I have a lot of time to think at work, but not enough time
for me to actually link thoughts together. This results in me writing a lot of
things down on scrap paper, which I take home. I accumulate piles of these
rather quickly. Since it will take a long time to get all of these ideas
organized, I thought I’d just share the random things I have in my most recent
pile:
Before Ayn Rand coined the term “objectivists”, we just
called them “selfish assholes”.
An economy based on debt is an economy of slavery.
I realize the reptilian part of your brain is always going
to react to base sexuality, but why is it your more advanced brain functions go
along with it?
Just as the first step to sobriety begins with admitting you
are a drunk, the first step towards wisdom is admitting you are a moron. And
like an alcoholic, you must never believe that you are cured.
If God is looking out for you, why do you need a gun?
If you’re not constantly looking at things from at least two
viewpoints, you have no sense of perspective.
If you sell your integrity for the sake of winning a single
battle, you have lost the war.
Work hard and don’t care about others. If I wanted a society
of slaves, that is what I’d teach them. Oh, and support your military and law
enforcement uncritically.
Suffering because others suffer is not the answer to
suffering.
We have abandoned our responsibilities as human beings to
technology and market forces.
We teach self-reliance on a personal level while we as a
nation are becoming ever more reliant on other nations.
The statues of great men have always been the preferred targets
for the droppings of pigeons.
You never feel like you are standing on the crest of a wave.
One always imagines the wave to be larger than it is, that the upward trend has
only just begun.
A truth told once is no match for a lie oft repeated.
It was such a long journey to get to where I am. It was a battle
all the way, but the only foe that was ever capable of inflicting pain, my
greatest impedance, was doubt.
I have no great hopes left for my country. I fully expect to
wake up one day to find my fellow Americans have voted the Evil Monkey Party
into office.
Imagine what we as a nation could accomplish if we worked on
what we agreed on instead of arguing about what we do not.
Words are sacred because they are the vessels on which
imagination sails.
Rare is the person who is looking for anything more than to
have his prejudices confirmed.
Love the person you are. And if you do not, cannot love
yourself, believe that you have the ability to change.
If you have a nice enough desk, sooner or later you’ll start
to feel you’re important.
Republicans and Democrats are going to act like spoiled
children warring in the back seat until we the voters decide to turn the car
around.
You sometimes wonder how the flowers are able to grow
amongst the weeds. But flowers are the natural consequence of a healthy
environment.
God is not a God to fall back on but to reach towards.
