silence does not always mark wisdom.”

Writer Milan Kundera “Anyone whose goal is ‘something higher’ must expect someday to suffer vertigo.”

Tonight’s Republican Presidential hopefuls should heed the advice of Special Consultant to Harry Truman Albert Carr: “To be a winner, a man must play to win. This does not mean that he must be cruel, harsh or treacherous. On the contrary,” wrote Carr “the better his reputation for integrity, honesty and decency, the better his chances of victory in the long run.”

If you don’t succeed, try, try again. Especially if it’s to buy the votes of more than 800,000 student loan debtors. $39 billion that’s the amount of federal student debt the Biden administration will wipe out for those on income-driven repayment plans who have made 20 or 25 years of payments. The one-time adjustment will give borrowers credit retroactively for months that weren’t counted. This is separate from the $430 billion student-loan forgiveness plan the Supreme Court struck down last month but, in all likelihood, just as unconstitutional.

Coach Dean Smith says, “There is a point in every contest where sitting on the sidelines is not an option.”

Robert E. Lee said: “Do your duty in all things… You cannot do more, you should never do less.”

Lord Chesterfield advised us to “Treat your learning like a watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours but give the time when you are asked.”

Novelist George Orwell wrote: “The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.”

Novelist Bernard Malamud believed that “Without heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go.”

First, Joe Biden said that he “Never discussed” Hunter’s business with him. Then he said he was “never in business” with Hunter. Now, after Hunter’s former business partner testified before Congress that Joe Biden was in fact on calls with Hunter and his overseas “partners”, Biden’s Democrat defenders are labeling those conversations as “innocuous.” As Joe would say: “c’mon man!”

Goethe said: “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of.”

Admiral Halsey once observed that “All problems, personal, national, or combat, become smaller if you don’t dodge them but confront them.”