Something To Think About Archive

According to a Mexican Proverb: Each change brings a little good, each change brings a little bad.”

Tennis champion Novak Djokovic says that “All you have to do is try. And to me, the worst kind of defeat is not failure per se. It’s the decision not to try.”

Writer Eugene F. Ware claimed that “All glory comes from daring to begin.”

U.S. Hockey Olympian Matt Boldy says that “You shouldn’t be doing anything unless you’re trying to be the best at it.”

We’re glad to see that Sacramento has finally figured out the electric vehicles use the same roads as everyone else without paying for their maintenance. AB 1421, that advances efforts to create a new mileage-based tax for vehicles, is a good idea but only if it applies solely to electric vehicles. Drivers of gas-powered vehicles have been paying more than their unfair share already, effectively subsidizing electric vehicles twice: with a federal tax credit of $7500 per vehicle and secondly by paying the highest gas taxes in the nation.

Coach John Wooden advised us to not “… let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”

It’s been said that “The best love is the kind that makes you a better person without changing who you are.”

Mark Twain said: “When in doubt, tell the truth.”

It’s been said that “In politics, all winning is temporary.” And, we would add, “Never fall in love with a politician.”

Philosopher and psychologist William James believed that “Acceptance is the first step to overcoming any misfortune.”

Columnist Charles Lane on author Jason Burke’s “The Revolutionists,” a book about global terrorism in the ‘70’s, notes “the tendency of young people in rapidly changing societies to seek political redemption through totalizing worldviews and theatrical violence” which we see as still the state of things today with groups like ANTIFA.

George Washington Carver said: “Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.”

Hotel magnate Conrad Hilton once noted that “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

Literary critic Granville Hicks defined a “Censor” as “… a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.”

Congress and their endless stream of spending should remember Calvin Coolidge who claimed that “Economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.”

The Reverand Billy Graham rightly noted that “Hot heads and cold hearts never solved anything.” And these days especially, …

Outright ownership of Greenland will turn into a frozen version of Puerto Rico where U.S. taxpayers send $10-15 billion annually. Admittedly, while both have strategic positions in their respective regions, Greenland will play a greater role in the future given the expansionist threat of Russia and China; and it has many rare earth minerals the world increasingly needs. But is outright ownership really necessary or even desirable? The Greenlanders don’t want it, and we certainly don’t need another population rejecting Washington’s authority. Plus, the Danes and NATO had already agreed to an expanded U.S. presence, both military and industrial. We don’t need to own it to accomplish our goals.

Author and psychologist Wayne Oates, who coined the term “Workaholic,” believed that “Maintaining your integrity in a world of sham is no small accomplishment.”

Early retailer John Wanamaker believed that “People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.”

“I never did give anybody hell.” said Harry Truman. “I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.”