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Something To Think About - 12/7/24
According to English philosopher and literary critic George Henry Lewes, “No one ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination.”
Something To Think About - 12/6/24
It’s those who play the game that have an impact. No one remembers the win/loss record of the referee.
Something To Think About - 12/5/24
Capitalist and financier Ken Langone once noted that “The biggest risk you run in life is having fifteen people sitting around a table all agreeing with everything you say.”
Something To Think About - 12/4/24
Columnist Sydney Harris wrote: “An idealist believes the short run doesn’t count. A cynic believes that the long run doesn’t matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.”
Something To Think About - 12/3/24
Post-election, we’d encourage Congress to channel their inner Henry Ford who said: “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”
Something To Think About - 12/2/24
“Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.” noted Abraham Lincoln; “The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
Something To Think About - 11/30/24
It’s been said that “Adversity is an opportunity for heroism.”
Something To Think About - 11/29/24
British author and government reformer Samuel Smiles believed that “To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind him.”
Something To Think About - 11/28/24
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: “I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.”
Something To Think About - 11/27/24
“Nothing much happens without a dream;” claimed author Robert Greenleaf. “For something really great to happen, it takes a really great dream.”
Something To Think About - 11/26/24
A belated “Congratulations” to California voters for overwhelmingly passing Proposition 36 to toughen penalties for shoplifting and fentanyl crimes, and for ousting Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón who refused to aggressively prosecute crimes, was a champion of “No Cash” bail, and oversaw a murder rate that shot to double the state average.
Something To Think About - 11/25/24
Robert Schuller once observed that “Again and again the impossible problem is solved when we see that the impossible problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.”
Something To Think About - 11/23/24
Chief Seattle said: “Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.”
Something To Think About - 11/22/24
As Herbert Hoover once observed: “About the time we make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.”
Something To Think About - 11/21/24
“What I learned early was that there was always somebody who knew more about a thing than you did;” journalist Jim Hoagland once noted, “and the trick was to ask them the right question.”
Something To Think About - 11/20/24
According to the late Quincy Jones, “… it’s easier to get where you’re going if you know where you came from.”
Something To Think About - 11/19/24
It’s too bad that Donald Trump is listening to Don, Jr for his Cabinet picks and thus has preemptively, albeit politely, rejected both Mike Pompeo, who was a credible CIA Director and Secretary of State; and Nikki Haley a strong U.N. Ambassador who represented America’s interests in that body better than her most recent predecessors. Both believe in robust U.S. leadership in the world, including support for Ukraine, NATO, and alliances in the Pacific that could help thwart Trump’s main target - China.
Something To Think About - 11/18/24
As Zig Zigler once noted: “Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.”
Something To Think About - 11/16/24
Scottish politician Gordon Wilson believed that “If you’re not failing at some things, you’re not risking enough.”
Something To Think About - 11/15/24
Author John Steinbeck once noted that “Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to deal with them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.”