Stone Pigs

This page ‘houses’ various random thoughts, advice, and quotations I encounter over time.  Where possible, I provide as much citation information as I can.  If you see that my citation is wrong, please let me know so I can make necessary corrections.

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“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.”

– Thomas Paine, American Founding Father, Pamphleteer

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“The spouting of catchy, meaningless slogans is widespread. The habit of stopping and thinking about whether they really mean anything is not.”

– John T. Reed, from an analysis he completed about Robert Kiyosaki and his book, Rich Dad, Poor Dad.

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“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”

– Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emporer and Philosopher.

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“It’s not what we are on the inside, but what we do that defines us.”

– I heard something like this in a movie, but I cannot find a solid attribution for it. Can you?

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“They say we live and learn.  Often what we learn is what damn fools we have been.”

– Thomas Sowell, December 24, 2008, in a column titled, “Random Thoughts.”

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“It’s a good thing we don’t get all the government we pay for.”

– credited to both Will Rogers and Milton Friedman.

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“Despite the disastrous history of price controls, politicians never manage to resist tampering with prices — that’s not a flattering observation of their learning abilities.”

– Walter E. Williams, Ph.D. Economics, George Mason University, in a discussion of the consequences of price controls.

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“Um, just for the record, in a world where nukes are outlawed, only outlaw nations will have nukes.”

– Jonah Goldberg, JonahNRO on Twitter, September 25, 2009