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With a net worth of more than $66 billion, Warren Buffett is the third-richest man in the world according to Forbes magazine. Here are some Buffet-isms on investment. I am a huge bull on the American economy. I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and I am a better businessman because…
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey-cage. – H.L. Menken What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. – Pericles Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. – Robert Louis…
We have published a wonderful resource for all those politicos mastering the game of politics as well as those armchair critics who are avid fans of the sport. 1001 Quotes on Politics, Elections, Democracy and Government Here is an introductory blurb from the book: This tome of quotes on power, politicians, elections…
Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of celebration man can normally muster. – James Harvey Robinson A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple…
“Every election is determined by the people who show up.” – Larry J. Sabato “We don’t vote for people because they are the exact embodiment of our values, but because they are likely to be the most responsive to them.” – Charles M. Blow “That we have the vote means nothing. That we use it…
These priceless aphorisms appeared in my in-box from an Ottawa follower Dick Inwood. By George decided to reproduce them as, at this stage in the election campaign, all Canadians can use a good laugh. Enjoy! “If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.” – Jay Leno “The problem with political jokes…
Timothy Farris is many things to many people – and he seems to be everywhere as author, entrepreneur, blogger, podcaster, public speaker, charity advocate, health guru and multiple business award winner. Much like one of his insightful quips – “Life is too short to be small” – Farris is often larger than life. His observations…
Legendary New York Yankee baseball catcher (and beloved wise guy) Yogi Berra died today at age 90. The NY Yankees franchise began their tribute to their shining star in stirring fashion: A loss that unquestionably transcends the game has sent all of baseball into deep mourning. Yogi Berra — Hall of Famer, all-time Yankees legend,…
Industrialist Andrew Carnegie was the wealthiest man on the planet in the early 20th century and was a student of what it takes to achieve greatness. In 1908, he met with the journalist Napoleon Hill who collected and edited notes from initial conversations with Carnegie. In 1948, Hill published “Think Your Way to Wealth” which…
There’s a statistical theory that if you gave a million monkeys typewriters and set them to work, they’d eventually come up with the complete works of Shakespeare. — Anonymous Thanks to the Internet, we now know this isn’t true. — Ian Hart Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire…
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. – Voltaire Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. – Frederic Bastiat In my many years I have come to…
exitus acta probat — The result validates the deeds errare humanum est — To err is human facta non verba – Deed, not words (Actions speak louder than words) fallaces sunt rerum species — The appearances of things are deceptive flat justitia ruat coelum — Let justice be done though the heavens fall in vino…
The following is from my personal Facebook page posted this morning… I had to share this observation (especially on the anniversary of D-Day): “Life in Canada circa 2015 is a society plagued with entitlement. We now live in a dream world, with minimal external threat and the luxury of free education, advanced medicine and…
Our Twitter feed – @ByGeorgeJournal – offers daily quotes to inspire and motivate followers in their workplaces and with their daily activities. However, we must state that we ourselves gain a great deal of thoughtful inspiration from some remarkable people who regularly share their favourite quotes. Here is a list of 50 + quotes from…
Through this week, By George posted a series of memes of moving Albert Einstein quotes on its Facebook page. Here are our FAV FIVE from that series… Consider joining the By George Facebook page for daily posts of inspiration and motivation. Click here to “like”.
Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man. Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Well done, is better than well said. We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain so….
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to higher sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a…
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“Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.” – Bill Vaughan “Support bacteria. They’re the only culture some people have.” – Unknown “Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.” – Will Rogers “Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a…
There is nothing permanent except change. – Heraclitus You cannot step twice into the same river. – Heraclitus Everything changes but change itself. – John F. Kennedy Change is not merely necessary to life, it is life. – Alvin Toffler All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking…