Random Thoughts On The Passing Scene - Part 3
General Quips, Axioms, Sayings, and Mantras I like (profound and otherwise)
Collected over many years, attribution for the title goes to amazing Thomas Sowell based on his once regular column of the same title. Read all of those first and perhaps a second time before mine. I have to note that Art Carden beat me to this.
[Disclaimer that these might be partially or wholly, but completely unintentionally, stolen.]
Life is jokes interspersed with details.
Envy makes children of us all.
If we don’t dream, we are condemned to face a world where mediocrity becomes satisfaction.
Be humble or be humbled.
The wise mind brings humility to the heart and consideration to the prideful.
The ultimate ideals of human existence are Truth, Love, Passion, Freedom and Justice.
Trust and credibility come in inches and leave in miles.
Contentment breeds failure.
The successful are those who were at one time dissatisfied with their surroundings.
All material property serves but one righteous purpose, to be a conduit of happiness and a facilitator of meaning.
Great things usually start small while magnificent failures often start grand.
In sport and in life often it is the case that the promise of the thrill of victory leads us to make the initial attempt while the threat of the agony of defeat leads us to continue to try.
The artist is a lousy critic. He appreciates everything the common man is not aware of and does not care to know. Hence, his observations will appear pretentious and irrelevant.
I hope I will not someday look back and consider my life an ascension into obscurity.
It is easy to be humble as a champion; it is hard to be humble in second place.
In all of life’s endeavors at all levels winning is largely determined by knowing how to win and not being afraid to win.
Be bold but not just for the sake of being bold.
One cannot inherit hobbies—especially not as obligations. To expect that heirs should continue in a benefactor’s vestigial pursuit is wrong.
Often people want for conclusions they cannot reach while eschewing conclusions they can.
To a certain degree people would prefer the comfort of blissful ignorance brought by vague philosophy that terminates before decisive conclusion as opposed to the exposed position that certainty brings through thorough examination.
Quite often we all rely on arguments that are like the kiddie pool on a late Friday night: shallow and vacant.
Who says the rich don't have problems? Consider this hypothetical phone call from a billionaire to his girl Friday: "I'm at Chez Paul, and the service is horrible. I just wanted to check before I do anything. Do I own this place?"
The purpose and meaning of life is vague, varied, and indeterminate. Don't attempt to define it for strangers.
That's about as practical as a pinata repairman.
Are those plans or are they dreams?
Relax. I'm not calling you a fraud. I'm calling you an idiot--a much more forgivable sin.
I refuse to lend credibility to the presumption that I need approval by ‘the people’ to exercise freedom.
If your hypotheticals rely on an assumption of omniscience, your hypotheticals are garbage.
In a system under change, collateral damage is geometrically proportional to the magnitude of simplification.
Everybody's highlight reel makes them look good.